A bit of fluff (with pretentions)

My sister Eve died on Saturday after a year of living with increasingly debilitating illness from stomach cancer. She was 42 years old. ...

This is a pretty common scene when I get home from work these days. After the months-long excavation and repair of the sprinkler system M...

A long weekend is on the way, and the past two weekends have been busy with socializing and activities so I am plotting household improvemen...

A happy result for the election last night! Plus record-breaking numbers of women in senate. On a lighter note, I got buzzed by a hummingb...

This very well-done parody/tribute to a Lady Gaga song and video is one of the reasons I make sure to vote whenever I can. I learned about t...

It only took me 4 days to run out of things to say. NaBloPoMo prompts to the rescue! What are your thoughts about tomorrow's election ...

Saturday morning I participated in the Color Run San Diego , a 5k event where volunteers bombard the runners (and walkers) with brightly col...

Given that this is "all time" search terms it's clear that not many people arrive here through Google searches. Moving into ...

Yesterday ended with a panic attack. Frozen in my seat, weeping, eventually finding the breath to ask Mr Riveter to help me find the anti-an...

On Halloween night I got home last night after dark. My husband had lit a wood fire in the fireplace, the porch light was on to attract tric...