I want to apologize to all of my faithful readers who’ve been expecting more frequent posts from California. I’ve let you all down. But the thing is, I’m on vacation. And between visiting with friends and family and finishing a manuscript, I’ve been busy and blogging has not been a top priority. Instead, I’ve been […]
My husband and I have an ongoing friendly debate about who was nerdier as a child, which always gives way to a debate about what actually makes one a nerd. Al advocates for a more narrow, traditional definition of the word “nerd.” He’s a nerd originalist. In his book, a nerd is someone who is […]
Since there’s an NHL lockout, hockey fans have to get their fix where they can — and thank goodness for minor league hockey! My cousin Emily’s husband Greg is a big hockey fan, so last night, they organized a cousin excursion to a minor league game at the Cow Palace. The game was between the […]
I grew up with dogs. In fact, from before the time I was born to now, my parents have never not had a dog. And every single one of our dogs was bad — loveably bad — in its own way, to the point where I’m pretty much ruined for good dogs. I need my […]
“The test of a vocation is the love of the drudgery it involves.” -Logan Pearsall Smith I saw this quote the other day and it spoke to my little writer’s soul. Isn’t it the truth? You know that you’re meant to do a job if you can stand the mind-numbing tedium that comes with it. […]
As you’re probably aware, my blog has been offline for the past week or so. This is because it was viciously attacked by malware. I don’t know what malware is, exactly, but it’s bad and it virus’d my poor, innocent blog. I like to think that I was targeted by international spies for knowing too […]
Happy Black Friday! May none of you be trampled to death today and may you all enjoy many leftover-turkey-and-stuffing sandwiches! Al and I are in Cape Town. We came down yesterday morning and are staying at the beautiful home of Al’s former boss, Hillary, her husband, Alfred, their two sons, Boden (7) and Asher (16 […]
To take my mind off my many health woes, I spent this afternoon making a pumpkin pie from scratch. And I mean SCRATCH. Scritchety-scratch. This was my first time making pumpkin pie, so I was going into this thing blind. And, since canned pumpkin and pre-made pie crusts don’t exist in this country, I was […]
Today was interesting! Remember that thing on my hand? It got worse. Then, last night, I developed a gross rash all over my chest, neck, and face that looked like a collection of bug bites/zits. My whole face and chest itched like crazy. And then I woke up this morning with my bottom lip swollen […]
Today is one of those days that has been consumed by chores. Which happens, sometimes, when one moves internationally. I got up this morning at 6:40 to drive Al to work, came back home, and then got back into bed for two hours. Don’t judge me! I had woken up with a sore throat and […]