Far off, in the cool distant east ( Read more... )

A dog pads down the street ( Read more... )

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Okay. I get it. I get the purge, I get the desire to own nothing.  But I also get something that I wonder if they are missing- namely, this isn’t really new. Or terribly exciting. Humans werepretty big on moving all over creation- until we worked out the whole farmer thing versus the hunter- ( Read more... )

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Friday, I fought. I resolved. I opened wounds. I let laughter in ( Read more... )

I needed a mini-break. Napa was suggested. It seemed less expensive than Portland. I had never been to Napa before. My experiences with wine tasting were limited to a very brave attempt by a very sassy woman to educate a bunch of beer swilling lunkheads to the joys of the vine. She was, I believe, vaguely successful. I started keeping a bottle of ( Read more... )

I watch teevee. Mostly, I watch movies on my teevee, but I also watch comedians doing comedy, and comedians doing the news, and cartoons, and scifi shows. My willingness to watch channels that are not fancy pay movie channels means that I have to watch commercials. I do have a dvr, but I am kind of way too impatient to go do something else for ( Read more... )

It is summer, my dear ones, and with summer comes my favorite piece of clothing; the sundress. These light cotton gowns make Southern California sun more than bearable, they make it delightful. As I am Scottish by gene pool, I am a cheap old biddy. I stopped by an “Off-Price Retailer” a few days ago, intent on finding a new summer dress. And I did ( Read more... )

Last night, I attended a memorial for a dear friend.  I spoke at the memorial, as did many others. I did not trust myself to remember what to say- Frieda herself knew how terribly scatterbrained I can be, especially when I am emotional. So below you'll find the reading, and the remembrance that I shared with a room absolutely filled with love and ( Read more... )