Ripping through

Ripping through the wrapping paper on the large square box. Corina found tissue paper inside of the package. She pulled the tissue paper out, patiently, carefully. Her father was watching. She hadn’t expected anything from him but now that she was finding only tissue paper, she had to wonder if he was getting back at [...]

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Oy vey!

I love technology and learning about all things new, yet sometimes I wish things would stay the same.  Recently, the laptop that I thought I would make do with for another year or so, gave out.  I had to get a new one.  I shopped.  I took my son shopping with me (well, because he [...]

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Spell-O-Matic

When I was growing up, my family didn’t place value on books or reading or writing. For me, it was horrible because I loved them all. From as early as four or maybe before, I loved to play with letters and words. My mother thought it was strange. I was the fifth of seven children [...]

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A Night Of Firsts

I was twelve and my sister, Sylvia, was thirteen.  I was in sixth grade and I wanted to go with my school to see a performance of the Young People’s Symphony, put on at the civic auditorium.  It was at night time and we were going on a bus.  I really wanted to go.  I had [...]

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Shake and Quake

It was a Saturday night in December. I was about four years old. I wasn’t in kindergarten yet so I know I was no older than four. All of us, my brothers and sisters and parents, were sitting in the living room watching Godzilla. The lights were off in the room [...]

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One Eye

I wear contact lenses. Even with them I am half blind. Without them, I can’t see to walk without holding on to the wall, quite literally.
The night before last, one of my contacts fell out for no apparent reason. Sometimes they fall out because they dry out or because I rub my [...]

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Paper, Plastic, Or $$$ ?

A proposal in front of the California State Assembly would charge the  Consumer up to 25 cents per plastic bag used for their purchases each and every single time they go to the grocery/drug store.  Would YOU pay it?  What are the alternatives?
Personally, I probably would not pay it BUT I also have purchased the [...]

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Breathtaking, too

California sunsets are awesome whether over the ocean or over the hills. Breathtaking showed off the fog and the oak trees I ran into on the way home the other day. Today’s post shows you the sunset photos. Even with the fog in most of the photos, I think they are awesome! [...]

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Breathtaking

I have driven the 280 freeway north and south between San Jose and San Francisco a gazillion times and every time I drive it, I think about stopping to take pictures. It is very scenic. However, I am usually not alone or it is too late or raining or something. Yesterday was [...]

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Perspective

Sometimes we get wrapped up in our problems and we forget that in the larger scope, our problems are but a tiny speck in the universe.

Mt. Shasta at dusk, March 2008

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