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ARMOR
The men and women of comic con make their own armor. Amazing isn’t it. When I saw the real stuff in London, it didn’t look as good as this. I’ve been armoring my way through expensive proced...
BITS OF THE 4TH
It’s a stunningly beautiful day here. The beaches and bay are ringed with parked cars and sunburned folks. Bobbie and Geoff arrived on empty freeways from LA and took us out to breakfast....
SLEEP
Comic Con is almost upon us, and I am trying to make life feel normal. George is on an expensive new diet…lots of meat and cheese. Lots of money outgoing. I am counting the days till I c...
MILITARY MOVEMENTS
It’s sunny. The water in the pool was warm. Smiles abound. I exercise in the pool till my knee feel baloonish. If I remember to keep my leg straight, I can drive the truck. Myrtle is new eno...
UNDERCOVER BRAVERY
The lone bee. I’ve missed the roses I usually shoot. There were none to photograph at the Spring convention the last two years. This year the land had been bulldozed for condos. Bereft. T...
COSTUMINGS
While waiting to hear health news from someone, I began work on a faux fur vest to go with my Comic Con costume. Most of the costumes are superb creations especially the homemade ones. Lots o...
News 1
It really is all about comics. I spent the last two days creating a big furry vest to wear over my Comic Con costume. I really do need an apron, but the vest is dramatically fuzzy fake f...
COMMUNICATION
• Both kids are very angry with me for not letting them know how ill I have been. Once I got ready for bed, the calls started coming in. I told them repeatedly that they could read all abou...
COMING UP
A warrior of some sort in a very carefully made costume. George is counting the days till Comic Con. I know that going will keep my mind off myself in the coming weeks. Looking at the pic...
A BUSY DAY
I call in the Ghost Busters to do their best with my thinking today. No sun yet, but I know there will be a pile of sober Birthday cheer that will spread out to all of us. ……………………………………...
COSTUMINGS
I’ve been reading Reeve Lindbergh’s books lately. Her ‘memoir’ is really about her family, but “No More Words” is really an unusual memoir in its own. Her mother, Anne Morrow Lindbergh is...
SUMMER DAYS
Alcazar Gardens, just behind the Mingei Museum in Balboa Park. No, it doesn’t really look like that today. The thick grey overcast we call June Gloom is with us now through the first par...
CERULEAN BLUE
2009: Felicity Ace and the Rainbow Wing with their Cerulean Blue hulls. I got all dressed up today for the very early morning breathing tests. You will laugh at me, I know, but I wore ver...
MORE OF THOSE ORTS
LGBT Pride flag. • Did you know that Google is celebrating falafel today? • It’s LGBT Month. The State house in Sacramento is flying the Rainbow flag. Here, the largest if flown at th...
BALBOA PARK II
Balboa Park Map, Copyright: Open street maps. I include the map a second time so you don’t get lost. The first thing you will find as you walk down toward the South, is the Japanese Frien...
POLLYANNAISH
I follow doctor’s instructions, I make appointments, and I go to them feeling a little like Pollyanna. Always hopeful. “This is going to be ok. It’s going to be just fine. It’s a good t...
BALBOA PARK; PART 1
Balboa Park, C. Open Street Maps. Balboa Park is one of the oldest cultural and recreational parks in the United States. The 1200 acres were placed in reserve by the City in 1835. By 1909...
RITUALS
2019 Fronting the lily Pond. Monday morning rituals include the doing the laundry…one I am not fond of. It’s piled up now in the bathroom with the sheets gathered on the bed. I asked Geor...
MY HANDS SHAKE
My hands shake, they don’t want to tweeze that long black hair growing from my chin nor do they like tightening the screw in my glasses. Every surgery I have, the shaking grows worse, grows mor...
MISSION bAY
For years I worked near Mission Bay and walked through it on the way to work. As a child, I had a very vague memory of miles of sloughs where the bay is now. It was a totally wild lan...
BYE BYE BIRDIE
WOW, we are awfully proud of you. There was lots of forgetting on my part, but everything came out wonderfully. We started an hour something in advance. Parking was easy, George kindly pu...
TIME FLIES WHEN YOU ARE HAVING FUN
An extraordinary dessert. Friday I ordered the new lenses, and George found a pair of those blue frames I love on Amazon. I don’t do really well as secretary of the Friday meeting, but I am...
THE EYES HAVE IT
Today was the eye doc day. One last stitch was removed. I saw it and the truly tiny knot after it was out. He peered inside the right eye and said it was all good even while I was compl...
You can hear me cheering.
2008: Zoe and Margot. • Some things have turned out very well this week. My heart test came back excellent except for a little thickening in the left ventricle probably due to my high blo...
MORE OF THE SAME
1967 It was more of the same this morning. I had great trouble staying awake while G leapt up and went to work at 6. Finally G and I were off to the heart doctor’s office. They called m...
