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Summer’s End 21 Aug 2012 | 09:02 am
Yesterday was my last official day of summer vacation. Today (and tomorrow) will be spent in greetings, meetings, and working to get my classroom ready for the first day of school on Wednesday. This w...
Happy Anniversary Golden Gate Bridge! 25 May 2012 | 11:22 am
Waiting in Line for a Shuttle Bus at the Civic Center Twenty-five years ago today, my two sisters—Kris and Kathy—and I woke up at the crack of dawn, bundled up, and caught a shuttle bus from the Mari...
The Social Graces 13 May 2012 | 05:14 pm
I don’t know about you, but I think it’s time that we women were given some clear rules to guide us so we can get our lives back under control. Obviously we don’t know what the heck we’re doing. Why e...
A Taste of Yountville 7 May 2012 | 10:29 am
On the Road to Yountville My husband, Michael, had been bugging me for the last couple of years to go to Taste of Yountville, which is a food and wine tasting event in the town of Yountville in the N...
Paul Simon at the Greek Theater, Berkeley 31 Oct 2011 | 08:38 am
Well, the most exciting thing I’ve done in a long while is I went with my hubby to see Paul Simon at the Greek Theater in Berkeley about a week and a half ago. All I can say is amazing – amazing – ama...
A Motorcycle Beauty Pageant 1 Aug 2011 | 07:35 am
Mazda Laguna Seca Raceway Three years ago my husband asked me if I wanted to go to the Red Bull United States Grand Prix motorcycle races at the Mazda Raceway in Laguna Seca. First question: Don’t yo...
Dining at Francis Ford Coppola’s House 12 Jun 2011 | 03:51 am
Okay, so it wasn’t actually his “house.” But it was one of his restaurants—Rustic—located in Geyserville, CA. Since my husband and my sister’s husband both have their birthdays in April, we like to tr...
And I Think It’s Gonna Rain Today 24 Mar 2011 | 11:02 am
It feels like it’s been raining non-stop in Northern California for a few months now. I know that’s hyperbole, but that’s how it feels. Ordinarily, I love the rain, particularly thunderstorms, hail, a...
I’m Not a Hoarder! I’m an Artist! 14 Nov 2010 | 05:57 am
Okay . . . I’m ready to admit it to the world . . . I am addicted to A & E’s show Hoarders. I’m not proud of it, but there it is. I compare watching Hoarders to driving by an accident on the freeway. ...
Edgar Allan Poe: A Demon in My View 7 Oct 2010 | 12:57 pm
Poe Poetry :: From “Israfel” I recently added some amazing Public Domain Images that Edmund Dulac illustrated for a collection of poems by Edward Allan Poe. The book is The Poetical Works of Edgar Al...
