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The Bad Ass Eight Year Old and her Sis

March 5, 2019March 5, 2019 Posted in best, California, children, daughter, family, hiking, redwoods, relationships, survivalLeave a comment

Two little girls got lost in the woods in Humboldt County on Friday. They followed a deer trail into the woods that afternoon and then couldn’t find their way home. 200 people spent Saturday looking for them with no luck. Finally, on Sunday morning two volunteer firefighters followed their rain-boot tracks and found them cold… Continue reading The Bad Ass Eight Year Old and her Sis

Trip to the ER

November 28, 2018December 30, 2018 Posted in California, children, daughter, dogs, ER, feet, holiday weekend, Mama bear, memoir, pain, relationships, worst1 Comment

It was Labor Day weekend. We needed to get a handle on the mess in the garage. I asked my oldest to watch my youngest while we parents worked outside. She was nine, in 4th grade already for a week, and the baby was almost two and a half. Then a series of unfortunate events… Continue reading Trip to the ER

Thoughts on Hate

November 27, 2018December 30, 2018 Posted in attack, babies, California, Chelsea Clinton, daughter, dreams, Dukes of Hazzard, immigrants, memoir, racist, worstLeave a comment

The woman who works for me one day a week told me today that the Dukes of Hazzard TV show is coming back to TV. I never watched the show when it aired in the 70’s and 80’s, but I know that there was a confederate flag in the show. Will that flag be gone… Continue reading Thoughts on Hate

Dear Racist

November 3, 2018November 1, 2018 Posted in attitude, dating, daughter, Dracula, mom, picnic, racist, romance, Seattle, worstLeave a comment

Laurie had graduated college and had boomeranged back home to Seattle. She met a cute guy with horn-rimmed glasses. He invited her on a picnic at the beach. She said yes. “Have fun,” her mom said when Greg came to the house. Greg drove to a sandy spot with a view of the city. They… Continue reading Dear Racist

Two Days in Paradise

October 28, 2018October 28, 2018 Posted in best, California, daughter, dogs, fences, handy woman, humor, husband, memoir, nine year old, relationships, treesLeave a comment

What could be better than a handy woman who can saw, paint, clean, and fix anything? And she comes down to your house with her daughter, and you get a surrogate grandchild for the weekend? What if your handy woman is strong enough to move couches and love seats from one room to another, and… Continue reading Two Days in Paradise

Her Left Foot

August 21, 2018August 23, 2018 Posted in babies, best, California, childhood, children, daughter, emergency room, feet, firsts, holidays, hospital, humor, memoir, mom, nine year old, pain, parents, relationships, summer, worstLeave a comment

Worst Mom Ever

August 5, 2018 Posted in baseball, best, brownies, California, children, daughter, eyebrows, humor, memoir, parenting, relationships, son, worst1 Comment

As a mother, choose your words and actions carefully, for eighteen years! Mom to three grown children, I still hear about the horrible things I said and the awful things I did to them as children. Oldest daughter with her dad’s dark heavy eyebrows: me, to her as a teen, “You might want to pluck… Continue reading Worst Mom Ever