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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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You'd think I'd learn. in Postcards 4
Poor thing. That was me yesterday clicking on a link on Facebook. Not only will I never know if that man in the Chevy pickup truck will yank the big tree trunk out of the ground with his truck...
Smiles and Orts in Postcards 4
Catalina from above, 2015. Everyone has been telling me that I am so happy these days. They should feel lucky I stayed home with my bronchitis. Napping a lot makes me a very happy, weller ...
Tests with More Photos in Postcards 4
Mom and Bob at Milaka’s HS graduation. All day, every day, I struggle, putter, and work with photos. Less coughing and more struggle. Much of the struggle is about my learning disabilities ...
Just the Bear Facts, Mam in Postcards 4
Comic Con 2015 I’ve had a several week unresolved struggle with my photohost intermixed with my bronchitis. Snapfish, which I like for its ease of use and minimal payment ideas, is modernizing ...
Salisbury Steak in Postcards 4
Have you ever considered the Salisbury steak. For some missbegotten reason, I was thought it was pounded tough meat cooked like hamburger or a hamburger stead with salt and pepper added. Our ...
Frankly my dear.... in Postcards 4
The truth is, I get little solid sleep at night. I’m still in the “lay down and cough” stage of the disease. Yesterday I grabbed my day by its sunshine and went off to work for a couple of hou...
Wrapped in Postcards 4
The Star Sample Quilt is one of Harriett’s. I thought I’d get to spend the day on some soft surface wrapped in quilts. Nope, a Mammogram at a new place…with 5 buck parking. Lunch. I probabl...
Perhaps Bronchitis in Postcards 4
The common cold gives me excuses to doze away my days wrapped in quilts out of focus book in hand oblivious to all around me. Even when I wake or perform some mundane task like reading or taking...
Perhaps Bronchitis in Postcards 4
<font color="WHITE">…………………………………..</font>The common cold gives me excuses <font color="WHITE">…………………………………..</font>to doze away my days <font color="WHITE">………………...
Yin and Yang in Postcards 4
George at the Comic Con Steampunk Gather 2015. Monday morning, I went in to work to help with the once a year inventory. George went to work. Later that day he even went to his Monday night...
Lights in Postcards 4
At dinner time, the sky was still covered in scattered clouds. Coming home from a late meeting, the world was dark and cold but not wet. We had made that extra effort in the morning taking the...
Too Many Quilts in Postcards 4
Ok, so the quilt rack is in the way. I move it downstairs and stick it behind my chair. It fits, but it makes the room look over crowded. I move it again. Now it is out of the way in front o...
Comfort and Joy in Postcards 4
Fireworks from the Star of India. My world is in as much order as it is ever going to get. Later I shall run to the shop to shelve books. Some of them may sell and so not appear on the invento...
Detritus and Laughter in Postcards 4
I make these grandiose plans such as putting away the laundry or washing the dishes, and instead I read. Attempting to achieve some order in the 2015 archive, I fall asleep at my computer. I p...
Nows in Postcards 4
My biggest problem is that I think. My head is filled with all sorts of unwanted futures and pasts when it really needs to stay in the now. Now is making it to and from the grocery store befor...
Not Our Usual Christmas in Postcards 4
Two years ago, we drove north to have Christmas Breakfast with Margot and Zoe. Last year we didn’t go because George was very sick with a cold. This year, we were already to go, and Margot com...
A Simple Holiday in Postcards 4
Social things fade into the background now. He drove up to his office party yesterday, so that’s the last big thing he needs to attend. We have family to share one day with, and we are having ...
Exhilaration in Postcards 4
We set out Sunday morning to ride the SD Maritime Museum’s Swift boat. These were used in Vietnam during the war on the rivers. They went up to 29 knots not rising to plane on top of the wate...
Leaning Towers...a gift for you! in Postcards 4
Finished Leaning Tower of Piza’s in the Fridge, 2006. Why are they called Leaning Towers of Pisa? Because you can take bite after bite in thin slices around the edges of this desert to make a t...
The Very Best Christmas Tree Ever in Postcards 4
Best tree ever…my daughters horse tree. The Holidays are officially here. The last candle was lit on the menorah. Now it’s time to light the fires and candles of Christmas time. Some families...
Wreaths in Postcards 4
Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery Our local television showed us crowds placing wreaths on stones at Fort Rosecrans this last weekend. I thought the “Wreaths Across America a great idea. Giant ...
Cold and Wet in Postcards 4
Milaka and Margot in the snow, Mt. Laguna, 1967. Photo: PAH. I confess, it’s cold. Some of New York is in the 70’s, but here we are in the 40’s with a knife-like wind blowing across th...
Searching in Postcards 4
I admit to being tired lately. I’ll sit and read rather than create. I’ll stand at the bottom of one of our ladder like flights of stairs and stare at them rather than climb them. I’m uninspi...
The 2015 Christmas Tree in Postcards 4
The tree is done for the moment. There are a few bare spots, and the mouse that looked so little in the store now looks too big for the tree. We own too many animals also. From my father’s b...
Christmas Lights in Postcards 4
Chest high boxes. It’s that time of year again. The only topic at the pool this morning was the tree. Are you having a tree? Is your tree up yet? How big is it this year? What a varied lot ...
