Some days I just really miss my dad. What I think I miss most of all is the chance I didn’t get to say good-bye. I still just want to say good-bye, to tell him I’ll miss him, to let
40 Years Later
I’ve been a mom for 40 years today. Forty years ago yesterday, the Los Angeles basin shook with a 6.6 earthquake centered in Sylmar, just north up in the San Fernando Valley. The earthquake demolished two hospitals, one of them
Re-Inventing Ourselves
Re-inventing ourselves. Are we inventing something new out of our lives or are we being the parts of ourselves that up till now have not shown themselves in the light? I love Cloris Leachman. I always have. To me, she
Random Acts of Kindness?
What if we all did “random acts of kindness” as a regular sort of business, something that we all expected all day every day. Would we still call them “random”? Would they still hold the fascination for us that they
New Adventure! Diabetes! Colitis! High Blood Pressure! …and More! Yay!!!
So my physical body has decided to go off on its own adventure – in this past week or so, it has been diagnosed with diabetes, colitis, and the highs – blood pressure, cholesterol and triglycerides – along with the
Post-a-Day February
So….. my challenge for myself for the month of February is to post a post a day….ooooh, say that three times real fast – post a post a day post a post a day post a post a day. Sounds
Thanksgiving in Los Angeles
Here in LA, the days are warmer, the nights are brighter, the people are lighter dressed than many other parts of the country….yeah, the world! But with that difference comes some things that strike chords of similarity – turkeys at