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Peace Corps Fail

March 16, 2020March 15, 2020 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

Memphis Sugar Mama

March 15, 2020March 14, 2020 Posted in car salesman, college, dating, flirting, France, humor, liquor store, Memphis, mom, pick-up lines, relationships, romance, sugar mamaLeave a comment

(re-run) After Robert’s family came to America, Robert went to college in Memphis. He met an older woman, Devon, in a liquor store. She had on a mink jacket and asked him out right there amongst the bottles of high-end scotches. She looked good for her age. She drove a Cadillac since her daddy had… Continue reading Memphis Sugar Mama

Having his Cake

March 14, 2020March 13, 2020 Posted in California, cheater, dating, dogs, firsts, flirting, humor, memoir, pick-up lines, relationships, restaurantLeave a comment

(re-run) We sat at the bar at Il Vecchio’s next to the guy with the shaved head. My girlfriend chatted him up while we waited for a table. We decided to have dinner at the bar. Adam was cute enough but not too tall. He seemed interested in my petite girlfriend, so at the end… Continue reading Having his Cake

How to Self-quarantine in California

March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 Posted in 401K, airplane, Boomers, California, coffee, Coronavirus, Costco, drive-through, germs, hand sanitizer, humor, Iowa, memoir, public bathrooms, robot, scientist, self-checkout, social distancingLeave a comment

The Corona virus Covid-19 is upon us. We need to practice social distancing, especially if we are old. I am doing my darnedest to distance myself. My plan today was to be at Costco at 9:00 a.m. to get a few things. 100 people beat me to it. I saw the line at the door… Continue reading How to Self-quarantine in California

When your Subconscious Self is Screaming at You

March 12, 2020March 11, 2020 Posted in aliens, books, chorus, church, collection, karaoke, memoir, music, ocean, pornography, Rubbermaid tubs, singing, subconscious self3 Comments

I just unpacked my one-thousand-book collection. Ten years ago, I packed it up and stored it in Rubbermaid tubs in a damp garage two blocks from the ocean. I was in the middle of a divorce, and I sold all the bookcases in my divorce house so that I wouldn’t have to move them. This… Continue reading When your Subconscious Self is Screaming at You

A Day with No Makeup

March 11, 2020March 10, 2020 Posted in aging, Boomers, Costco, Facebook, humor, Uncategorized1 Comment

(re-run) I spent the early part of the morning drinking my fake coffee mocha and checking Facebook. I left in plenty of time to get to my exercise class. As I was driving down the freeway I glanced into the rear view mirror and screamed. Aagh! I’d forgotten to put on my makeup! If I… Continue reading A Day with No Makeup

What to Do instead of Going Online

March 10, 2020March 9, 2020 Posted in animal rescue, architecture, beach, books, cookies, dogs, ghosts, going online, ice cream, internet, memoir, neighbors, painting, thrift store, VictorianLeave a comment

(re-run) It’s amazing once a person takes the internet out of the daily equation, just how much she can get done. And how she doesn’t miss it all that much. And how she has time to write about not missing it. As technology goes, I could take it or leave it. I still shop at… Continue reading What to Do instead of Going Online

Season Tickets Jinx

March 9, 2020March 9, 2020 Posted in California, chorus, Coronavirus, dancing, football, memoir, party, San Francisco, Super Bowl, symphony, ticketsLeave a comment

A year ago, I performed with 49 other members of the Blackhawk Chorus and the California Symphony at the Lesher Theater in Walnut Creek. Since it was so much fun being up on stage while the Star Wars theme and other John Williams songs were being orchestrated, I thought I should start attending the symphony… Continue reading Season Tickets Jinx

My Fake-Coffee Half Hour

March 8, 2020March 7, 2020 Posted in blog, blog posts, coffee, Diet Coke, Facebook, GERD, humor, memoir, names, relationships, Spanish, Spanish class, stomach, stomach issues, wine2 Comments

It’s funny how a person’s perception of what is good changes with the circumstances. I used to look forward to my can of Diet Coke every day until I reached my mid-forties. Then the stuff was too hard on my stomach, and I gave it up. I used to look forward to my cup of… Continue reading My Fake-Coffee Half Hour

What is Love on the Drive to Monterey?

March 7, 2020March 7, 2020 Posted in Beatles, California, car pool, CD player, deferred gratification, door to door salesperson, driving, James Taylor, Monterey Bay, Napster, ocean, SNL1 Comment

Driving down to Monterey with my CD player going the whole way, I listened to the oldies but goodies — the Beatles, James Taylor, and Kenny G. Back in the olden days, before the internet, ipods, and all that, we would put on a record and listen to the whole thing — the number one… Continue reading What is Love on the Drive to Monterey?