The home stretch of the year

It’s November, which means NaBloPoMo time. I have no idea if it’s still a thing, but I’m going to try. I just got back from a trip to Utah and Yellowstone which I’ll be recapping when I have more time. So this is just a quick post to get in before I go to bed…

Goodbye, July 2023

I’m not sad to be moving on in the year. The beginning of the month was good, especially getting to hang out with my sister, but even that was tempered by the devastating family news, Then after I got back, although Mom and I were fine, it was uncomfortably hot, and then we had even…

Vacation – Days 4-6 in Utah (and some devastating news)

Wednesday Wednesday was a WFH day for Sandy, and she planned to take a half day, so we resumed our positions at the dining room table and got our work on. After we were done, it was time to go to lunch. We decided on Delice French Bakery & Cafe. We decided to go halfsies…

Vacation – Days 1-3 in Utah

Sunday Very early on Sunday morning, I got in to my Lyft and headed to the Long Beach airport. I boarded my flight for Salt Lake City where my sister and her husband picked me up. My semi-vacation had begun! I say ‘semi’ because I’m still working while I’m here, except today (holiday) and Friday…

Weekend recap

Saturday morning I slept in, and it was magical. I didn’t wake up until after 8 am! That’s almost unheard of for me. I got dressed and left to get on a trail. I hiked about four miles on a flat trail, and it felt good, except that I developed a wee blister on my…

Greece (Chania, Crete) – day 4 (Lighthouse walk & creativity retreat)

Finally slept longer than five hours last night! In fact, I slept eight hours! Boy, I needed that! Sandy & I had talked last night about taking it easy this morning, and I think we’re both happy with that decision. We got ourselves together and went to breakfast here at the hotel. It was a…

Just a quickie

The World Series ended tonight and Atlanta beat Houston in six games. I was rooting for Atlanta so I’m glad they won. At the same time, I think it’s beyond time that they change their team name and all the other problematic imagery, chants etc that are attached to them. Other teams have changed (Cleveland…

Costa Rica – Day 7 – Playa Conchal – Sloth Sanctuary

I had another 8+ hour night! Spectacular. I should also mention I’ve been dreaming very vividly every night. Sandy gets to hear about every dream in the morning, and then they’re gone. They are varied and weird and not related to Costa Rica at all. This morning, it was time for our Covid test to…

hey there, hi there, ho there

Well, I let the summer completely go by without a post here of any kind. Summer was good. It was hot. Really hot at times. In mid-June, Sandy came to visit us for the first time since February 2020. She stayed for a week and it was great. We went to San Diego, we went…

National Poetry Month – Day 9

I think after I posted day 8’s poem, I lost a bit of momentum because that one was so emotional for me and took me a while to write. So there may be some double posts coming up. Here’s one I just wrote for something miraculous that happened on April 9, 2021. Rarities Some things…