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False Alarm

April 2, 2018April 2, 2018 Posted in Berkeley, California, dating, fire fighter, humor, internet, meet and greet, online dating, relationships, restaurant, worstLeave a comment

Donnie, a firefighter, had a date with a woman from Match.com. The date was just okay, but he knew there were only two kinds of women, those he would sleep with and those he wouldn’t. Lisa was in the first category. According to Donnie, men never had a wait-and-see attitude about a woman. Women could… Continue reading False Alarm

Mornings Are Best

April 1, 2018March 31, 2018 Posted in California, caregiver, dancing, friends, gardening, humor, memoir, nature, neighbors, relationships1 Comment

It’s the end of the month. I need to pay the bills. But not right now. I am sitting at the kitchen table with my cup of tea and two dogs under my feet. The house is quiet. Only the sound of the refrigerator is in my ear. Since it’s the weekend, the freeway noise… Continue reading Mornings Are Best

Grizzly Bear!

March 30, 2018March 30, 2018 Posted in Alaska, bears, California, church, friends, grizzly bear, guardian angel, guns, hunting, nature, relationships, travel, vacation, worstLeave a comment

In 2008 you take your wife, Liza, and your teenaged kids to Alaska. You stay near the Princess Lodge in a fishing cabin on the Kenai Peninsula. It’s the third week of July, so it doesn’t get completely dark until around midnight. After dinner you suggest a hike in the woods along the Kenai River… Continue reading Grizzly Bear!

Romance Coast to Coast

March 29, 2018May 9, 2018 Posted in best, California, car salesman, Connecticut, dating, firsts, Florida, friends, holidays, honeymoon, humor, Italian, marriage, marriage proposal, moving, relationships, religion, travel, vacation, worstLeave a comment

Nicky went back to Connecticut to see his mother. “You’ve got to meet this cute Italian girl working in my office,” a friend said. “I’m only here for a week,” Nicky said. “My wife is in night class with a cute Italian girl,” another friend said. “You two should meet.” “I’m only here for a… Continue reading Romance Coast to Coast

Having his Cake

March 28, 2018March 28, 2018 Posted in California, cheater, dating, dogs, firsts, flirting, humor, memoir, pick-up lines, relationships, restaurantLeave a comment

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 of… Continue reading Having his Cake

You’re So Hot

March 27, 2018March 25, 2018 Posted in California, dating, flirting, humor, memoir, pick-up lines, relationships, worstsLeave a comment

He was cute enough. I’d seen him at several meet-up dancing events. Thor seemed interested. He texted me for several minutes one day, but I grew tired of his games. After telling in him I was probably older than he was, I asked him by text. “How old are you?” “Guess,” he said. “55?” “No.”… Continue reading You’re So Hot

Daisy, Daisy, Give Me Your Answer Do, Month # 4

March 26, 2018March 25, 2018 Posted in animal adoption, animal rescue, California, caregiver, dog training, humor, memoir, relationships, sisterLeave a comment

The rescue dog and I are entering our fourth month together. I’d like to say that all is well, and it is, if you disregard her climbing on the kitchen table when no one is looking, or peeing on the rug when it’s raining outside. Oh, and let’s not forget the day I gave her… Continue reading Daisy, Daisy, Give Me Your Answer Do, Month # 4

Grindr Getaway

March 25, 2018 Posted in California, cell phone, dating, firsts, gays, humor, meet and greet, online dating, relationships, restaurant, siblings, sister, worstLeave a comment

How does a sixty-year-old woman find out about an app called Grindr for gay guys? She asks her local millennial cocktail waitress at an upscale bar for a worst date story. Her waitress just happens to know her younger brother’s worst first story and tells it to her for a better tip. Here it is.… Continue reading Grindr Getaway

So This is Retirement?

March 24, 2018March 24, 2018 Posted in animal adoption, animal rescue, author, California, caregiver, dating, dogs, friends, humor, memoir, relationships, social security, taxes1 Comment

I took social security early last year. Don’t buy into the hype that it’s better to wait. I won’t start losing money on my decision until I turn eighty. By then I’ll have Medicare and won’t be paying $15,000 a year for health insurance. “How’s retirement?” you ask. I am busier now than ever before.… Continue reading So This is Retirement?

Almost Toast

March 23, 2018 Posted in California, college, dating, divorce, friends, holidays, humor, marijuana, marriage, mom, relationships, roommate, San Francisco, travelLeave a comment

Marlene and her friend Beth came out to California from New Hampshire after college to work for Bank of America. They each made a new friend, and each new friend brought another friend to the party (plus one more) until they were a group of seven recent college graduates, living in the city of San… Continue reading Almost Toast