Mikki Brisk

    It’s been hot and muggy and if I lived some other place, I’d swear we were in for a tornado or something creepy like that.   But I don’t live some other place. I live in L.A. and…

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    Today is 21 September and that can mean only one thing: It’s the UN’s International Day of Peace.   The very thought of this day’s intentions calms my breathing. My mind quiets and I am still. I imagine…

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      Yesterday I spent a good chunk of time cleaning up my inbox. (That’s not a euphemism, kids.) My main email inbox had several hundred posts and it was making me crazy. So I weeded through all of…

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    It’s September 19th. That can mean only one thing: G’Day, Mate! Wait. That’s not right.   Cracking toast, Gromit! Um. That isn’t it, either.   Hey, y’all? Nice tuque, eh?   Arr! I merely tease, matey. It’s International…

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    Today is the last official Sunday of Summer. But don’t try telling summer that. Where I live, we’re expecting a high of around 97 degrees. Da fuh?   Anyhoo – my intention is to be lazy. To enjoy…

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    Dang. We’re oldies.   And we’re still goodies.   Here’s to you, babe. Happy anniversary.

    The photo above was taken 20 years ago. (Gulp.) Look at me – I was cute, for cry-eye! I loved that outfit. The skirt is long gone, but I still have the hat and the velvet jacket. When…

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    Today someone I know will be taking an oath of citizenship and, presumably, starting a new chapter. (Or maybe continuing the current chapter of his life. His call.)   Citizenship means a lot of things to a lot…

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    Yesterday I was out cutting the grass, as it’s been about a month and even though none of it gets regular watering, it does grow in patches and needs tending once in a while. So there I was,…

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    Just typing this post’s title got me wailing on Eric Carmen’s song. But I digress.   The photo above shows something I invented for myself over the weekend. See – I decided to paint the hardware on the…

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