Category: Covid 19

My Two Gophers

Posted in beach, birdfeeder, birds, California, contractor, Coronavirus, Covid 19, cows, gophers, Iowa, memoir, squirrelsLeave a comment

(re-run) Now before you tell me that gophers are solitary creatures and that I only have one gopher, let me explain that I have a little beach house with a gopher and my regular house with a gopher. I am an Iowa girl, living in California. So both houses were bought because of the property… Continue reading My Two Gophers

My Crowded Park

Posted in Coronavirus, Covid 19, dog walks, dogs, memoir, neighbors, outdoors, park, scooter, skaters, social distancingLeave a comment

(re-run) Yesterday I walked my dog earlier than usual. The day was sunny and a bit windy. I avoided the park and headed up my court, turned the corner and said to my black lab, “Pull me up the hill, Pepper.” And she did. A boy on an electric scooter flew by, followed by a… Continue reading My Crowded Park

Carmel Real Estate and Doris Day

Posted in California, Carmel, Carmel Pine Cone, Covid 19, dogs, Doris Day, fixer, flip, hair salon, ICU, Karma, memoir, open house, pandemic, real estate, ZillowLeave a comment

Doris Day passed away, and her Carmel house is on the market. I read about it in the free Carmel magazine which comes out every other month that anyone can pick up in front of the local liquor store. I liked Doris. I liked her dog philanthropy and her hotel that allowed dogs. I am… Continue reading Carmel Real Estate and Doris Day

Jack London — Was He a Racist?

Posted in Ayran, California, Call of the Wild, Coronavirus, Covid 19, culture, Dr. Seuss, Hitler, Jack London, John Wayne, pandemic, racism, racist, Spanish Flu, The Scarlet Plague, To Build a Fire, White Fang, white privilege, white supremacistLeave a comment

Who doesn’t love the story The Call of the Wild? I used to teach it and also Jack London’s doomsday story called To Build a Fire when I taught 7th grade in Council Bluffs, Iowa. White Fang is another Jack London story that my 8th grade remedial boys liked to check out from my personal… Continue reading Jack London — Was He a Racist?

Laugh More, Worry Less

Posted in Al qaeda, Australia, California, climate change, Coronavirus, Covid 19, dogs, Dr. Fauci, election, Facebook, fires, Iowa, laughing, memoir, Oakland, risk, Twitter, YouTube2 Comments

The state is on fire, again. It seems that three of the last four years have been off the charts for wild fires. 2017 – Napa and Santa Rosa burned. Santa Barbara County, too. 2018 – Paradise, the town, was wiped off the map. 2019 – Because of heavier winter rainfall, the fires weren’t so… Continue reading Laugh More, Worry Less

A Very Covid Birthday

Posted in birthday, cake, candles, Coronavirus, Costco, Covid 19, face masks, lockdown, memoir, social distancing, ZoomLeave a comment

The other day was my son’s birthday. Even though he is a grown man, I still like to bake him a cake, take him to lunch, and give him token gifts. Everything was going well until we lit the birthday candles. Tradition, you know. It took two of us to light so many of them.… Continue reading A Very Covid Birthday

News from the Coast

Posted in 4th of July, beach, Coronavirus, Covid 19, deer, dogs, face masks, foxtails, garage, ghosts, gophers, Monterey Bay, mountain lion, Santa Cruz, teens, visitor center, weather, ZoomLeave a comment

Three weeks went by between visits to my little beach house, partly because the Covid-19 pandemic shut down all the beaches in Monterey County for the long 4th of July weekend. With temperatures on the uptick in the Bay Area, I loaded the car and made the two-hour drive to cooler weather. I swear everyone… Continue reading News from the Coast

Pandemic Tuesday and the Escape Dog

Posted in Coronavirus, Costco, Covid 19, deli, dogs, library, memoir, post office, reservoirLeave a comment

It’s that bewitching hour, 6:00 p.m. I’ve done all my daily duties, the chorus Zoom meeting isn’t till 7:00, I am too tired to clean something, I’ve scrolled through Facebook enough, so now I will write a blog post. I started out my day by going to Costco. I go once a month and didn’t… Continue reading Pandemic Tuesday and the Escape Dog

Pandemic Friday

Posted in chicken, Coronavirus, Covid 19, Democrats, dogs, face masks, flu, friends, government, hospital, ICU, John Lennon, live music, lungs, media, memoir, music, musicians, restaurant, teens, tip jar2 Comments

My friends are going out. They are eating at restaurants with no masks on, and they are sitting shoulder to shoulder at the table – not all from one household! I am chicken to do that.  I watch too much news and read too many newspapers. Yes, everything we do in life is a risk.… Continue reading Pandemic Friday