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A Corny Tale

October 2, 2018October 2, 2018 Posted in farm, GMO, Iowa, Nebraska, Pioneer seed corn, smut, spiders, summer, tornado, UncategorizedLeave a comment

It all started with a post on Facebook, showing how your average American doesn’t know how to shuck corn. If you are from Iowa in the 60’s, then you know how. We weren’t well off. As a matter of fact, people would give us bags of food, like homegrown apples, tomatoes, or corn. Our job… Continue reading A Corny Tale

Mountain Lion

October 1, 2018 Posted in California, escape, firsts, hunting, memoir, mountain lion, nature, park, relationships, survival, trouble, Van Damme State Park, wild animal, worstLeave a comment

The latest mountain lion attack got me to thinking about how we humans hike, bike, and enter into mountain lion territory and should know what to do in the event that we run into one. The newspaper article today tells about the two mountain bikers in Washington this past weekend that encountered a mountain lion.… Continue reading Mountain Lion

Head in the Clouds Harry

September 30, 2018September 30, 2018 Posted in ADHD, Boston, California, clueless, dating, friends, hiking, New HampshireLeave a comment

They met at the Appalachian Mountain club, an organization for sporting events in Boston. He was athletic looking with a nice smile. Harry asked Margo to go on a short hike with him in New Hampshire. She agreed to drive separately and meet him at the trailhead since she had a dinner to attend that… Continue reading Head in the Clouds Harry

Worker Woes in Monterey

September 28, 2018 Posted in dogs, fences, home maintenance, humor, memoir, Monterey Bay, relationships, trees, worstLeave a comment

I went down to my little beach house to see how the trees came out after the tree trimmers did their work and how the new fences turned out after the fence company built them. I hadn’t been there in person because of my dogs. I trusted that the companies I hired would do a… Continue reading Worker Woes in Monterey

Rescue Dog, Month # 10

September 27, 2018September 27, 2018 Posted in animal adoption, animal rescue, ARF, California, dogs, friends, helpful strangers, humor, memoir, relationshipsLeave a comment

We’ve been to three Manners classes so far, and Daisy is the class flunky. Every other dog (both younger and bigger) can do a down stay and a sit stay. Daisy can sit, and that’s about it. I have learned to ask her to sit before she eats and before her walk. She used to… Continue reading Rescue Dog, Month # 10

What Roe v. Wade Means to Me

September 26, 2018September 25, 2018 Posted in abortion, babysitting, boyfriend, church, college, high school, junior high school, pregnancy test, rape, Roe v. Wade, Uncategorized, women's rights2 Comments

If you are a guy, chances are you won’t want to read this. Same as if you are a pro-lifer. But let me tell you, I got upfront and personal with what it was like in America before abortions were legal in all fifty states. No, I didn’t have an abortion. But my friend in… Continue reading What Roe v. Wade Means to Me

A Deer, a Rabbit, and a Ghost

September 25, 2018September 23, 2018 Posted in biking, California, canyon, CornHole, deer, ghosts, nature, party, rabbit, UncategorizedLeave a comment

Yesterday was the annual singles’ club party/picnic at one guy’s lush estate in Hayward. I picked up my girlfriend, and we let the GPS woman’s voice direct us down Five Canyons Road to a bunch of turns until we finally found the place. I’d been there many times before but always as a passenger, never… Continue reading A Deer, a Rabbit, and a Ghost

Doing the 21st Century Macarena

September 24, 2018September 23, 2018 Posted in cell phone, dancing, dating, macarena, neck, technologyLeave a comment

I carry a tiny purse, a cross-body bag, actually. My chiropractor told me to get that heavy bag off my shoulder twenty years ago, and I did. My purses got smaller and smaller until now all that will fit in it is money, credit cards, a lipstick and earplugs. I can’t get anything else in… Continue reading Doing the 21st Century Macarena

Spinning a Spider Story

September 23, 2018September 23, 2018 Posted in arachnids, best, California, Carmel, firsts, holidays, humor, insects, spiders, worstLeave a comment

My strength and toning instructor loves to tell us trivia while we work out. Last week she said spiders are the most active between 6 and 8 p.m. and that the female spiders go out looking for food at that time. The males follow. Isn’t that just like a male anyway, to wait until we’ve… Continue reading Spinning a Spider Story

It’s a Jungle Out There

September 22, 2018 Posted in bar, best, California, coyote, dancing, dating, dogs, friends, girlfriends, humor, memoir, moving, music, relationships, seniorsLeave a comment

I saw a coyote yesterday during my strength and training class at the senior center. There are so many people in the drop-in class that I have to stand right in front of the glass doors, with a view of the hills filled with wild turkeys, birds, and now Wiley Coyote. My back hurts more… Continue reading It’s a Jungle Out There