MageB ⋅ 83
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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BLACK AND WHITE in Postcards 4
I had been wanting to put one of my own photographs on display in the living room. I remembered that it was a black and white of the Cabrillo lighthouse. So I spent a while this weekend browsi...
BOOKWORMS in Postcards 4
That’s me wallowing in the sun yesterday. Fasting bloodwork at 0800, lunch out by the water with food from a taco shop, an afternoon book and nap in the shade of the Scripps...
OLYMPICS in Postcards 4
Yes, We’ve been watching the Olympics. We have three TV Channels available to us. Our fingers have been walking their way through the remote every time we sit. Neither of us are very enthusia...
WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CAR? in Postcards 4
Mine was my grandfather’s last car, a 1957 Chevy. I was stationed at Ft. Eustis, Virginia when my mother called to tell me that she was arranging to give me my Grandfather’s car. I didn’t kno...
ENDLESSLY in Postcards 4
We will see how much energy I have after I finish this. With the new “Unvaccinated” Pandemic rushing by us, it is a good thing to stay home today. One of the side effects of my immunotherapy i...
LIFE IN THE FAST LANE PLUS A FEW DAYS in Postcards 4
TUESDAY: My brain seems to be awake enough to quilt. That’s what I hope, anyway. WEDNESDAY: Nope, I was in a semi-vegetative state most of the day. Darn it. We will see if today is better. ...
SMALLS in Postcards 4
(A ‘small’ is a little bit of an item in an antique or collectible store. It’s like a lone salt cellar or a teaspoon.) Marta came to clean today with her daughter. That got them out of here in...
FREEDOM in Postcards 4
The days are full now. Always decisions to be made. My hairdresser has an auto immune disease and can no long work. It’s heart breaking. G bought a machine that cuts hair all really short. ...
DREAMING in Postcards 4
I dream of taking a train trip. George reminds me that I need to be able to walk to the dining car, and he is right. At the moment, all I can do is a short stroll followed by a long pant. But...
A FREE DAY in Postcards 4
I try to write a little something on a topic when I post here. Most days I am pretty good at it, but some days not. Down at the bottom of my entry is a small list that might fill in left out i...
TAKING A BOOK in Postcards 4
Monday: What a busy wonderful day. Sunshine too. I didn’t get much reading done, as I was out and about the town running errands and seeing the good doc for an after hospital visit. George fin...
HOME AGAIN in Postcards 4
You would think my much beloved kids could be tactful when requesting something. No? There they were, both together on one phone call looking wonderful. What were they calling about? Demand...
FOR TTHE MOMENT in Postcards 4
There are those moments that make you laugh. Same shoe, same size. And same color. Sixteen years apart. What more could one want. My breakfast was wonderfully rich and very Mexican. Just p...
FATHER'S DAY in Postcards 4
list text here Margot came by and swept us off to a crowded but delicious breakfast at Perry’s. It looked as if every father in town was treated to breakfast there this day. Perry’s sits on a...
60 DEGREES F AND FOGGY in Postcards 4
The swab tells me that I have a mrsa infection. It’s highly antibiotic resistant. George has been taking care of me, and his wrist showed signs of infection yesterday. Just as the PT lady arr...
INTO ACTION (medical stuff) in Postcards 4
Progress of sorts. There was that wonderful lunch with Margot and Zoe, then Marta…who left us with a clean house, and finally a home-health nurse visit. That was a busy day. Yesterday was a bu...
PROOF in Postcards 4
It was a great breakfast. Good conversation too. We are getting together next weekend to do it again.
COMIC CON 2021 in Postcards 4
There will be a virtual Comic Con again this year. I’m sorry about that as I love to take photographs of the attendees and their costumes. Some are stunning. Even the half done ones are worth...
PRIDE MONTH in Postcards 4
We are in the midst of Pride Month here in San Diego. We used to have a Pride parade but that was all. Then Pride and a party. Now the celebration has grown to a whole month. We also used to...
SHE WANTS A HUG in Postcards 4
We got a phone call the other day telling us that Zoe wants a hug from Grandma. I have to tell you that grandma is delighted. Zoe had her second shot just two weeks ago, and I can now give her...
HAVING FUN YET in Postcards 4
It’s Tuesday, and today will be the last of the doctor’s appointments for the week. He has an eleven o’clock OT evaluation for his hand. He brushed his hair and is dusting off his dad jokes. ...
THE LAST LOAF in Postcards 4
Life is different these days now that our house has two slow folks in it. It does take two hands to make a loaf of bread even in a bread machine. Bringing two weeks of laundry up two flights o...
STOPPING BY in Postcards 4
VISITING in Postcards 4
85: The first two family gathering, and the last Thanksgiving. Mother, Margaret Barnum Dowd (Madgie), is to the left in her apartment dining room. In front is George, and behind him are his m...
LINKS in Postcards 4
list text here Over there on the right is a reading list of links. I use it all the time to find you, and to adventure out into the world. I belong to a couple of lists and groups too, but th...
