holidays – Page 9 – FIRST DATE, WORST DATE EVER!

Baby It’s Cold Outside

December 12, 2017December 12, 2017 Posted in California, holidays, lust, memoir, president, relationships, roofies, seduction, singing, stormsLeave a comment

My large chorus has performed Baby, It’s Cold Outside twice in the past week. A classic holiday tune, it has been called rapey by Millennials online. As in, the guy wants to date-rape his gal with the swell-looking hair. Baby It’s Cold Outside was written in the 1940’s as a romantic song of seduction. But… Continue reading Baby It’s Cold Outside

Keep on Keepin’ On

December 2, 2017December 8, 2017 Posted in California, divorce, friends, holidays, relationships, restaurant, writersLeave a comment

I was alone in a bar on a Friday night. This was not the plan. My ski club was supposed to have a TGIF in my town, a rarity. I wouldn’t have to fight northbound traffic on 680. Woohoo! Four hours off from being a caregiver. It had been a long week with the trip… Continue reading Keep on Keepin’ On

Will You Marry Me?

November 25, 2017November 25, 2017 Posted in Black Friday, California, care giver, caregiver, hiking, holidays, humor, marriage proposal, neighbors, relationshipsLeave a comment

Holidays can be depressing. When you first wake up and think, Today is Black Friday, but I don’t have anything planned, and I can’t go anywhere, it’s a downer. When you’re a care giver, everything revolves around that. You can’t run to exercise class today, because it’s been cancelled. You can’t go hiking today, even… Continue reading Will You Marry Me?