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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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SMALL EXCITEMENTS in Postcards 4
The sun is out. The leaves on the trees are almost all green now. George’s bird feeder has given one local flock of starlings a good winter feed. We can tell as the males are almost all crown...
LISTS, WE MAKE LISTS in Postcards 4
It’s the start of a busy and happy week. • Today errands and air the suitcases. Did I say they were far, far away on shelves on the other side of the truck? Carefully as I overused my hand y...
THE BEST OF.... in Postcards 4
We went off investigating today. The Bill Moyers group has just started a new series highlighting some of the best, in-depth investigative journalism that is uncovering real news, revealing wro...
WHAT THE RIGHT HAND KNOWS in Postcards 4
2013: Her Majesty. One of G’s coworkers at the Automotive Museum got married. He’s a really nice young man as is this lovely, tall, thin young lady he married…Don and Anne. The problem…he g...
OH, HURRAH!!! in Postcards 4
The House Quilt…….made up of American Historic homes plus the traditional log cabin quilt block. My first full sized quilt. Yes, up and showered and dressed early, then we were off to the Ortho...
ROSES in Postcards 4
It’s that time of year again….roses. I arrive at the convention ready not only for a weekend of socialization but also for roses. Recently sold, this “resort” in Mission Valley really did need...
OUTSIDE COMIC CON in Postcards 4
2010: Right outside the Convention center doors, the endless stream of busses disgorge attendees from an infinite number of hotels. Here, it seems, we have crinolined bunnies. 2010: Horror ...
SNIPPITS in Postcards 4
2008: Baby Edward Sissorhands. Friday the 7th, I go see the Orthopedic Surgeon…I hope for the last time. I’ve been in the water every day for two weeks now, and the protective bag G got for ...
RED QUEEN in Postcards 4
2014 Perhaps the Red Queen is real. What a wonderful costume this one is. I never get tired of shooting the wonderful people I find at Comic Con, and all I can hope is that you haven’t grown...
TWITCH in Postcards 4
I’ve begun sending mildly irate email notes and messages. “Dear Mystery Guild… Yesterday, which was the first, the Mystery Guild page wouldn’t take my password. I changed my password. It woul...
Adaptations in Postcards 4
The lighter weight revised costume. The second year with this costume. Very heavy hat which gave him a terrible headache. It was a busy and amusin g day yesterday. Himself wants to get a...
CLASSY QUEEN in Postcards 4
I spent most of yesterday downloading the best of Comic Con 2013 to Photobucket. There was an amazing number of good photographs. This woman is my hero. Not only does she show up to the Con i...
ROWING AS FAST AS I CAN in Postcards 4
I was dogged yesterday. I put all my oars in the water and saved JPG’s. No, my 2016 Comic Com images are gone forever, but I made sure everything else had been saved in three places. Everyth...
ONE HANDED STUFF in Postcards 4
…or don’t read this if you don’t like endless stuff. Cabrillo Lighthouse on the top of Point Loma. Slowly but surely I recreate the 2016 image files. So far 907 Comic Con 2016 jpgs hav...
LOSS AND GAIN in Postcards 4
Brothers. In my sadness after Diane’s death, I wandered the web and picked up a something nasty on my computer. I thought I had saved everything, but I hadn’t before I turned it over to...
GLORIOUS in Postcards 4
We took brief part in a glorious few moments of a birthday this weekend. Zoe, in the middle, is now twelve. They came to us for a gift, no hugs yet, and time on the beach. BFF’s my daughter s...
RAGING INTO THAT GOOD NIGHT in Postcards 4
Deep sadness over Diane’s death. Then anger over my own continuing illness…three months of this, now stirred by my computer’s unwillingness to start. Like Diane, my computer won’t restore, and ...
SCHMIDLEY in Postcards 4
Dianne lunching at the Prado 2016. A fellow blogger of wide interests. A beautiful woman. She will be missed.
COMICS TOO in Postcards 4
Yes, there are comics and all sorts of illustrated books at Comic Con. 2009. Little Lulu lives even slightly out of focus. 2009. Himself: He’s coughing more and enjoying i...
A JOURNEY in Postcards 4
”Well, I guess we are taking the next trolley home, dear.” 2009. It’s been an absolutely fascinating journey through the huge volume of Comic Con photos on my HD. So much just shot on ...
PICTURES UNITED in Postcards 4
2008; Costume drama to… ..a clash of physical drama out in the sun. …inside The King and Queen await your pleasure. Since I didn’t sleep well again, I thought it might be t...
BETTER in Postcards 4
I’ve had plan’s all week to do small but wonderful things. No such luck. This common cold has left me sleepless in San Diego. I’d take my meds, lay down with my head raised, and I’d wake eve...
WAITING in Postcards 4
Last year at Comic Com, we both volunteered in the Portfolio Area. Here, small businesses and large corporations like Disney or Scribner’s take a tiny booth, and folks sign up and line up to ha...
DREAMS in Postcards 4
From the mezzanine, you are looking down on the small press area. Yes, there really is a world of small press putting out not just illustrated books but good science fiction. Individual writer...
AMUSEMENTS in Postcards 4
George agrees with me, I caught this bug from some kind person who hugged me. Unfortunately, I kissed George and now he has it too. • For the short time I am awake during the day, I’m followi...
