Since the end of August until September 2, all (tennis) eyes (and others) were on Serena Williams who announced that she was evolving away from tennis and her last tournament would the U.S. Open. Her run-up to the tournament wasn’t impressive so it was not certain if she’d get past the first round. She did….
Category: ordinary life
August was… (August break prompts #s 19-31)
It’s the last day of August, so now you get little snapshots of the last couple weeks or so of the month. My hands (#19) On the 19th of August, I played tennis with Dante. We still try to play once a week. It’s a fun time and I like getting out on the court….
August Break #s 10-18 in reverse order
Five years ago (#18) I just posted a photo to IG of a plane coming in to land in San Diego. I was walking around downtown San Diego as I did nearly every weekend. It’s funny because I didn’t consider myself a “walker” or “hiker” then. Hell, I don’t think I even wore a sports…
August Break #5 (midday), #6 (I’m reading), and #7 (beneath my feet)
Midday Some of these prompts are hard not just for photography but for writing. I figured that midday for me is roughly 2:30 pm, assuming I get up at 6am and go to bed at 11pm. That’s true on average I guess. I chose an artsy shot looking up through our pergola in the backyard…
August Break #1: morning light
My bedroom window faces east. That means if I forget to close my blinds at night, the early morning sunshine streams brilliantly into my room. The head of my bed is right under the window. In the summer, I keep the windows open a bit so I can catch the cool night and dawn air,…
Dad
Four years.
December recap and shutting it down
The month started out with me having things I wanted to accomplish. There was editing work to do. I had fallen behind on my reading challenge, so I wanted to read at least six books this month. Plus, poetry. I wanted to use the down time to work on organizing my work and setting up…
TV shows I’m enjoying
I mostly completed November’s NaBloPoMo, but I did miss a couple days, so I’ll catch up into December. Aren’t y’all lucky? I recently started watching a couple different TV shows that I am really enjoying. Since they might not be on people’s radar, I wanted to fill you in. We Are Lady Parts This show…
Coffee
As an extra gift for my birthday, aside from surprising me with her actual presence, my sister bought me a coffeemaker. You see, when we were in Costa Rica, we drank coffee every morning. That wasn’t that new for me. I tend to favor mochas, but I’ve had plenty of brewed coffee. I just didn’t…
Hair snake
Here’s a story from a couple weeks ago. My shower drain started backing up. My sister had had the same problem with her bathtub and had to call a roto-rooter guy to come snake the drain. Mom had said she had a device to do it, but she couldn’t find it. But she went online…
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