Requiem for a Coffee Maker
I am useless until I’ve had my first cup of coffee. I’m sleepy. I’m slow. I cannot focus. I start to do something and then drift off to …
Conversations
The Tale of the Ugly Bathroom
Timing is everything, and the year our daughter was born, the Los Angeles real estate market was in a slump. It was the first time in my adult …
Don’t Say Cava Bar When You Really Mean Kava Bar
I came home and sat on the couch. It was only about 4:30 in the afternoon, but I really didn’t feel like doing anything. I just experienced my …
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Playdates Are Not Just for Kids Any More
In late middle age, I’ve come to a realization: Playdates are not just for children. From the day my daughter was born, I lived my life according to her …
Bubbles and Sparks on the Fourth of July
Five Ideas, One Menu, 15 Movies and a Couple of Other Odds and Ends You Can Do (No Kids Required) I wasn’t happy when I realized that the …
A Good Day’s Work May Never End
I kind of hope I’ll always work. Let me clarify. I hope I’ll always want to work and be healthy to work as long as I want. The …
Still Alone… Day 9
I was born into a family of writers, but a writer I am not. So trying to blog, participate in the NaMaBlo, is difficult. It is frustrating because …
Day 5 of 15, Alone for the First Time in 30 years
Boy, was that a good weekend. Did I already say that? What was the icing on the cupcake is that it was Daylight Savings Time. (Or was it …
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Days 1 thru 3 of Being Alone
I’m on Day 3 out of 15 of being alone for the first time in almost 30 years. I think there’s been the random night once or twice, …
Might-See TV
I was born in the mid-1950’s, at the height of the baby boom. I have vivid memories of watching Leave It to Beaver and Ozzie and Harriet in …