Category: danger

Sideshows are the New Running of the Bulls

Posted in Bay Area, bull, California, college, danger, holidays, magazine, memoir, Oakland, pandemic, passport, Running of the Bulls, San Francisco, San Jose, sideshows, SpainLeave a comment

(re-run) Watching the local news tonight, I saw that it was reported that many cities in the Bay Area had sideshows going on last night. Sideshows are entertainment involving people in cars and trucks spinning doughnuts in the middle of intersections while hundreds of people watch, ride, and take videos of the chaos.  It happens… Continue reading Sideshows are the New Running of the Bulls

The Burden of Being an Empath

Posted in 911, amusement park, children, Colorado, danger, empath, empathy, Glenwood Springs, Harry Potter, memoir, news, parade, parents, Sandy Hook, sledding, waiverLeave a comment

Yesterday several TV stations reported the death of a six-year-old girl while on a free-fall ride built into a mine shaft in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.  She fell 110 feet to her death. There was no age or height restriction for the ride.  She was with her parents and older sibling.  Something went terribly wrong. My… Continue reading The Burden of Being an Empath

How Pretty She Was ¡Qué Linda!

Posted in boyfriend, Burgos, car accident, college, dance floor, dancing, danger, disco, fingernails, high school, Iowa, memoir, obituary, Spain, Study abroad, travelLeave a comment

She was my roommate in Spain way back in the summer of 1977. She was a beauty, except for the scar that ran across her cheek and down her nose, a result of going through a car windshield in a teen-aged accident.  I didn’t know her well, since I was a year ahead of her… Continue reading How Pretty She Was ¡Qué Linda!