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Back from Southern California
Last week I went to Long Beach, California, for work. I didn’t have a camera with me, but I had my iPhone. Unfortunately, every great potential shot I saw I couldn’t photograph. I found it so...
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You Know What Makes Me Mad?
I’m so sorry that my blog reading has lagged lately. I’m desperately trying to get that book draft done for Stanford by the end of the month/year! I promise I will back in the swing of things very...
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Another No Writing Day
On Monday, hubby and I drove to California for business. We took Freeway 10 from Phoenix to Cali, and just before we got to Indio (which is still the middle of nowhere in the desert, with absolutely...
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A Cat’s Tale
Did you think that all the time hubby and I have been spending at the shelter playing with the kitties was going to increase our cat count at home? A lot of people have mentioned that they expected me...
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What Counts as Writing
I went to California for a few days with hubby for work. Not writing work. Survival work. Life needs to settle down a little, but my schedule seems full for months ahead now. I wish I had more time for...
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Reading from The Book
On Sunday, I gave a poetry reading in Redlands, California, at the State Street Deli and Cafe. It was organized by Carla McGill, who did a fabulous job of it. Before I read, Carla read some of her own...
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Places to Go and People to See
My mother is visiting for two months. So that she doesn’t have to sit around while I work all the time, I decided to take her to southern California and visit her grandson and his fiancée. And to stop...
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Never Gonna Dance Again
On Monday I had a recheck on my foot reconstruction that was done 10.5 years ago. My surgeon is now retired, so I saw a new doctor. He’s quite young, but I think he is still in contact with my original...
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That Same Old Drive
We go back and forth between Arizona and California often enough that I am sick of the ride. There are only two ways to travel. One is via Interstate 8 through the mountains west of San Diego. We pass...
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That Same Old Drive Again
Last week we drove to California for work again. I tried to keep my camera phone on in case I could snap a shot of anything else of interest besides those beheaded palm trees I posted last time. The...
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Another Opportunity for a New (to me) Book
I was in California this past week, and I discovered a “little free library” in front of someone’s house when I was mailing some letters. I’d never had the opportunity before, so I grabbed a book I was...
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Enter to Win a FREE COPY of DOLL GOD and The Little Free Library with Dogs
What to win a free copy of Doll God? Enter the Goodreads Giveaway. If you’re not on Goodreads, it is easy to sign up–and it costs nothing to enter to WIN A FREE COPY OF DOLL GOD. Goodreads Book...
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Lazybones Blog Post
After a difficult week, I offer some of the more positive views I experienced (outside of my post-election distress, complicated migraine, screwed-up-and-painful leg, and ridiculously hectic travel)....
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A Quick Visit to The Land of Beaches and Traffic
I’ve been beachside for my future DIL’s bridal shower. Lovely air for my sinuses and skin. The hills were alive with the color of wildflowers everywhere that housing developments haven’t taken over!...
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Threads and Threading
Not sure the title will make sense even after you read the post. Nothing in here about sewing. The wedding was lovely. Although the wind was strong at the time of the wedding, we were blessed with sun...
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Little Shoes
The other day the gardener and I were in California, on a solidly packed freeway, and a truck that pulled ahead of us on the right drew my attention. Hanging out of the back, one on each side, were two...
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A Spotted Jumping Dog
I really want to thank the bloggers who have had me over to visit or talked about Kin Types: Carla at Writing Customs, Marie at 1WriteWay, Merril at Yesterday and Today, Robert at O at the Edges, and...
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Celebrity Story
Every family has its stories. The ones that cause us to post links and odd comments on the social media of our family members. Nobody else “gets” it because they don’t know the stories we’ve developed...
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Secret Lives
I read a short memoir recently. It was recommended to me by Charles who blogs at Moore Genealogy when I posted about a couple of family heirlooms on my family history blog. A big thank you to Charles...
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Mostly Cats
This past week has been exhausting. More travel–to California this time–and time spent at the ER (for the gardener, not me). There’s a story in that ER visit, but I don’t have it in me right now. Scary...
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