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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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Socks in Postcards 4
It’s the little things in life that are really most important. Bras that don’t hurt. Underwear that doesn’t have runs or holes. Pants that don’t creep up. Socks that aren’t worn out. When Ge...
Katryn's Survey 2 in Postcards 4
Bougainvillea growing up on a ruined wall. Mission San Juan Capistrano, CA. Part 2: If you could see 24 hours into the future what would you do with this ability? …Nothing… What is the worst p...
Katryn's Survey 1 in Postcards 4
Part 1: What part of pop culture do you wish would just go away? …Cell phones. LOL He he hehehehe…. What is your favorite salty snack? …Pecans. What song do you love to dance to? …Anything fa...
Summer Passing in Postcards 4
At the Fair Summer thinks it’s gone. Yet here in the Southwest, we have Santa Ana’s….winds that blow from the desert to the ocean. They pick up the heat from the desert floor and blow us away ...
Home in Postcards 4
Duck’s Sunflowers on the Stair Landing. I’m still working on the living room. Twitch this, move that, bring a rocking chair up from the garage, add a cushion, take away a cushion….all attempts...
Roses in Postcards 4
Did I ever tell you that I was allergic to roses? Mother loved roses. Where ever she lived, she had a rose garden. When we moved into #20 in Chula Vista, she was delighted to find several old ...
Roses in Postcards 4
Did I ever tell you that I was allergic to roses? Mother loved roses. Where ever she lived, she had a rose garden. When we moved into #20 in Chula Vista, she was delighted to find several old ...
Baseball and other Magicks in Postcards 4
Still working on living room: space plus comfort just like the new pitcher seating. Still working on me too. We took the Halloween candy to a business meeting and watched it vanish. I liked t...
NoJoMo2: Ship Things in Postcards 4
The EMPIRE STATE: a Navy Supply Ship We love to picnic out on man-made Shelter Island, but sometimes our harbor can be the emptiest of places. Much of the West Coast cargo goes to Long Beach, S...
NoJoMo: 1 in Postcards 4
November Journaling Month, or NoJoMo, became a ritual for me and hundreds of others when we wrote on Open Diary. Every year I pounded out something or posted something during the month of Novem...
It's Halloween in Postcards 4
George has decided to celebrate Halloween this year. Now on the hall bookcase rests a giant bowl of candy. Our favorite kinds. Of course. Sugary things were never my thing. I drank. I did...
It's Halloween in Postcards 4
George has decided to celebrate Halloween this year. Now on the hall bookcase rests a giant bowl of candy. Our favorite kinds. Of course. Sugary things were never my thing. I drank. I did...
Orts and Flame Outs and Rants in Postcards 4
It’s the last day of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and I am glad I’ve been a bit more awake for it this year. Forgive me if I say what I am thinking…though I appreciate Susan B Koman for makin...
The Fastness of Time in Postcards 4
Time is going too fast. I make myself fit into my projects rather doggedly when I know I would be a better person if I relaxed. Books get shelved, dishes done, the house picked up, and...
Delightful Futsting in Postcards 4
I played with pictures, I planned menus, I played with more pictures. We had leftover meatloaf, potatoe patties that fell apart, half avocados, and green beans with that dangerous stuff bacon. ...
Sunny Days 2 in Postcards 4
Beaches on the far side of the island. Fall is here in Southern California. Few trees change color, but the land just seems to get browner while the nights give us great outdoors sleeping weath...
Quiet Days: Catalina 1 in Postcards 4
Delightfully home again. We did it all in one suitcase each encluding pillow, and we did one main thing a day, ate simply…which is good given our figures, and slept well in a delightful, old, h...
Glorious Showers in Postcards 4
We will be gone a couple of days. Not long enough to worry about, actually. Security, neighbors and a child will keep eyes out for robbers. Rain is scheduled. I’m taking shorts anyway. Laug...
Illustrations Of.... in Postcards 4
Luggage airing. George airing. Mage airing. Laundry done. Batteries charged. George on a week’s vacation. WOW! Himself: No one was at work when he got there. Very surprised, he call...
Importance's in Postcards 4
Just as I was leaving work, I saw a wad of official cars across the street around two vehicles I know. Then a tow truck pulled in….and I was appalled. For I knew the lady who lived in the va...
Change in the Air in Postcards 4
Before I must confess that I like a pretty, bright and colorful home. As I begin on Bobbies quilt, I have lost the dining room and compressed the living room. That’s what we get for buying a s...
Monday Tid-Bits in Postcards 4
It’s almost my youngest daughter’s birthday, (Photo taken in the 90’s), and I hope she gets her package ok. Don’t all mother’s and grandmother’s fuss that way? They overpack presents, send i...
Televisions in Postcards 4
Margot is enjoying her new TV. We have a nice big, fuzzy image, and I can say we both learned a lot about TV’s. The small Hi Definition TV upstairs is clear as a bell out of water. The ...
Windows 10... in Postcards 4
…was a bad experience. To take your computer from Windows 10 to where it was before you downloaded Windows 10: Create a system image before you install Windows 10. BEFORE. How? There are nu...
On Again in Postcards 4
I’ve snuck into work two days this week and managed to shelve a lot of the new books. It really bothers me that so much gets undone when I only work books supposedly one day a week. I worked S...
