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Bad News - Worse News
I arrived home from the store, truly dusted out….my dust allergies winning. “Do you want the bad news or the truly bad news first,” said my charming husband who was in the garage doing the lau...
Getting It Done
At last, two nights of good sleep. Little coughing. The great G rearranged the TV and it’s electronics so the bed can go up to the window again. I added two Tylenol to my Nyquil regimen, an...
Part 2: In The Sunshine
Sunday we drove up to the new cemetery…Miramar National Cemetery. We will be buried there now that Ft. Rosecrans is closed. George said there was no reason to go up there, but I wanted to see w...
Part One: Walking through the Flags
Looking toward the sea. We took a few moments on Saturday to walk through the massed flags up at Point Loma. The Boy Scouts that place the flags were just leaving. The wind was brisk, and the...
Not Thinking....
Today, Saturday, G and I are doing things like haircuts, visiting Dale, and puttering. Dale was at the core of my extended family which kept me alive through the bad years. This Sunday even...
A Blue Living Room
*Blue living room. * Breathing better at last. Still coughing tho. Back in the pool; gently. Back at work shuffling books yesterday. Gently. I worked steadily but not hard pricing and box...
Blooming
*Cactus Garden in Aruba. We have a cold. A light cold, but still a cold. Before I became proactive, my vision was unprintable, and my cough was truly an ugly thing. I couldn’t even read....
Stylin'
*Detail work on a jacket at the Mingei Museum Shop. Once a year I roll open my closet doors and stare at the contents in dismay. Styles change, and I make a feeble effort to keep a few out...
A Friday Graduation
Selfie from Megan: 2014 Friday: A busy but happy day is planned. I’ll swim…the water helps my ugly smoke cough, work until one, then at three G and I are driving out to State, SDSU. Our elde...
Fire and Heat
2014 fire; Copyright CBS News. Tuesday: I didn’t handle the volunteer at all well; never a manager will I make. Still, he priced books and saved me time and energy. I hugged him. Life move...
Two days avoiding the sun
Photo: G. An iguana on a cactus in Aruba. Monday: The air was perfect, and the pool was just warm enough to truly enjoy our workout. It was 82. So half an hour jumping up and down then 15...
Already the Tenth
*Leaving Aruba. Showing this shot of me because Seedys wanted to see my short and curly hair. I never knew I had a natural curl. Saturday: Off into the hinterlands a day early. Today we s...
Not Bad At All
Through the window: Point Loma from the air. We live near the top in the haze. 2014. Tuesday: I swam, finished the Borscht Belt piece, planned the meals and shopped too. Dinner was to be Ph...
The Borscht Belt in Motion
*Al Katz on stage aboard the Island Princess. I’m just home from fifteen enjoyable days on board the Island Princess. After watching an old school comedian on our last night onboard, it str...
A Weekend
*At Cartagena. Taking your hotel with you. Saturday afternoon and evening: Yes, I backed up the last bits of May’s journals and photos. Yes, I got rid of all my worn our shoes. Boy ther...
Dance of the Days
More pictures from the canal zone. Here the Island Princess follows the MSC into the Miraflores Locks. Here’s a link to the web cam, but it’s burping a bit this morning. Miraflores Lock Cam...
Cracking May Day
Canal Authorities leaving a coaster after visiting it along a Canal bank. I chipped the rear of a crown before we left on our trip. Nothing much, I thought. I’ll go fix it when we return. ...
Readings
A Panama Tug that never stopped moving. I worked hard on that comedienne piece yesterday. My points aren’t very clear yet but I have a good start on things. Yes, I got permission to use a pi...
Pier Jumpers
Tanker coming down in the lock behind the fire truck. I had a vigorous day doing all my errands after the gym. Perhaps not enough vigor because I woke before midnight, woke at oneish and woke...
Tugged into Middle-classness
Aruba tug through the mooring lines. It all seems to new and fresh to have washing going around downstairs, to have dishes to do, groceries to shop for, the BBQ grills to wash again, and an es...
A Full Circle Back Home
Today I begin to back up all the photos, all the logs of our trip, all the detritus of an 18 day voyage through the Panama Canal. Once just as we got our final invoice aboard the ship, thanks...
Finding a Friend.
Before Cabo, we stopped for a day in Nicaragua. After Cabo, we investigated the ship with our cameras taking almost two hundred some images of halls, rooms and carpets. I’ll show you later. ...
In the Background
My whole world has been photographs lately. I am still processing our pictures, but frankly the number of them overwhelms me. Some days we took almost two thousand a day. I’ve posted four...
Canal Day: Part Two
The mules travel up their ramps via cogs. Human tourists on stairs. There are all sorts of tourist facilities throughout the Canal. Lunch was more pastries as breakfast was still out and lun...
April 6, 2014: Canal Day: Part One
The Panamanian authorities come to vet us. We both woke with great enthusiasm and made the dining room before most of the early birds. Pastries instead of croissants for breakfast. On deck t...
