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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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September 06, 2016

Baroque and Its Children in Postcards 4

…a Continuing History of Western Architecture Architecture of Exuberance: Catherine Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia. Baroque began as decorated Renaissance, to say it simply. “For exampl...


September 06, 2016

Done, Done, Done! in Postcards 4

South wall done. Margot kindly came down and held my hand while we went through albums and old sketchbooks. We made the decision to keep all mother’s albums…even if they were falling apart. M...


September 05, 2016

Laboring in the Garage in Postcards 4

2008: The garage at its worst. Day Before Labor Day: We, note I said we, labored in that remaining far corner of the garage much of the morning. All the boxes of sketchbooks, photo albums, a...


September 03, 2016

Tid-bits and Orts in Postcards 4

• It’s Festival of Sail time again. Nowhere can I discover which ships we have in port this year. G wants to go see, and I think it will be fun too. He wants to bring my walker, but I think...


September 03, 2016

Renaissance in Postcards 4

…a Continuing History of Western Architecture Brunelleschi’s Florence Cathedral Dome. After all those architectural history classes I took, could I remember what made Renaissance architectural...


September 01, 2016

Inching into the Garage in Postcards 4

Garage shelving #2: From tables and a monitor on top, the extra flatware and chair cushions in two colors, water color rags and paint, Next to bottom: Comic Con costume, and two boxes of sketch...


August 31, 2016

In Reaction To.... in Postcards 4

Or…A quickie course in architectural history page 1: Or a failed attempt to write a summary of Western Architectural History in three paragraphs: The Acropolis in Athens, history.com In archit...


August 30, 2016

Normalicy in Postcards 4

After: Under the kitchen sink is painted and lined in Plexi as is the recycle area. Plant food is moved to the garage. Garage walls are about half done. Back to the pool, writing, sewing, e...


Flamingo Hotel in its 1953 architecture. UNLV Digital Library. Bugsy Siegel didn’t open the first casino on the highway outside Las Vegas, Cashman and Hull did with their western styled El Ra...


August 26, 2016

Finished Two in Postcards 4

George painting the kitchen…it came out perfect. Two of the organizing projects, kitchen and laundry area, are finished now, and we move on to number 14…the garage. George started that today w...


Cabrillo Lighthouse, 2016. I’d forgotten. Nope, not with him around to remind me, so staying home long enough to tell Mariah that the kitchen and doors upstairs were freshly painted, we heade...


August 22, 2016

Vegas On The Cheap in Postcards 4

New York New York. We flew off into the wild on Sunday noonish, and we returned on Tuesday evening. Once we got there, we had a ball. Once we got home, we had fun too. I don’t think I’m fo...


August 20, 2016

A Day Off in Postcards 4

Never before have I felt such relief as I did Friday when I left the shop. Just Bill, being boss for the day, and I were in the back room. There was court ordered volunteer to help also. A gr...


August 18, 2016

Confessions in Postcards 4

1980: Mission Beach Plunge, They won’t let me take a picture at the Y. I’m the middle top lady in red. I have to confess, I truly hate to get out and to the pool in the mornings. I’m such a ...


August 16, 2016

Asleep Anywhere in Postcards 4

August 2016: Before George took some action on the laundry area yesterday. I’ll go down stairs, and when I pass the machines to go to the store, I too will do a little something. Life doesn’...


August 15, 2016

A Haitus in the Cool in Postcards 4

August at Poway Lake. The laundry room is on hiatus. There’s nothing cool down there, but upstairs we are comfortable. We like cool and Comfortable. Yesterday found us far, far inland at G...


August 13, 2016

Week Nine: Laundry.... in Postcards 4

…and I may take a week to do this one. These are in the way, and I need to find a new place to store them. Wonderful donations of books at work filled my shelves. Yesterday I got them off th...


Cookbook bookcase, before. Living near the beach is hell on books. If you don’t dust them every week, the damp ocean air encourages mold to grow on the dust. The mysteries were the worst. ...


2010: The Pantry when built. Yes, of course, I’m getting ahead of myself. If I were working full time, I would get through week one in a month. Now here I am done with week four. Yes, after ...


August 08, 2016

Week 2: One Cupboard in Postcards 4

I didn’t have the faintest idea that all those things lived in that tiny cupboard. With G’s help, all of it came down and on to my empty counter. I was in shock, and George was appalled. Slowl...


Drawer 1…am I ever going to use those knives? Four cheese slicers? Three whisks? I tackled two of the drawers and found them full of hidden uselessness. I need to go through them again. I...


August 04, 2016

A Challenge for Me in Postcards 4

One empty counter that’s still empty. 52 Weeks to an Organized Home. I confess this challenge caught my attention. Right now, every week, I take some new thing to the Shop. In a very unorg...


August 03, 2016

Family Things in Postcards 4

While I was off running errands, the doctor returned my call. I have an appointment about my hip pain…which is vastly less since I took forbidden Aleve. While I was feeding us early, the whole ...


August 01, 2016

Lots of Gratitude in Postcards 4

We had a lovely, busy weekend. I confess to a George baked brownie at the BBQ. The next night we climbed to the middle of the Balboa theater and enjoyed “Thriller” by the Gay Men’s Chorus with...


July 29, 2016

Fragments in Postcards 4

Boom! We in San Diego are horrified by the shootings of two San Diego Police officers. It’s not fair to give one something and nothing to the other. I’ve arranged to take a few dollars ou...


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