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The Tree Whisperer

March 19, 2020March 19, 2020 Posted in California, gardeners, gardening, helpful strangers, humor, memoir, nature, outdoors, relationships, trees, worstLeave a comment

(re-run) I walk my neighborhood once or twice most days while walking Dog A and Dog B (I can’t walk them together since the newest little weirdo is nuts). Because I am a tree hugger and have planted more than sixty trees at my various houses over the years, I will free a distressed tree… Continue reading The Tree Whisperer

Forget Toilet Paper – I Need Chocolate

March 19, 2020March 18, 2020 Posted in California, chocolate, Coronavirus, Costco, Covid 19, desert island, humor, parking lot, shelter in place, toilet paper1 Comment

Last week I tried to go to Costco. I got there at 8:50 a.m. and the line to the front door was a block long. Because of Coronavirus. I turned around and left. Today, the second day of our shelter-in-place order, I ventured to Costco at 4:00 p.m. after a stealth visit with my sister… Continue reading Forget Toilet Paper – I Need Chocolate

The Upside of Self-quarantining — Is There One?

March 18, 2020March 18, 2020 Posted in 401K, California, Caltrans, Coronavirus, doctor, dogs, extrovert, hair color, hair dye, humor, make-up, Medicare, memoir, nursing home, party, ski resorts, skiing, social distancing, socializing, symphony, thrift store2 Comments

I have a science friend who used the term social distancing a month ago. I listened to her. I thought of my sis in a nursing home situation, the sister I visit daily, and thought to myself, I need to do this. Two weekends ago, I skipped a Motown review at a large theater and… Continue reading The Upside of Self-quarantining — Is There One?

The Robin and the Chrome Bowl

March 18, 2020 Posted in birds, brain, California, caregiver, dogs, humor, nature, peace, relationshipsLeave a comment

(re-run) Every morning, as I sit at my kitchen table putting up my blog post and sipping on strong tea, a robin comes near the back porch to meet its reflection in an upside-down chrome dog bowl. The robin does a little dance in front of the bowl. The reflection does a dance back to… Continue reading The Robin and the Chrome Bowl

Chuck’s Dumb Dog Doo Date

March 17, 2020March 16, 2020 Posted in air freshener, animal training, cars, dating, dog poop, dogs, doo doo, Keeshonds, relationshipsLeave a comment

(re-run) Chuck had two Keeshond dogs named Baron and Zoe. Baron was a little bit spastic. At any rate, Chuck mentioned to a friend that he needed to find new homes for the pair, and the friend offered to take the dogs. Chuck had over half a bag of dog food left. He didn’t want… Continue reading Chuck’s Dumb Dog Doo Date

Peace Corps Fail

March 16, 2020March 15, 2020 Posted in dogs, memoir, Midwestern, Peace Corps, postal service, relationships, Spain, teaching, travel, VenezuelaLeave a comment

(re-run) It was in the spring of my first year of teaching when the call came. I was at Greenwood Elementary in Greenwood, Nebraska. I had applied to the Peace Corps the year before. They had just seen my application. They wanted to fly me to Chicago for an interview that weekend. They gave me… Continue reading Peace Corps Fail

Memphis Sugar Mama

March 15, 2020March 14, 2020 Posted in car salesman, college, dating, flirting, France, humor, liquor store, Memphis, mom, pick-up lines, relationships, romance, sugar mamaLeave a comment

(re-run) After Robert’s family came to America, Robert went to college in Memphis. He met an older woman, Devon, in a liquor store. She had on a mink jacket and asked him out right there amongst the bottles of high-end scotches. She looked good for her age. She drove a Cadillac since her daddy had… Continue reading Memphis Sugar Mama

Having his Cake

March 14, 2020March 13, 2020 Posted in California, cheater, dating, dogs, firsts, flirting, humor, memoir, pick-up lines, relationships, restaurantLeave a comment

(re-run) We sat at the bar at Il Vecchio’s next to the guy with the shaved head. My girlfriend chatted him up while we waited for a table. We decided to have dinner at the bar. Adam was cute enough but not too tall. He seemed interested in my petite girlfriend, so at the end… Continue reading Having his Cake

How to Self-quarantine in California

March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 Posted in 401K, airplane, Boomers, California, coffee, Coronavirus, Costco, drive-through, germs, hand sanitizer, humor, Iowa, memoir, public bathrooms, robot, scientist, self-checkout, social distancingLeave a comment

The Corona virus Covid-19 is upon us. We need to practice social distancing, especially if we are old. I am doing my darnedest to distance myself. My plan today was to be at Costco at 9:00 a.m. to get a few things. 100 people beat me to it. I saw the line at the door… Continue reading How to Self-quarantine in California

When your Subconscious Self is Screaming at You

March 12, 2020March 11, 2020 Posted in aliens, books, chorus, church, collection, karaoke, memoir, music, ocean, pornography, Rubbermaid tubs, singing, subconscious self3 Comments

I just unpacked my one-thousand-book collection. Ten years ago, I packed it up and stored it in Rubbermaid tubs in a damp garage two blocks from the ocean. I was in the middle of a divorce, and I sold all the bookcases in my divorce house so that I wouldn’t have to move them. This… Continue reading When your Subconscious Self is Screaming at You