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Why So Many Worst Firsts

May 28, 2018 Posted in best, blind date, California, dating, divorce, humor, memoir, relationships, worstLeave a comment

In scrounging around for a first-worst-date story this week (after all, I’ve already done my own dates from Ames, Omaha, and Walnut Creek – how many first-worsts can one person have?), I discovered something. I hate some of my friends, the ones who’ve never had a bad date, ever. First there is Jim whom I… Continue reading Why So Many Worst Firsts

On Guardian Angels

May 27, 2018May 27, 2018 Posted in best, California, church, humor, last, memoir, nature, relationships, religion, worstLeave a comment

A friend and I had a glass of wine together the other night and reflected back on our lives and the times we should have been died but didn’t. Some would call it luck. Others would call it having a guardian angel. Some would say that was a weird way to spend an evening. At… Continue reading On Guardian Angels

Jerky Jokester

May 25, 2018May 25, 2018 Posted in California, cell phone, flirting, Hispanic, horse radish, humor, joke, Latino, phone call, phone numbers, relationships, restaurant, San Francisco, worst3 Comments

Elena lived in the city. She went to the Cingular Wireless store to get a phone line. Fidel worked there and helped her get one set up. She filled out the paperwork and then changed her mind. He put the paperwork into the shredder but then asked her for her phone number. “If you want… Continue reading Jerky Jokester

Worst Neighbors Ever

May 24, 2018May 24, 2018 Posted in abuse, children, dogs, humor, memoir, Nebraska, neighbors, relationships, worstLeave a comment

When I was twenty-eight I bought my first house, in Omaha, on 50th Avenue, south of Leavenworth. It was a cute little two bedroom, one bath with a full basement and big fenced-in backyard. Since I wanted to get a dog, it seemed perfect. I had a budget, and this house was in my price… Continue reading Worst Neighbors Ever

Lady Tenor in a Sea of Men

May 23, 2018 Posted in best, California, chorus, humor, J.J. Cale, memoir, relationships, singing, sister1 Comment

My chorus just did two back-to-back performances this past weekend. There are 120 of us this semester, with only thirty men. The men sing the bass and tenor parts, and five of us women sing the higher tenor part with the men. Why, you ask? Because we five gals have a lower range than the… Continue reading Lady Tenor in a Sea of Men

Mountain Lion

May 22, 2018May 22, 2018 Posted in biking, California, escape, hiking, humor, memoir, Mendocino, nature, relationships, survival, Van Damme State Park, Washington, worst2 Comments

The latest mountain lion attack got me to thinking about how we humans hike, bike, and enter into cougar country and should know what to do in the event that we run into one. The newspaper article today tells about the two mountain bikers in Washington this past weekend that encountered a mountain lion. The… Continue reading Mountain Lion

Sneaking into the Pool

May 21, 2018May 21, 2018 Posted in airport, Angel Falls, beach, Canaima, dysentery, hotel pool, humor, Iowa State University, memoir, microbes, relationships, teaching, travel, Venezuela, worst2 Comments

While student teaching in Venezuela, we learned how to have fun with not much money. One of the American teachers had stolen a couple of striped beach towels from an upscale hotel, and she had been sneaking into the hotel pool for years. “Just carry the towel and act like you belong,” Linda said. Christy… Continue reading Sneaking into the Pool

The White Album

May 20, 2018May 20, 2018 Posted in aging, California, caregiver, dancing, dating, flirting, humor, memoir, Monterey Bay, relationships1 Comment

The last time I saw the Beatles cover band in the Santa Cruz mountains hippie town of Felton, I noticed that most of the crowd was coupled off, and most of the couples didn’t dance. They were too old, being die-hard Beatles fans for fifty years. It was a shame. The floor is real wood.… Continue reading The White Album

Royals

May 18, 2018May 18, 2018 Posted in fame, humor, Iowa, marriage, memoir, Midwestern, military, mom, political correctness, Princess Diana, queen, relationships, royals, wedding2 Comments

Today’s the day (technically tomorrow), when a prince marries an American! A celebrity! A person of mixed race! The world has gone gaga for a royal wedding. I am not that much into all things British, but I do like the family Windsor. After all, Prince William married my distant cousin, Kate. Yes, my maiden… Continue reading Royals

Do Nerds Laugh?

May 17, 2018May 18, 2018 Posted in author, California, football, humor, memoir, nerds, relationships, science, Silicon Valley, singing, technology, video, YouTube1 Comment

Yesterday, at my bi-monthly massage at the chiropractor’s, Curtis the masseur asked me lots of questions to help the fifty-five minute session go by. I was chatting away as he rubbed the kinks out of my neck, shoulder and lower back, telling him this and that, until he came around to the big question, “What… Continue reading Do Nerds Laugh?