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On Guardian Angels

October 17, 2020October 16, 2020 Posted in best, California, church, humor, last, memoir, nature, relationships, religion, worst1 Comment

(re-run) 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.… Continue reading On Guardian Angels

Bad Day

October 14, 2020October 14, 2020 Posted in Amazon, birthday, chiropractor, Covid 19, earrings, laundry, low back pain, massage, memoir, orthotics, Spider ManLeave a comment

Mostly I have good days. But when I have a bad one, I really have a bad one, where everything goes wrong, I mean everything. I asked my oldest what she wanted for her birthday. She sent me links of books on Amazon but asked me not to buy them on Amazon. I thought of… Continue reading Bad Day

Fleet Week and the $10,000,000 Lot

October 11, 2020October 11, 2020 Posted in Alcatraz, barbecue, Bay Area, Blue Angels, Facebook, Fleet Week, fog, friends, hiking, Marin County, memoir, military, relationships, San Francisco, SausalitoLeave a comment

(re-run) When I moved to the Bay Area, no one explained what Fleet Week was. But after many years, I finally figured it out — big ships, military stuff, the Blue Angels. The Blue Angels are six military jets in formation flown by some amazing pilots. They fly over the city of San Francisco for… Continue reading Fleet Week and the $10,000,000 Lot

Superstitions

October 9, 2020October 8, 2020 Posted in brain chemistry, chain letters, culture, evil spirits, Friday the 13th, full moon, German, Jack-o-lanterns, memoir, mirrors, mother-in-law, mothers, OCD, sneezing, supernatural, superstitions2 Comments

She hated Friday the 13th. She would turn the car around if a black cat crossed the street in front of her. And mirrors? She once yelled at me when I held my baby up to one in a German restaurant. “That’s bad luck before her first birthday!” My mother-in-law, may she rest in peace,… Continue reading Superstitions

Hitchhiking Story

October 8, 2020October 8, 2020 Posted in car, college, door-to-door salesperson, hitch hiking, memoir, Ohio, Southwestern Company, summerLeave a comment

When I was 20, I sold books door to door that summer in Ohio for Southwestern Company. The regional boss told me at our Sunday meeting to spend a day working with one of his ace sellers. The problem was, I didn’t have a car to get to the town where he worked. The boss… Continue reading Hitchhiking Story

The Scars of our Lives

October 7, 2020October 6, 2020 Posted in accident, aging, broken bones, dentist, dog bite, health, make-up, memoir, scars, stitches, sunburn, tetanus shot, tooth, VenezuelaLeave a comment

(re-run) When you get to be my age, you are bound to have a few scars. I haven’t had any big surgeries, but I do have scars from burns, bumps, and scrapes along the way. Right now it’s my thumb that is most noticeable. I broke it by pulling down a three-piece sectional garage door… Continue reading The Scars of our Lives

Ungrateful Daisy Dog

October 5, 2020October 5, 2020 Posted in cell phone, dog walks, dogs, gates, girlfriends, harness, Jack Russell terrier, leash, memoir, rescue, sickLeave a comment

I was sick today, and my plans to walk the dogs with my girlfriend were dashed. To my surprise, she offered to walk them for me. “You can’t walk them together,” I said. “It’s too hard.” “That’s okay. I’ll come walk each of them separately.” “Okay . .. ?” I had the pinch collar on… Continue reading Ungrateful Daisy Dog

Women, Race and Equality

October 3, 2020October 3, 2020 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

A Ghost Story

October 1, 2020September 30, 2020 Posted in California, ghosts, humor, memoir, Monterey Bay, relationships, spirits, energyLeave a comment

(re-run) This is not a Halloween story. No words written in blood on the hallway walls, no moaning spirits or flickering lights, or candles blowing themselves out. Just a feeling of not being alone. Ghosts, if you will, leftover energy from those who came before us. As a child I was called the sensitive one.… Continue reading A Ghost Story

The Tennis Shoe and the Broken Window

September 30, 2020September 30, 2020 Posted in classmates, college, high school, Iowa, Iowa State University, locker room, memoir, physical fitness, physical fitness award, softball, teacher, windowLeave a comment

It was senior year in high school. I was on my last semester of PE, my least favorite class. I maintained a straight-A average in all other classes. Not PE. It alternated between a B and a C. I was feeling good. We were in our next-to last unit, the physical fitness award. I already… Continue reading The Tennis Shoe and the Broken Window