This past weekend Mister and I hooked up with our good buddy Brad el. Brad is a songwriter, performer, producer and about-a-jillion-other-things-extraordinaire. The 3 of us headed to Descanso Gardens for their annual Cherry Blossom Festival. We were…
Tomatomania is Here!
I’ve written about Tomatomania before, and it’s worth reading if you’re a tomato freak. It’s also worth checking their site, just in case a Tomatomania event is happening in your neck of the world. As for me,…
The First Day of Spring
It occurred to me that perhaps I could have written a post about the last day of winter. But I was too late to catch that bus, so didn’t. And then I realized how the last day of…
Drinking Problems
I was at the gettin’ place, as I needed to get me some Dixie Beer. I stood gazing at all the beer choices, and I heard a voice, very close to my ear, “Uh-oh. Looks like someone has…
Hanging On For Dear Life
Yesterday morning Mister and I got up at 5:30. In the a.m. Before the sun or the Lord had risen. It was that early. And why did we wake at such an unholy hour? To work out. It’s…
Blaze – An Update
A while back I wrote about planting a lemon tree, named Blaze. Once I put her in the ground, all I could do was wait and see if she was gonna turn out. Or not. Really, it could…
Boots and Pants and Boots and Pants and Boots and Pants…
If you live in America and have a television, perhaps you’ve seen the Geico commercials featuring a talking pig. My current fave of this oeuvre shows the pig dealing with his on-line insurance business then re-focusing on his…
Hummingbird Lost
Mister and I were in the kitchen. It was a beautiful day, so the windows and doors were thrown open wide. In L.A., this is common. We don’t have screen doors at our house, so when the doors…
The Universe is Conspiring in Your Favor
“Oh, God, if I’m anything by a clinical name, I’m a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.” Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters J.D. Salinger (1919 – 2010) When the…
Rock Camp Dates Announced!
I realize not all of you are in the L.A. area. Heck, some of you aren’t even in America. And some of you aren’t of the lady variety either. So this post may not be at all relevant…