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Holiday fun
Dude, it’s Mr Husband and I! We took the cruise of the Lake at Tahoe last week for our anniversary. We joked with the photographer that we were brother and sister. Just being funny. You know how it is. Vaca at Tahoe/Daveland was great. More to follow.
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It’s toot-toot-Tuesday, don’t cry!
Tuesday is deadline day at the Sun, so if there’s a day to cry, it would be today. At one of the last places where I was an editor, a magazine, on the first day I bet my fellow editor lunch over which of us would be the first to cry. And I lost! It was I who cried first! I was shocked. But the stress of the day can break you sometimes. That’s why it’s good to go into D-Day in fighting shape: don’t have too much, or any, writing to do that day. Don’t try to plan lunch or meetings. Just rub your hands together, eat a good…
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in praise of June
I love June. School is out, the sun is out, everyone is happy…no, I’m kind of lying. California in June — Northern Cali, the East Bay in particular — means FOG, overcast, bare patches of sun once in a while, and a cool wind. Not your typical bathing suit weather. My veggies won’t grow — too chilly. Not enough sunshine to make the tomatoes and squash grow wildly, as they should. It will happen by July, I’m sure — but for now, everything in the garden, except the weeds, seem stunted and sickly. But school is out — temporarily. Out of 4 kids at home, three are going to summer…
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By popular demand
Here is the editorial I just published in the Alameda Sun about the proposed curriculum. You be the judge. The Alameda Sun supports the Alameda Unified School District’s new curriculum that helps to explain the reality of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people living among their straight brothers and sisters here on the Island. The Alameda Sun does not support the “opt-out” as a means of sheltering the children from truth — a reality they very likely already know about. We are not speaking of religious or political opinion here. While it is true that there are religious points of view involved — meaning, some people’s viewpoints are threatened —…
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back in the saddle again
Yes, well-ish enough to resume the writing. Hi, peoples, and glad to be back. It was gorgeously hot while I was ill, and now that I’m feeling healthy again, or on my way to it, the June Gloom of Northern California summer has arrived, so it’s blowing cold wind and fog outside. Brr. Just what the doctor didn’t order. Busy weeks, the next few — D#3 is heading for graduation and all its attendant activities. D#2 is almost finished with her semester at CoA and planning ahead for her heavy summer semester. D#4 is getting used to her new school and looking for a job, and getting ready to turn…
