Category: job

My Past Life as a Cat Burglar

Posted in best, books, California, children's books, co-workers, door to door salesperson, firsts, humor, job, memoir, Midwestern, outdoors, police officer, Southwestern Company, summer, worst2 Comments

(re-run) I was fifteen hundred miles away from home. It was the summer of 1975. I had my sample case with me from Southwestern Books. I’d worn my hot pants to stay cool. I had already rung three dozen doorbells. Selling books door to door wasn’t always a cake walk. It was lunchtime. I had… Continue reading My Past Life as a Cat Burglar

Women, Race and Equality

Posted in Black Lives Matter, California, discrimination, equality, Frederick Douglass, job, memoir, PE, pregnancy, pregnant, race, RBG, Spanish, Susan B. Anthony, teaching, writingLeave a comment

It’s hot and smoky at the beach. Fires in Napa Wine Country rage on. Those poor people have had to evacuate every fall for the past four years. I searched for my sunglasses this morning but couldn’t locate them, so I walked the big dog in my hat but no glasses. I wore my N… Continue reading Women, Race and Equality

Girlfriends vs. Family

Posted in aging, care givers, family, girlfriends, job, memoir, Monterey Bay, party, prescriptions, relationships, spontaneity, time, trips, work1 Comment

It has come to my attention this past week that some of my friends are unhappy with me for not calling them as often as I used to.  As I told a girlfriend just two days ago, I don’t call anybody these days. I am in charge of two people’s lives, and taking care of… Continue reading Girlfriends vs. Family