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Cat Burglar

October 16, 2018 Posted in California, cats, college, dogs, door to door salesperson, humor, memoir, police officer, relationships, Southwestern Company, worstLeave a comment

I was in Fremont, California. It was the summer of 1975. I had my sample case with me. 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 one more doorbell to ring before I’d… Continue reading Cat Burglar

The Snapcrap App for San Francisco

October 10, 2018October 10, 2018 Posted in baby, Hamilton, homeless, humor, poop, relationships, San Francisco, SnapchatLeave a comment

On the news last night, the anchors reported a new app for San Francisco people – to report poop, dog or human, on city streets. I am not a Snapchat user, but at least one of my children is. This new free app, instead of for posting selfies, is an excrement tattle tale (tattle tail?).… Continue reading The Snapcrap App for San Francisco

Kavanaugh Hearing a Trigger Event

October 5, 2018October 5, 2018 Posted in co-worker, date rape, high school, marijuana, mom, movie, police officer, relationships, sexual assaultLeave a comment

My high school girlfriend’s little sister from Iowa told me this on Facebook Messenger yesterday. Because I had come out about my rape, she wanted to tell me about her date rape at age fifteen. This is verbatim and hard to read, but the world needs to know that this happens. “I really need to… Continue reading Kavanaugh Hearing a Trigger Event

My Personal Post

October 4, 2018October 4, 2018 Posted in #MeToo, California, mysogynist, Palo Alto, protest, relationships, sexual assault, worstLeave a comment

I wrote a personal piece on Saturday, coming out about my college rape. Why did I write about it? Because I am tired of people acting as though sexual assault is not a rampant problem in America. If you have made it this far without ever having been touched or bumped up against, or anything… Continue reading My Personal Post

Asparagus, Anyone?

October 3, 2018October 3, 2018 Posted in high school, humor, memoir, nature, Nebraska, outdoors, relationships, yardLeave a comment

The farmhouse was next to the highway, close enough for me to hear the train come by every night, and far enough away from the tracks to get used to sleeping through it. No houses could be seen from any window — just trees, sky, and lots of cornfields. It was a peaceful place, sometimes… Continue reading Asparagus, Anyone?

Mountain Lion

October 1, 2018 Posted in California, escape, firsts, hunting, memoir, mountain lion, nature, park, relationships, survival, trouble, Van Damme State Park, wild animal, worstLeave a comment

The latest mountain lion attack got me to thinking about how we humans hike, bike, and enter into mountain lion territory 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.… Continue reading Mountain Lion

Worker Woes in Monterey

September 28, 2018 Posted in dogs, fences, home maintenance, humor, memoir, Monterey Bay, relationships, trees, worstLeave a comment

I went down to my little beach house to see how the trees came out after the tree trimmers did their work and how the new fences turned out after the fence company built them. I hadn’t been there in person because of my dogs. I trusted that the companies I hired would do a… Continue reading Worker Woes in Monterey

Rescue Dog, Month # 10

September 27, 2018September 27, 2018 Posted in animal adoption, animal rescue, ARF, California, dogs, friends, helpful strangers, humor, memoir, relationshipsLeave a comment

We’ve been to three Manners classes so far, and Daisy is the class flunky. Every other dog (both younger and bigger) can do a down stay and a sit stay. Daisy can sit, and that’s about it. I have learned to ask her to sit before she eats and before her walk. She used to… Continue reading Rescue Dog, Month # 10

It’s a Jungle Out There

September 22, 2018 Posted in bar, best, California, coyote, dancing, dating, dogs, friends, girlfriends, humor, memoir, moving, music, relationships, seniorsLeave a comment

I saw a coyote yesterday during my strength and training class at the senior center. There are so many people in the drop-in class that I have to stand right in front of the glass doors, with a view of the hills filled with wild turkeys, birds, and now Wiley Coyote. My back hurts more… Continue reading It’s a Jungle Out There

Worst FaceTime Ever

September 21, 2018September 21, 2018 Posted in California, chemistry, cyber space, dating, FaceTime, firsts, gold chain, hiking, humor, internet, iphone, neck, online dating, phone call, pick-up lines, relationships, surprise, video, worstLeave a comment

She met him on Plenty of Fish. Their first conversation was normal. Frank was articulate and spoke in complete sentences. They spent two hours on the phone. Frank asked if they could meet the next morning since it was a Saturday. Nancy already had plans, plus she wasn’t a morning person, so she postponed their… Continue reading Worst FaceTime Ever