I’ve noticed a trend of men in my life disappearing. They, including my son, float around aimlessly until you ask them to do something. Then they disappear for extended periods until I send Search and Rescue! Fortunately with the size apartment I occupy right now, it’s a short mission and more often than not, he’s…
My favorite house to live in was my first home in Baltimore, MD. It was the last house in a group of row houses with front and back stairways, basements, stacks of floors, seemingly endless closets and my favorite childhood place, the sun porch! Although we only had a sun porch until I was 8,…
Remember wandering through childhood, savoring each day? From pre-school we crawled through each milestone year and couldn’t grow up fast enough! I knew it all (you too?!) because I’d been alive for “forever!” Then, with working-woman and wife routines, time blurred a bit. When kids showed up, we all piled in the Millinivan Falcon traveling…
The first sunny day we’ve had since this challenge was first posted. Not to be ungrateful but I really need it to rain so my daughter’s softball game will get rained out so we can go to my son’s school competition! Thankfully within an hour the clouds started getting thicker. Can next week’s challenge be…
After getting out of Dodger town, Los Angeles, we watched from San Diego, as Angelenos lost it – their buildings, minds, even their humanity. We tried to make sense of an irrational situation and learned a few new things that aren’t found in textbooks. FIRES – Glued to our TVs, we learned to identify new…
20 years ago, with college finals drawing near, we’d been drawn outdoors by the sunshine in-between studies. Driving back to college in South Central LA, we heard news updates that the verdict for four police officers accused of beating Rodney King would be read any moment. When I turned on the TV, I learned they…
I’ve been asked where I get ideas for my daily blog. My better posts come from wandering after a train of thought intersecting my day. Some days I rely on prompts. Today a question leaped off the page at me continuing the train of thought for where ideas come from. I immediately had an answer…
Somewhere along the way, my kids became jaded before their time. When I wanted to see Disney Nature Chimpanzee and my kids refused, while regularly quoting Zombieland or pointing out when real artifacts resembling those in games, something had gone awry. From the moment I bawled during the trailer, I knew I’d make my family see…
We needed a slow night. After bidding adieu to friends, we took long baths, got in dryer-warmed jammies and read. Part of my 101 in 1001 is reading all the books on my bookshelf. I started with the largest book with the smallest “chapters”: Oprah’s Big Book of Happiness. Although Richard Branson’s article attracted me…
We mindlessly wander through our routines, hopefully paying attention to what you’re doing, but hopping from place to place. Every so often, life throws a stick in your spokes and knocks you off course. Yesterday I flew so far I landed disoriented, quickly feeling for a familiar path. Wait, a signpost up ahead – next…
Ever since working 5 minutes in the pool snack bar 30 years ago, I couldn’t wait to do it again. With the heat turned up thanks to the increased responsibility of an oil fryer and nacho cheese, I was nervous that I’d wind up ruining someone’s mouthwatering vision for their fries or taco boat. As…
For “Two Subjects” I’m submitting Two Photos! Ain’t nothing more fun than eating on the grassy lawn at the In-n-Out Burger right by LAX and watching the planes land! Breakfast with one of my furry nieces!
