I don’t get too jazzed over most made-up holidays. There are too danged many of them, for one, and for two – most of them just don’t float my boat. But today is different. Today is National Iced…
I Just Couldn’t Wait!
Remember when I shared the above photo? When I went dot crazy? There was a very good reason for it… It all started when my friend Nicole and I were at The Broad Museum in downtown L.A.…
Fire Season
When Mister and I first moved to Los Angeles, fire season was brief and always in the fall. Cut to a few decades later, and fire season is year-round. Last Saturday was a sad reminder of this.…
Bernie Sanders Broke My Phone
We have received exactly one robo-call this primary election season. It boomed with the instantly recognizable voice of Senator Bernie Sanders and went straight to voice mail. Although we’ve not experienced other robo-calls for comparison, this one was…
Cum on Feel the Noize
I’ve never told y’all this, but the New Pad has an interesting history. Mister and I rarely think of it, because it has nothing to do with us. But once in a while, a former owner’s name comes up…
Multi-Faceted
I am blessed to have good friends in my life. And while I may know some folks who are, shall we say, duds, my friends are not among them. My friends are fascinating, multi-faceted people who blow my…
When Is Enough Enough?
The murder-suicide that ripped through UCLA 2 days ago is reverberating. It’s being discussed and dissected. As of this writing, 2 innocent people are dead (1 here and 1 in Minnesota), along with the shooter. Countless others are…
And Then This Happened…
Last Friday night I was cooking dinner. I pulled a hot skillet out of the oven – a 500-degree oven – and placed it on the stove. I told myself to be careful and to not-not-not grab the handle.…
June Gloom
Yesterday I wrote about May Gray and how it leads straight into June Gloom. I speak for those of us in Southern California only, mind you, but there are quite a lot of us. And we deal with…