Category: election

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, YouTubeLeave a comment

(re-run) 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… Continue reading Laugh More, Worry Less

How OCD Improved my GPA

Posted in 70s, creative writing, election, English, George McGovern, government, GPA, graduation, high school, Jeopardy, memoir, monkey brains, newspaper, OCD, president, Spanish, world historyLeave a comment

I’ve been doing research for a kid book involving the presidents. It got me to thinking how back in high school I needed to do a project for my government class about the presidential election. It was fall semester of 1972. It was between George McGovern and Nixon.  My class project was to make a… Continue reading How OCD Improved my GPA

Monday, Monday

Posted in California, Covid 19, daughter, dermatologist, doctor, dog walks, dogs, Dr. Fauci, drugstore, election, errands, friends, memoir, nextdoor.com, science, yard, yard sign, Zoom, ZumbaLeave a comment

The neighbors have a new puppy. I can hear it squeaking at their back door. The windows are open, a hot night for October in California. My stitched-up leg is on the foot stool. The pain has lessened. After all, it is day 5.  Only 9 more to go before the stitches come out. The… Continue reading Monday, Monday

I Stole a Dilly Bar on a Dare

Posted in civil rights, conscience, constitution, Dairy Queen, election, flirting, Iowa, junior high school, lactose intolerance, memoir, Portland, president, stealing, vandals, voteLeave a comment

When I was fourteen I stole a Dilly Bar from the Dairy Queen on a dare. It was lunch break from my junior high school, and we had an open campus. That meant we could walk across Douglas Avenue to go to the corner drugstore for candy or the Dairy Queen for ice cream. My… Continue reading I Stole a Dilly Bar on a Dare

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

I Stole a Dilly Bar on a Dare

Posted in civil rights, conscience, constitution, Dairy Queen, election, flirting, Iowa, junior high school, lactose intolerance, memoir, Portland, president, stealing, vandals, vote1 Comment

When I was fourteen I stole a Dilly Bar from the Dairy Queen on a dare. It was lunch break from my junior high school, and we had an open campus. That meant we could walk across Douglas Avenue to go to the corner drugstore for candy or the Dairy Queen for ice cream. My… Continue reading I Stole a Dilly Bar on a Dare

Freeing Up Space

Posted in Democrats, election, Etsy, Facebook, Gmail, Google, memoir, online sales, online shopping, pandemic, seniors, SPAM, storage space, technology, unsubscribe, Walgreen's, WordpressLeave a comment

Google has been telling me for days now that I am running out of storage space. Rather than bug my adult son about it, I bought extra space from Google. Guess what? It didn’t change a thing.  Still not wanting to bother my technological son in a pandemic, since he lives elsewhere, I used Google… Continue reading Freeing Up Space

Time to Get your Absentee Ballot for November

Posted in absentee ballot, ATM, Coronavirus, Covid 19, dogs, Easter, election, Google, judges, lockdown, memoir, newspaper, school, school district, social distancing, Spanish Flu, Supreme Court, voter primary, WisconsinLeave a comment

It’s that bewitching hour after lunch where I need to sit and digest while I write a blog post. During the lockdown (here in California) I have learned a few things today: Our school district, along with six counties, has called off physical classes for the rest of the year. My county has 442 cases… Continue reading Time to Get your Absentee Ballot for November