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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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Bobbie converted a guest room and a dressing room into two workrooms. Here she contemplates the next step. Himself: Feeling vastly better. His sense of humor has returned even if he has to ...


This photo wasn’t taken yesterday or even last week. This isn’t even the whole Campo family, but it captures a wonderful moment in their lives. Kids grow up. Aaron has been to Afghanistan tw...


January 17, 2015

Day 12: Mikey in Postcards 4

Mikey was the much appreciated husband of my friend Bobbie. While looking for a remembered picture taken in DC, I found this pensive image. After a long struggle, he died of lung cancer just o...


January 16, 2015

Day 11: Timothy in Postcards 4

Timothy. He’s been a family friend since college in the sixties. A brilliant man affected by the 60’s. A talented photographer. A child of older parents which I identify with. Why I always ...


January 15, 2015

B&W Challenge: Day 10 in Postcards 4

Here’s Captain Poolie. There’s only one like her. She sings, she dances, and she can run a museum. What more could one want. Himself: Slept better last night but still going to the doc tod...


January 14, 2015

B&W Challenge: Day 9 in Postcards 4

Janey. Again, a strong woman who overcame thyroid cancer to create her own business and skate for a gold medal in roller skating. She appeared on and off in our lives throughout the years as a...


January 13, 2015

Photo Challenge: Day 8 in Postcards 4

There are those who make a difference in their communities…sometimes in the world. This is Carole, and she is a nurse who cares for her neighborhoods…all of them. I met her when we both worked...


January 12, 2015

Photo Challenge: Day 7 in Postcards 4

Granddaughter Mohave discovering the joy of Comic Con. She belongs here not in the everyday world of the mundane. Himself: Coughing little. Heading back to the gym for the first time. Got ...


January 11, 2015

Photo Challenge: Day 6 in Postcards 4

That last year, Duck delighted us with the invention of a dog named Plaid. Here Duck shows us how Plaid is acting. Himself: Started cleaning his side of the office then off to see”Into the W...


January 10, 2015

Blather and GEL in Postcards 4

Blather and GEL. Two warm-hearted friends from Open Diary taking a bay cruise with G and I. Himself: Much better….thinks he will live. I am really grateful. Herself: Tired. It's become a ...


January 09, 2015

Photo Challenge: Day 4 in Postcards 4

Marion B had just descended into diabetes and cancer when I met her at a writer’s workshop. She was a most brilliant and witty writer. When she read, each word became more. I included her big...


January 08, 2015

Photo Challenge: Day 3 in Postcards 4

In 2005, we were high above the San Diego ZOO at Albert’s Restaurant. In back of George is a soft wall of Eucalyptus trees blowing in the winds. Today these trees have a bug, and they are dyin...


January 07, 2015

Photo Challenge: Day 2 in Postcards 4

“Tower 4.” This year the San Diego Lifeguards celebrate 100 years of service. I didn’t make any effort in any way to get this photograph. The lifeguard towers were stored for the winter in Oc...


January 06, 2015

30 in 30: Portrait in Postcards 4

I have enough good black and white photos amassed that I can begin putting them up one a day. “Portrait of Bobbie” was taken in Washington DC. That’s a giant and colorful work of art behind he...


January 04, 2015

Janey in Postcards 4

We stopped by an estate sale yesterday. I waited for a while for a friend at Starbucks, but she didn’t show. When I couldn’t get the truck into the garage through the neighbors Christmas take...


January 02, 2015

Without Color in Postcards 4

The Geezer went off to work the auto show yesterday morning, and I had a whole day to myself. I confess I did little of any weight. Perhaps skimming a satire counts. Eventually I found myse...


December 31, 2014

Happy New Year in Postcards 4

Happy New Year to you all. Himself: His cold is fractionally better. He plans on working half a day then napping. Herself: Woke in the night thinking I was coming down with the cold. Rea...


We woke just in time to have breakfast before taking a walking tour of the ship. Walking. A continued a problem thoughout these four days, but today I started my adventure with two Ibuprofen....


Lifeboat davits with Ensenada in the distance. Seagulls taking a bath at the end of the slide in the Childrens Pool. These gulls plagued the ship and traveled port to port on it. There were e...


Day two: Catalina: Both of us fall more in love with Catalina every time we visit. We took a tour through the Catalina Island Conservancy instead of the ship tours…a jeep tour with the manager...


Empty check in stands. We didn’t take the light traffic into consideration so arrived hours early. Day one: Departure: We were packed the night before. Lightly, for it was only four days. Pi...


December 20, 2014

On Any Sunday in Postcards 4

It’s a day to rush around and finish packing and gather clean clothes together while baking a cake. I did say that. We will hit our usual Sunday night meeting, crash, and get up so far before ...


December 20, 2014

On Any Holiday in Postcards 4

Our Holiday at Sea has advanced a day, and I am scurrying around finishing errands today. Suitcases up, change the pages in the Appointment book…yes, we still use an appointment book, let every...


December 17, 2014

Hamburger, Hamburger in Postcards 4

I’m attempting to join the 30 in 30 black and white photo group. The biggest struggle I’ve had is clarifying this Hodad’s double hamburger with cheese. The first attempt didn’t look like a ha...


December 16, 2014

The Migratoryness of Days in Postcards 4

Pigs for Christmas? Margot is coming by to get her child support this morning, and she will be taking all her presents home with her. Daughter Laka got one…and it was a little over budget. Yes...


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