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A Girl, A Creek, and an Hour to Spare

Posted in best, board and care, California, cell phone, dogs, Facebook, humor, memoir, mom, nature, nine year old, relationships, treesLeave a comment

(re-run) When my worker woman showed up Monday morning after having been gone for a two-week long vacation, I had a long list of to–do’s for her. I answered the door and found her nine year old daughter standing next to her. I said hello and went over the list with Kelly. I left to… Continue reading A Girl, A Creek, and an Hour to Spare

The Why of Tearing Down the Statues

Posted in ancestors, Civil War, Confederate army, Democrats, Facebook, protestors, racism, racist, Republican, slave owners, statues, White Fragility, white privilege, ZoomLeave a comment

I have half an hour before my Zoom exercise class begins. I was vacuuming when I came up with some thoughts to jot down before I lose them. On a 4th of July Zoom call the other day, the conversation turned to the protests in the streets and the tearing down of statues across the… Continue reading The Why of Tearing Down the Statues

You Know You’re Getting Old when . . .

Posted in book review, books, chorus, dogs, Facebook, framing supplies, live music, memoir, nap, newspaper, project, rock and rollLeave a comment

(re-run) . . . .you planned on driving an hour to hear live music for two hours, but now you’d rather sit home and watch the news and the PBS country music special. . . . you decided to sort out all of your framing supplies and halfway through, you thought to yourself, what have… Continue reading You Know You’re Getting Old when . . .

The Pandemic’s Silver Lining

Posted in beach, books, children's books, Coronavirus, Costco, Covid 19, donations, Facebook, foxtails, Furminator, Good Will, lizards, musicians, neighbors, purging, summer, trees, YouTube, Zoom1 Comment

Now that it’s a week away from the official start of summer, I look back at the past three months and realize that the pandemic has allowed me to hit the pause button and do things I never thought I’d have time to do. Things I was saving for whan I became an old lady.… Continue reading The Pandemic’s Silver Lining

The Serendipity of It All

Posted in DVD, Facebook, humor, internet, kitchen remodel, memoir, Native Americans, Netflix, political correctness, serendipityLeave a comment

(re-run from 2018) Several months ago I rented a movie the old-fashioned way from Netflix. It came in the mail as a DVD, and I proceeded to lose it in my house. Let’s blame it on the kitchen remodel. I like the old way of using Netflix because then I can carry the DVD down… Continue reading The Serendipity of It All

The Hot Lipstick Post

Posted in airline ticket, Chronicle, CVS, deejay, face masks, Facebook, fruit, lipstick, memoir, milestone, pandemic, protestors, relationships, songs, vacation, wedding2 Comments

This morning (Sunday) I ran out to get the San Francisco Chronicle, bought fruit, and then dropped off a library book, mailed a letter, and parked in front of CVS, waiting for the pharmacy to open. Why not run errands later, you ask?  Because the Chronicle sells out fairly early, so I settled in with… Continue reading The Hot Lipstick Post

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

Sheltering in Place, Alone

Posted in birthday, cleaning, Coronavirus, Covid 19, dating, Facebook, foreclosures, garden, headache, mammogram, movie, moving, rats, scrolling, significant others8 Comments

It is so weird to live in a house with no other humans, when you have to stay at home. True, the fighting is kept to a minimum, and I always get my way, but the days can be long. So I trick myself by breaking up the day into segments and filling up the… Continue reading Sheltering in Place, Alone

The Problem with the Midwest

Posted in California, CDC, conspiracy theory, Coronavirus, Covid 19, Facebook, Iowa, lockdown, memoir, Midwestern, Nebraska, politics, president, virus, World Health Organization, ZoomLeave a comment

I am from Iowa (now a Californian), so I think I can write about this without being accused of cultural appropriation. People in the Midwest are insulated from a lot of what is happening right now. It’s true that two meat-packing plants have had to close down due to the Covid-19 virus, but most people… Continue reading The Problem with the Midwest

How God Figures into the Pandemic (Coronavirus)

Posted in China, church, Coronavirus, Covid 19, Europe, Facebook, God, Italy, lockdown, media, memoir, news, pandemic, shelter in place, Spain, virus3 Comments

While scrolling through Facebook this morning and consuming my simple breakfast of a packet of Belvita cinnamon breakfast biscuits and a cup of fake coffee, I saw a post from a high school friend back in Iowa, who said that the media is out of control. I am here to say that without the media,… Continue reading How God Figures into the Pandemic (Coronavirus)