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HANDWRITTEN
I’m out there in the world doing things. At the Post Office, I carefully picked boxes, carefully labeled each, and the lady behind the counter told me that I had the wrong label. How was ...
OH, ADVENTURE !
The holidays begin slowly, and for me, bravely doing new things I have never done before by myself. I had bought a “compass card” during the week. No longer does one use paper transfers ...
WHAT I GOT
By Zoe H. Most kids go to the mall and buy whatever they want But I’m over here happy with what I got They can go into each store and buy what they want But I’m over here happy with what ...
ROLLING RIGHT ALONG
The Friends of the Library, hereafter FOL, doesn’t have a section for Christmas books. Did I tell you that earlier? The Children’s book section does. Maybe Christmas is for children only...
PLAYING WITH THE HOLIDAY
Keeping the living room simple this year was hard for me. I am not one to fill my windows with moving Santa’s, nor am I fond of Christmas décor everywhere. But, until recently, I have loved ...
A WELCOMING
The tree is up all blue this year the wreath is on the door a welcoming made by my child and lasting almost forever I often think she loves me despite her constant criticisms because of th...
WORLD AIDS DAY
Memories. These are some of the blocks and panels that Sister Margaret’s Sewing ladies helped build for the AIDS Quilt. It was hard for me to go to displays of the AIDS Quilt and find friends...
LIVING IN THE RAIN
Margot when she was living in Seattle. Photo PAH. A day of dots again: • Margot is having a trigger finger released this morning. Her first surgery. They do it differently now from j...
IT'S ALL ABOUT ME
1981: Cc by CA Was it because I got in the hot tub Monday after swimming? That spot shot sharp pains up my leg all day yesterday, and the pains kept me awake last night. Sometimes one q...
A VIGNETTE
There Scott and I are, out on the grass in front of Dog Shit Acres. Three, old, pre-WWII, officers housing buildings that had been floated down from Camp Pendleton to OB. Real lath and pl...
A REVIEW
C: Musings from a Redhead. I read a lot. You know that. I usually post the title or author of the latest book down there on the bottom of each entry. The next one is going to be a Jona...
A LOVELY FOUR DAYS
” *Carol, Robert, and George after breakfast this morning. * It’s eight, and I have time to start my blog. At nine, we are having breakfast with Carol and her husband Robert. Carol is an ex...
A SIMPLY AND WONDERFUL DAY
The 1980 Cottage Thanksgiving.. I hope you are as grateful for many things this year as am I. And too, grateful for all of you in my life. Thank you Have a wonderful day.
SOMETIMES TRIUMPHANT
The Cabrillo Lighthouse on top of Point Loma. Playing with my newest Star of India Photos has kept me busy. No one posted anything good on Shipspotting.com about the Star’s sailing. In rea...
A WEDDING CAKE
The first smoke filled day, we decided to go to Shelter Island to watch the star and her flotilla head out to sea. This second day, I let George decide where he wanted to go to see the s...
A SMOKEY SAIL
The air was almost opaque, filled with smoke from the fires up north. The Star of India is the last iron hulled ship in the world that still sails. Despite the smoke, we took pictures any...
THE STAR SAILS
The Star of India being towed out in 2009. Viewed from the top of Point Loma. She hasn’t sailed in five years. This year, on her 155th Birthday, the Star of India sails again. We will drive...
WE'RE BACK
• He’s feeling pretty good. Yes, he can drive an automatic, and Myrtle the Toyota is one. He got tickets to the new Harry Potter film, so in half an hour we are out of here. • Bobbie ...
MORE FIRE INFORMATION + EDIT
Map: CAL Fire through ABC10 • I haven’t heard from my Friend Bobbie this morning. She has hundreds of friends waiting for a call or message. The list of notes on her Facebook site is g...
VETERANS DAY
<center></center> I thought for a few moments that the fire might reach Bobbies home. No, it is now burning five miles from her home where they stopped it. The fire itself is only 1...
FIRES
This is the CAL Fire map here, of the 9 am fire perimeters for the LA fire. My friend Bobbie lives just out of the purple area to the right of that beige road from the 101 to the sea. She t...
LARYNGITIS
Alice of Alice in Memoryland has been suffering from laryangitis. She writes not just of the verbal silences she is suffering, but also of the mental silences her husband suffers. He has...
ORTS AND LOAVES
One of two book sorting areas. • Two days a week, I work three hour turns in a basement. Yes, I am having a grand time. No the dust isn’t getting to me. I take enough allergy meds to...
PLEASE VOTE !!
This election really matters. Please go vote your convictions. Yes, your vote counts The Washington Post ran an opinion piece about why voters were and weren’t voting. Some of the reason...
DAYS LIKE THESE
Last night we sat by the bay and watched the Volendam leave the harbor. Today will be another time of total relaxation. The Sunday morning news shows leave us comforted as they are designed t...
