On Sunday ‘the cousins’ had a potluck at my cousin Beanie’s house. Not all of the cousins were there, but we had a nice time anyway. Kenn got to meet them all in person. We enjoyed deviled eggs, seafood gumbo, roasted vegetables and for dessert a Blum’s Coffee Crunch cake. If you have never had that kind of cake before, you really should try it! It is the best cake ever made! I took a couple photos but my camera seems to be having some focusing issues (not the user either!), but I did get one of Kenn enjoying the sunset out by the eucalyptus trees: Continue reading “Catching Up”
A Lull in the Action
Well, it’s been a few days since my last post – I think in the last one I wrote, I had just checked into my first AirBnB, a home in San Mateo hosted by Daniela and David. Continue reading “A Lull in the Action”
Terracotta Warriors
A haiku. Terracotta Soldiers.
Brown, standing straight up.
Sunflowers, stems erect, tall.
Terracotta-like.
(follow up from yesterday. but you already knew that)
Another day in Cali
I woke up early this morning, still in Calistoga, and lazed around for a bit of the morning. I have watched the ‘new’ Megyn Kelly show now two days in a row. All I can say is: what happened to her?? She seems like she is trying to prove herself when she already has!! OK. Rant over. Continue reading “Another day in Cali”
On The Road Again
Hi kids –
I am now in Calistoga, CA after sadly leaving Boise (I LOVE IT THERE). Had a great time hanging with the guys. Surprised at how well we all got along after all these years. Here we are, photo complete with a ‘Lodi Ave’ sign that one of them ‘borrowed’ from the city of San Mateo. We all autographed it for posterity. And who looks the youngest 😉 ? Continue reading “On The Road Again”
A moment of peace and quiet
The last few days have been a flurry of activity. I arrived in Boise on Thursday, and the last of us arrived on Sunday evening. I am staying in Jay and Carolyn’s RV, and Tony and Frank each have their RV here, so we have quite the little community happening! Charlie and Steve (and their spouses) are staying at a nearby hotel. Continue reading “A moment of peace and quiet”
The first leg
I made it from PHL to DFW to BOI on Thursday. Flight from PHL to DFW was delayed because the toilets weren’t flushing. Needless to say, nobody complained about fixing the toilets! Luckily, though, we landed close to on time, which was good because I only had an hour between flights to catch the next one. And, oddly, there was one guy, sitting near me, who was also going to BOI. So, we walked to the gate together (also lucky – we landed at Gate C8 and only had to go to C16. Originally the second gate was C37, and at least we were in the same terminal!). They were boarding the second flight so we walked right up and got on – no muss no fuss! Continue reading “The first leg”
A time for found things
The last few days have been interesting, and I only picked up on the theme today – it has been a week of finding things Continue reading “A time for found things”
A short time to recuperate
I got home the evening of Sept 5. Though there was quite a bit of rain while I was driving, the weather during the trip was beautiful otherwise. Awesome! Continue reading “A short time to recuperate”
Last day in Tennessee
We all got up at various times on Labor Day morning, mostly dictated by how much alcohol was consumed or how late the person was up the night before. What a great night – Chip finally sat down at the piano and knocked out some serious blues with his friend Dan on harmonica! Sorry I don’t have a video to post here. Continue reading “Last day in Tennessee”
The Good People in the mountains of Tennessee
I left Roanoke on Saturday morning, heading to McMinnville, TN. Odd coincidence: I was in McMinnville, OR last November!
I decided to not make any ‘Roadside America’ stops – I was ready to get to my destination and be out of the car for a while. Continue reading “The Good People in the mountains of Tennessee”
Man of my dreams and other weird stuff
I will update you on my most recent exploits in the next post, when I have time to sort through all of my photos. I’m sitting in my hotel in Roanoke now, planning to visit the Taubman Museum of Art before I head home. UPDATE: Unfortunately the Taubman Museum is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays, so I missed it. Bummed!
But, last night, I had a dream. I ‘met’ a man in my dream, but he has been in my dreams before. He is an older, distinguished man, who seems to be pretty wealthy. Our meetings are always by happenstance. In the dream last night, I as walking by his property, and apparently a wedding celebration had taken place, and there were some bright pink lingerie hanging on an iron gate at the entrance to the property (which was surrounded by stone walls). I stopped to take a photo and the whole family came out, as they were getting ready to leave. I got pulled into the tide of people and ended up talking to this man. We talked about photo composition, and he invited me into his home, which also turned out to be his place of work. There was somebody in there with a GIGANTIC cake – she was cutting it up but digging her hands deep into the cake (I hesitate to say wedding cake because if it was, it was probably the ugliest wedding cake I’ve ever seen!)
A couple of his clients showed up so he showed them to his office. The office had glass doors but were sound proofed. I started to ask him a question from outside the office but he told me (somehow he could press a button and talk so I could hear him) that he couldn’t hear me and to wait outside.
For some reason I had his jacket and needed to get it back to him. When he was done in the office, he came back out to meet me, and had his assistant bring me a bunch of stuff. I didn’t understand what it was (there was a small pile of different stuff) and his assistant told me it was for the dog. I said I lost my dog a few years and ago and then the man told me they had an example of a eulogy I could read.
I thanked him. And then the most God-awful siren blast woke me up, at 6:58am! (this is after arriving at the hotel at 1:30am). Ugh! I guess I’ll have to wait for the next dream to see what happens.
In the meantime, I had another horoscope that seemed so spot on it was weird. Over the weekend I met someone who thought I should speak at ‘Girls Inc’ and talk about women in technical careers. And, I have been talking about how I need to let things happen instead of trying to make things happen.
Here it is – talk to you soon!
The Attendant

THE ATTENDANT (A Short Story) Continue reading “The Attendant”
Halfway there …
Well, I made it to Roanoke, VA today.
I left a little later than expected after sharing coffee with the wonderful person who made me a loaf of artisan sourdough bread (and not having my stuff as organized as I should have), but got on the road in decent time. Continue reading “Halfway there …”
Poetry in emotion
Spending some time prepping for my roadtrip. Made a donation to Red Cross to help out Houston. The stories from Houston are unbelievable. Continue reading “Poetry in emotion”
