Flashback Friday: That one time I was a mermaid
Circa 1995, California State Fair, “Poor Unfortunate Souls” Little Mermaid performance. Me as Ariel and Joanna of Joanna’s Kids-R-It as Ursula the …
Circa 1995, California State Fair, “Poor Unfortunate Souls” Little Mermaid performance. Me as Ariel and Joanna of Joanna’s Kids-R-It as Ursula the …
My dance teacher, Joanna of Joanna’s Kids-R-It in Sacramento, is celebrating her 30th anniversary teaching dance and gymnastics. I’m tickled to see …
Image used with permission from gratisography.com In my university classes the last couple weeks, we’ve been discussing issues of equity and discrimination. …
Jason Sommes flying the Grumman Bearcat in Watsonville, CA. Photo by yours truly. A couple weeks ago, a colleague asked me how …
The Other Typist by Suzanne Rindell. Close your eyes and imagine’s it’s Prohibition-era New York City. George Gershswin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” is …
Maybe if I lay on it, she won’t try to put it on me again. “You have to live forever,” I told …
Damn squirrels have dug up the coleus plants in the three bottom pots repeatedly! I curse caterpillars aloud. I’ve been known to …
The holy grail of gardening. As the summer gardening season fades away, I’ve got a bone to pick with myself for the …
So many cute college-era skirts hiding in the back of my closet. At what point are clothes considered vintage? “Where did that come …
On the to-do list: Planting Fall flower bulbs for Spring beauty! Picture by Aurelie Jouan via Life of Pix. Used with permission. …