memoir – Page 72 – FIRST DATE, WORST DATE EVER!

The Moon Landing and a Funeral

July 20, 2022July 20, 2022 Posted in death, fishing, grandma, grandpa, high school, Home Ec, junior high school, memoir, moon landing, OCD, relationshipsLeave a comment

(re-run) The day we landed on the moon (July 20th, 1969), my parents took the family to a picnic/fishing spot at the Des Moines reservoir. I was going into high school in the fall, so it was a dorky thing to do on a Sunday, but hey? I couldn’t drive yet, and the food was… Continue reading The Moon Landing and a Funeral

Piglet in a Box

July 16, 2022July 16, 2022 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

The Bad Housekeeper and the House Guests

July 15, 2022July 15, 2022 Posted in babysitters, California, dogs, friends, friendship, house guests, housekeeping, humor, memoir, sweeping, washing machine1 Comment

After being gone for four days, I swept the kitchen floor this morning to get the dog hairs. As I swept, I thought of this incident three decades ago. My husband’s work friend from San Diego (we were in Northern CA) came to visit with his wife and two sons. That made for four little… Continue reading The Bad Housekeeper and the House Guests

The Grass is Always Greener

July 12, 2022July 12, 2022 Posted in bedroom, dogs, emoji, humor, kiss, marriage, memoir, partner, relationships, roommate, textingLeave a comment

(re-run) I had a meeting tonight with two girlfriends in solid relationships. One is married, the other is living with her guy. My relationship is with two roommates who fight a lot over squeaky toys and over who gets to go out the door first. They are roommates of the furry kind. So imagine my… Continue reading The Grass is Always Greener

It’s a Small World

July 10, 2022July 10, 2022 Posted in Asperger's, Bay Area, California, cancer, COVID, cows, dogs, grief group, hiking, Meet-up, memoir, photographs, pollenLeave a comment

(re-run) Today was a meet-up hike, my third time with Remi as our fearless leader. It was sunny with little to no mud (no rain) and lots of cows. About twenty of us, plus four small dogs, walked five miles in two and a half hours. The great part is that the meet-up hikers go… Continue reading It’s a Small World

Letting Go

July 5, 2022July 5, 2022 Posted in best, California, cleaning, Craigslist, humor, memoir, online sales, relationshipsLeave a comment

(re-run) My cars sit out every summer. There’s no way they can go into the garage. Fires are burning north of here and have been for weeks. The Bay Area air is smoky. I look at the blue plastic tubs of flammable clothing and think, “It would take days for all of this to burn.”… Continue reading Letting Go

Peace Corps Fail

July 3, 2022July 3, 2022 Posted in dogs, memoir, Midwestern, Peace Corps, postal service, relationships, Spain, teaching, travel, VenezuelaLeave a comment

(re-run) It was in the spring of my first year of teaching when the call came. I was at Greenwood Elementary in Greenwood, Nebraska. I had applied to the Peace Corps the year before. They had just seen my application. They wanted to fly me to Chicago for an interview that weekend. They gave me… Continue reading Peace Corps Fail

Daisy’s Night Run, a Skunk, and an Anniversary

June 27, 2022June 28, 2022 Posted in beach, California, dogs, foxtails, memoir, Monterey county, raccoons, runaway, skunkLeave a comment

With hot, hot weather in the Bay Area, it seemed like a good time to run down to the beach, plus the handy woman was available to come at the same time with her daughter. We had trees to plant, foxtails to pull, and a flat roof filled with pine needles to clean. The dogs… Continue reading Daisy’s Night Run, a Skunk, and an Anniversary

Shopping Maskless!

June 27, 2022June 27, 2022 Posted in beach, chorus, COVID, dentist, humor, mask, memoir, noses, shopping, singing, thrift storeLeave a comment

I managed to avoid COVID for more than two years, but it got me during a weekend of chorus performances. The director wanted us to sing maskless and asked each of us to do a COVID test the morning of our first performance so that we would all feel comfortable about it. A few older… Continue reading Shopping Maskless!

Why Do We Hide Mental Issues in America?

June 26, 2022June 26, 2022 Posted in Asperger's, autism, Depression, epilepsy, exercise, memoir, mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, movie, Netflix, OCD, schizophrenia, weight-bearing exerciseLeave a comment

(re-run) It has come to my attention that if a person tells you that he has Asperger’s* and you tell another person that the guy has Asperger’s, that is a bad thing. We all know that If the guy had a broken leg or a bad heart, and you tell others of those things, it’s… Continue reading Why Do We Hide Mental Issues in America?