memoir – Page 30 – FIRST DATE, WORST DATE EVER!

The Third Day at the Beach

July 25, 2025July 25, 2025 Posted in Bay Area, beach, donations, memoir, yard work, ZumbaLeave a comment

(re-run) When I visit my beach house, it’s usually for two nights. One night is a no-go. It’s too much work to pack up and take the dogs, driving down one day and driving back the next. Every now and then I get an extra third night. That seems to be the difference between getting… Continue reading The Third Day at the Beach

July 13th x Three in the Obits

July 23, 2025July 24, 2025 Posted in memoir, Richard Simmons, Dr. Ruth, Shannen Doherty, Shelley Duvall, obituary, travel, travel, dancing,Leave a comment

(re-run) Reading my Time magazine today (something I’ve been doing for 47 years), I noticed on the obits page that Shannen Doherty of 90210 fame, died on July 13th at the young age of 53 (breast cancer). I didn’t watch 90210, but everyone knows who Shannen Doherty is (was). Then I saw that exercise guru… Continue reading July 13th x Three in the Obits

My Dog Is Too Smart

July 22, 2025July 21, 2025 Posted in California, dog pill, dog walks, dogs, escape artist, Jack Russell terrier, memoir, prey drive, ProzacLeave a comment

(re-run) Today I put Daisy’s Prozac in a slice of banana, as I do every day. She caught it and spit it out and then ate the banana pieces, leaving the pill. Since two other dogs were right there, also getting slices of banana sans pills, I had to hurriedly pick it up before the… Continue reading My Dog Is Too Smart

Best Summer Day Camp Ever

July 21, 2025July 20, 2025 Posted in California, humor, insects, memoir, nature, parenting, parents, parking lot, rattlesnake, relationships, rescue, snakes, summer, summer camp, t shirtLeave a comment

(re-run) My two daughters were Girl Scouts and went to summer day camp at Twin Canyons in Lafayette, two towns over. In order to get them a slot, I volunteered to work the entire week. I did it for eleven years and enjoyed getting to meet every camper there (about 200 each year). I chose… Continue reading Best Summer Day Camp Ever

Doing the Wobble While Being Old

July 19, 2025July 17, 2025 Posted in aging, August, dance floor, dancing, line dance, memoir, pandemic, senior center, seniors, sex, winery, Wobble, ZumbaLeave a comment

I just read the lyrics for the song, the Wobble, and I am blushing. It’s about sex. It’s a really fun dance, though, mostly for women, although Saturday, as I wobbled with forty other people on a postage stamp of a dance floor at a Vallejo winery, there were at least four guys. We each… Continue reading Doing the Wobble While Being Old

Thrift Store Angel

July 18, 2025July 17, 2025 Posted in angel, cardboard, flip flops, good deed, Karma, memoir, mulch, thrift store, universeLeave a comment

I’ve posted about Karma before, how if you do something for someone, the universe will reward you. Likewise, if you do something crappy, the universe will punish you. I reward people who help me carry my purchase to my car with a Snapple and a granola bar, since I always have those two things with… Continue reading Thrift Store Angel

Long Tuesday

July 16, 2025July 16, 2025 Posted in antique, dishes, memoir, senior citizen, senior discount, thrift store, thriftingLeave a comment

Costco has a new rule that you need a wholesale membership to get into the warehouse at 9:00 a.m. It started a couple weeks ago, so the place was mostly me and the employees as they finished stocking the shelves. Today I was parked out front at 8:47, in the warehouse three minutes later, and… Continue reading Long Tuesday

Feeling Better

July 15, 2025July 12, 2025 Posted in animals, birdfeeder, birds, Depression, dogs, exercise, food, Iowa, medications, melanoma, memoir, mood, nature, sunshine, ZumbaLeave a comment

(re-run) I have some down days once in a while, but mostly I don’t. I know I’m lucky. I have aligned my life to feel better. Coincidentally, a relative’s therapist told her the five things she needs every day to get out of her funk. Then, if you still feel like crap, go see a… Continue reading Feeling Better

Piglet in a Box

July 14, 2025July 9, 2025 Posted in boyfriend, California, Carmel, cell phone, ex-boyfriend, farm, hairdresser, humor, memoir, pig, ranch, relationships, wild animalLeave a comment

(re-run) Karin was working, cutting her stepsister’s hair at the salon her mom owned. Her cell phone vibrated. She never took calls during work. All of her friends and family knew that. It vibrated again, a second call from the same number. She picked up. It was her ex boyfriend, Rob. Rob was two ex-boyfriends… Continue reading Piglet in a Box

Give Me Back my Sweater!

July 11, 2025July 8, 2025 Posted in bar, boyfriend, dance club, dance shoes, dancing, divorce, live music, memoir, night club, thrift storeLeave a comment

(re-run) Once divorced, I discovered dancing in nightclubs, some of them outside with trees and twinkling lights. Barone’s in Pleasanton had live music every Thursday, from May to October. The October nights were cool, with the sun setting at 6:30 or so. I put on my short dancing dress, went bare legged, with sandals on… Continue reading Give Me Back my Sweater!