MageB ⋅ 83
Journaling since 1974. I'm an artist, book lady, and quilter living at the beach with a car guy. We wait out the pandemic in our little condo above the beach. Having been homeless in the 70's, the car guy and I truly appreciate where we are today. All entries are copyrighted under the author's legal name under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported. © Copyright 1974-2021.
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TOOK THE DAY OFF in Postcards 4
1964 at #20 in mother’s chair with Margot and Laka. Yes, I took the day off yesterday. Yes too, I can discourse in DMV too. LOL ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Himself:...
WORK WORK WORK in Postcards 4
1963, Pregnant and with a wiggly Margot on the lawn of #20. Some days the studying goes well, on other days the numbers defeat me. Wednesday I worked then came home to nap at my computer....
LOVERLY in Postcards 4
1961, Ft. Eustis VA. I took the wrong practice test first thing yesterday morning. It was for a commercial DL…those giant big trucks. I passed. Then I did everything I failed at the day ...
AND LAUNDRY TOO in Postcards 4
1961 Not doing really well yesterday with the questions. I passed the easy questions on a non-DMV site, but I failed the hard ones. I was very upset by nightfall, but today I feel like myself...
STEP BY STEP in Postcards 4
Painted wood for the steps. Ripping off the first step to find sturdy stringers. The first two steps installed with their risers and calked. Only five left. …………………………………...
THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND in Postcards 4
Mural on the side of the Car Carrier Jean Anne, 2010. The sky is filled with grey clouds, and I am upstairs here hiding, writing this instead of studying. I’ll get to that in just a whi...
THE DMV AND ME in Postcards 4
Summer is almost done with for the year. The days are still warm and sunny. The surf still roars down on the beach, but the summer rituals are closing down. Those of us who are larger than ...
FORGETTINGS in Postcards 4
Duck. I’ve been chewing and nipping away at “The Forgetting: Alzheimer’s: Portrait of an Epidemic,” by David Shenk. He writes well, and this book doesn’t read at all like a research paper. ...
SOCIALIZATIONS in Postcards 4
Very dirty garage stairs carpet. First, we are off to breakfast with eldest daughter and Zoe. Yea! Then at one, we have a very supportive friend from the early 1960’s coming to visit for ...
THE BACK STAIRS in Postcards 4
George the House painter. Our great handyman, George, and I decided the carpet on the back stairs had to go. We had called assorted companies to put new carpet in, and tho we got quotes...
TAKING THE TESTS in Postcards 4
Myrtle and Grumpy getting wiped down after a bath. I’m studying hard for the driver’s written test. I keep failing the test questions on line and am very discouraged. Often they ask que...
COME BACK IN A YEAR in Postcards 4
Shelter Island Commercial Basin. Sometimes I’m just like a happy puppy…wagging my tail with contentedness. I looked at the appointment book first thing. I didn’t forget it, nor did I for...
ACUTE EMBARRASMENT in Postcards 4
At Kobey’s Swap Meet on a giant chair. The day started off pretty good. We picked up books for the store from Poolie’s sister thenn went off to the swap meet. The Kobey family opened up...
EIGHT EIGHTEEN TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN in Postcards 4
<center></center> Work has been not just little donations of books, but huge donations every day. Shortly we are heading out to pick up more books from Poolie’s sister, Mia. We hav...
NIPS, NODS, AND MORE ORTS in Postcards 4
Path up the side of Bobbies house with a dead pink tree, a purple bridge, and red doors. • Pancreatic cancer in the news again. The magical Aretha Franklin dead at 76, says the Washingto...
THE "MORGUE" in Postcards 4
Crow Landing, Pinterest, © Sandra Smith, SnowPoring.deviantart.com on @deviantART I’m looking for a detailed picture of a crow landing. Yes, there were lots of pictures of crows on Googl...
IT'S ALL ABOUT NUMBERS in Postcards 4
The air shimmers with the heat. The monsoonal season that usually sweeps through Arizona, is coming up our way first. Normally we have a temperature of a comfortable 76f (24.4 c) here in ...
RESTORATION in Postcards 4
Round house restoration work. Heading out of LA Union station, I always keep a lookout for restoration work. (In the background are the downtown buildings of LA.) Here the round house ...
CONSTRUCTIONS in Postcards 4
THE dining room table decorated for summer. • Gr-gr-great Grandma Ba’s dining table. Here it is decorated for summer. I had lots of fun roaming Bobbie’s house with a camera in hand. B...
A VISIT TO BOBBIE in Postcards 4
We loved our salads. Beloved George got me to the train a little early, and, after I parked my walker and suitcase in the luggage area, I was able to get a seat upstairs. On the Surfliner,...
WE LOVE CHANGE in Postcards 4
Hauling my regular, steel reinforced, Samsonite, workhorse of a small suitcase upstairs reminded me that it was heavy. I just need room for my pillow. Yes, that’s what I said…pillow. My alle...
TEETH AND OTHER NONSENSES in Postcards 4
Somehow I didn’t get much done yesterday morning….that I remember. I did make it to the dentist on time. They took impressions, now including the front tooth that fell out. I really wanted a ...
I AM WHAT I EAT in Postcards 4
The Biopsy spot isn’t healing well, so I am stuck on dry land a few more days. I picked up the cleaning, and our Comic Con costumes are home again. An appalling amount of laundry got done in v...
JOURNALING in Postcards 4
Outside on the top deck looking down the length of the Convention Center. I picked up a book on Journaling at work yesterday. It made me aware that I don’t really keep a journal any more. Perh...
HOT, HOT in Postcards 4
He works in the disabled area handing out badges every year. It’s quiet outside. The heat slows everyone down especially me. All day I’ve been thinking of little things I want to say, but all...
