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Glory For Ukraine

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Step Aside Disneyland

The post Covid19 vaccination holding room…really the lobby of the CVStarr Community Center is now the happiest place on Earth. There has been reports of rare adverse reactions to the …

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I Usually Don’t Speak Up

I usually don’t speak up.  Well, except for one unfortunate incident when at a comedy show, I asked a stranger at our table to stop talking during the comedian’s set, …

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Seven Days To Go!

We are off again, so kitties are pissed off again. On June 18 we will board British Air to London Heathrow. SWEET!! Taking our granddaughters Hannah and Hailey. We are …

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So Proud!

Hannah and Hailey are GREAT in so many ways. First, we challenged them to carry-on luggage only and they accepted and exceeded. Now we have an extra couple of hours …

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Hello Goodbye

As John Lennon and Paul McCartney once famously wrote…Hello, Goodbye! London!  How can seven days go by so fast.? Truly the old adage “time flies while you are having fun” …

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I Am Full

The day after Christmas and I was still full of Christmas. Full of love, fun, family, cheer and food. And many goodies still hanging around. Low carb/sugar be damned…I continued to …

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Thomas Dickson

Thomas passed away on my lap this morning. It was a peaceful dignified death…one we can all aspire to.  To be held safely by a loved one while our pain …

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Toby Dickson

After living divorced and dogless (even catless-UGHHH that was hard!) for a couple of years in an apartment in Burlingame, I finally moved into our home with Lonnie in Roseville …

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Vegas Baby

Las Vegas has a couple of nicknames which come to mind: Lost Wages and Sin City.  I refer to it as Shit Hole.  Anyway, since it is part of my …

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He Controls the Power

He cradles it tight, but not too tight in his semi-open palm. The stiff seven and a half inch rod is floating just slightly above his thighs at his crotch. …

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2014 Disneyland Fiction

A few years ago I saw a headline in the newspaper and decided to write a fictional story about it. Now after taking a class in fiction writing,  I have edited …

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Pennies From Heaven

Years ago I started noticing and collecting pennies and other coins I have found along my path in life.  I find them in really weird places where coins should not …

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Retired Guy vs. Kitten

We adopted a kitten two weeks ago today.  Daisy is thriving!  She is a white and gray tiger and has a ton of extra toes.  Her front white paws look …

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I Saw a Ghost

I saw a ghost today. I knew I would. I had a premonition of the apparition this morning on my way to the airport. The sweet sad Dan Fogelberg song Same …

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WMD = My Dad’s Wife

Everyone knows the reference: WMD…the unfound Weapons of Mass Destruction that propelled us into the Iraq War. Well, I am the MDW: My Dad’s Wife. I am found by some …

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The Duck

I was only in love with a car once and The Duck wasn’t it. But, as The Duck makes that final drive down Donner into the sunset…to quote Mr. Spock …

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You Don’t Look Like

Flying SWA to PHX yesterday morning. Let’s just say I LOVE being an A-List flyer. I usually get a TSA-PRE designation on my boarding pass, which means nothing comes out …

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Art Show Coming Up!!!

So excited! Check it out.  A freelance writer wrote about a freelance writer!!   Click on the Mosiac tab above to see some of my work!

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The E.R. 1/10/14

So, there should be rules when you are thinking of going to a local emergency room for treatment.  If you are able to: eat, drink, chat, text, laugh, talk, or …

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