Category: farm workers

Remember Kelly Dolls?

Posted in 1990s, 2000s, Barbie, beach, Beanie Babies, Christmas, doll store, dolls, dolls of color, donations, EBay, farm workers, Kelly dolls, memoir, Monterey Bay, Target, toddler1 Comment

Do you remember the Kelly dolls by Mattel? They are 5 inch tall dolls in their own little plastic and cardboard boxes, Barbie’s little sister. The boxes are as colorful as the dolls. Twenty-some years ago, on my weekly run to Target with a toddler in tow, I would check out the Kelly dolls and… Continue reading Remember Kelly Dolls?

The New Normal

Posted in Bay Area, beach, Bill Gates, conspiracy theory, Coronavirus, Costco, Covid 19, CVS, Dr. Fauci, Ellen, essential workers, farm workers, gardeners, hair dye, herd immunity, lockdown, Monterey Bay, new normal, pandemic, philanthropist, porta potties, seniors, vaccine, virus1 Comment

Last night the special on TV thanked the nurses, doctors, policemen, delivery men, grocery store workers, restaurant workers, mail carriers, truckers, etc, etc. Nobody thanked the farm workers. A week ago I was driving back from Monterey in a light rain. As I passed the fields on either side of the freeway, I saw the… Continue reading The New Normal