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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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Everyone wants to know how it was at Comic Con this year? I can honestly say that it was colorful, entertaining, theatrical, moving, as well as a learning experience. It was a crushing experi...


Laughing with monsters, Comic Con 2014 I was wider but happy. Most of the time last year, we were laughing. Even the exhibitors seemed happy. Sometimes this year, it seems we have been slogg...


July 11, 2015

Others in Postcards 4

I appreciate folks from any planet.


July 10, 2015

Comic Con: Day 2 in Postcards 4

The floor is always jammed. In back of this couple is George with a Yoda backpack. Tho I lean more toward Steampunk than stitches or pirates, I admit we know a pirate or two. Himself: Hit s...


July 10, 2015

Comic Con: Day 2 in Postcards 4

The floor is always jammed. In back of this couple is George with a Yoda backpack. Tho I lean more toward Steampunk than stitches or pirates, I admit we know a pirate or two. Himself: Hit s...


July 09, 2015

Comic Con: Day 1 in Postcards 4

Wednesday night we picked up our badges, and today we will head downtown. How to register as a first time volunteer seems a bit beyond me, but if I just show up I’m sure it all will be explaine...


July 07, 2015

Countdown in Postcards 4

Dories from the Surprise which is in drydock. Once a year we turn into turnips. George is going to be an especially lovely turnip this year with the makeover of his Steampunk Workman costume....


July 06, 2015

In Pictures in Postcards 4

The top of the BERKELEY. A story in pictures: We rode the trolley downtown, crossed the new park slowly because of my other hip, and got our wristbands. We were just too late for a harbor ride...



Maritime Museum 2007: L to R: Medea, Berkeley, Surprise, Russian Sub, Star of India. I’m looking forward to the upcoming busy weekend. Today I am beginning to sketch out a bit on sail training ...


July 01, 2015

Rain Diamonds in Postcards 4

From the County Fair. A simple yet colorful quilt. The weather is backwards here. It’s blowing up from Mexico and through Arizona before it gets to us. This hot humid rain is all anyone can t...


“Are you wearing your costume to Comic Con this year?” Asks the man at the cleaners. “We are having a mural artist from Comic Con come to speak to us,” says friend Camille. “He’s the one who di...


June 29, 2015

Stairway to Nowhere in Postcards 4

George and I headed off to the second wave of that Point Loma estate sale on Saturday Morning. The first time I was there, all I saw were the books. The second visit, we had been allowed into ...


June 27, 2015

Errand Saturday in Postcards 4

Mission San Juan Capistrano half destroyed arch with bougainvillea. I like Errand Saturdays. I need two handles for things in the kitchen. I need to get new photography for Great Curves store ...


- Twin sized quilt, hand stitched, not made in china. One of a pair sold over the weekend. My days are pretty good with a few caveats. Still dozing off at inappropriate times…after work, after...


June 24, 2015

People Friends in Postcards 4

G and Chelle I’ve known Bobbie since 1966. We had a lovely morning with her…I forgot to take a picture. And I had my camera with me. Shame on me. We unloaded her SUV, and it was an amazing a...


June 23, 2015

Fruited Friends in Postcards 4

More fruit…. I love my friends. Captain Poolie not only told me she wanted the lemon pitcher, but she cropped a Facebook photo of mine and said, “That one..” Bobbie came down with a carload ...


A Father’s Day visit. They were laughing so hard everything was a blur. “I always wanted to by someone a tie,” said Margot. We took them out to lunch and laughed some more. Today George and Zo...


June 19, 2015

Fruits and Nutz in Postcards 4

I used to collect old fashioned three pronged forks. My grandmother’s fork disappeared in the early seventies. If I saw one after that, I bought it. I was very obsessive about this. We had a ...


SD County Fair: First place winner. Modern dishes and South Seas color everywhere. SD County Fair: Honorable mention using antique, 1920s, pressed glass. I love dishes. I suppose I was a norm...


June 16, 2015

Awake in Postcards 4

Front of my favorite quilt at the fair. I l,iked the work on the back best. Back of a favorite Fair quilt this year. I woke yesterday determined to write something, photograph the empty store,...


June 15, 2015

Smiling Days in Postcards 4

<font size="1">Succulents and cacti as part of a low water display.</font> Today is the last day of School in the San Diego School district. Parking is at a premium at the gym as we...


June 11, 2015

Busy, Busy!! in Postcards 4

Sometimes all you can do is laugh at yourself. About everything. A quiz on Facebook showed me that we had a very low IQ. G helped me with the numbers. A friend posted something about, “If yo...


June 10, 2015

50 Years in Postcards 4

There’s a hurricane passing by, and the trees outside my windows are waving. It’s not really raining though the world is a bit damp out there. I’ve kissed George good bye….he’s off North to wo...


G and I were charmed by the diversity in the fair this year. There’s always everything from soup to nuts, but this year there was magic sprinkled among us mortals. The Steampunk Mime Troup was...


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