I recently mentioned that Mister and I are finally unpacking some boxes, nearly a year after moving into the new abode. Through this task, I am beginning to understand something very important: not all boxes are created equally.…
20 Years Ago…
Today marks the 20-year anniversary of the Northridge Earthquake. It ripped through parts of southern California at 4:31 am on 17 July January 1994. Mister and I were asleep, like we should have been, when the rumbling started.…
D-Squared T-Squared – Week 2
So week 2’s D-squared T-squared Challenge has been completed. This one was just Mister and me, like the first week’s challenge. I’ve been away from music for quite a while. It’s been my choice, and the…
Snuggle Weather
Here in California, we’re not hurting on the weather front. I know some folks are going through unimaginable cold these days, and I don’t know how to respond to that. I’ve experienced ugly-cold before, but only in short…
That Time of Year
It’s that time of year, when Mister and I are trying to catch up on movies before the Oscars. It’s no easy task, I tell you. Movies take time and money. After the deluge of holiday releases, we’re…
Lost and Found
Mister and I are a couple of months shy of one full year at the new abode. So of course we’ve just now started unpacking. Jeez Louise. I am not a hoarder. Simple enough statement. But Mister.…
D-Squared T-Squared – Week 1
My New Year’s Day post contained info about a weekly challenge for the year. However, the post did not provide info on the challenge’s origins. Mister and I are happy drunks. (We’re not drunk all the time,…
Driving Into The Desert – Food
“If’n you’re starving there is a place I like… food’s what you’d expect and generally served by tweakers –“ Brian At some point, Mister and I had hit the straight-road-dippity-do traveling wall and decided we needed…
Driving Into The Desert
“Following is a way to go to Scottsdale — it’ll probably add 45 minutes to an hour to the journey…” Brian So Mister and I headed off to the desert, to spend the New Year…
Penny For Your Thoughts
The other morning, I woke to find Mister looking up at the ceiling. Actually, he was dreamily gazing toward the ceiling, with a slight smile on his sleepy face. He looked so happily hazy. I wondered if…