Okay, I know the election is well over 500 days away still. I also believe that this is way too early for 8 (if Mike Gravel is still in things) Democratic and ten to twelve GOP candidates to be debating and campaigning already. And, as is with the placement of nominating conventions, placement and timing… Continue reading Will the GOP Candidates Learn Anything?
Yeah, yeah…historic baseball weekend! Oh wait, to a purist that would have been last weekend when Cal Ripken, Jr and Tony Gwynn were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. I am not interested in Alex Rodriguez being the youngest player to ever hit 500 homers. If I were a Yankees’ fan,… Continue reading Baseball – Tom Glavine
Wow! I just had the most amazing breakfast. I had an omelet – farm-fresh eggs, local feta, onions, tomatoes. Well, tomatoes are not in season quite yet here so those were not from the farm but from the grocery but I still loved my breakfast. I have to say that my attempt at eating better… Continue reading Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Updated
I love food! I love to cook! I love to bake! I love to eat! But, most of all, I love summer food! Fall, winter, and spring bring about a lot of comfort food – those things your mother made and her mother before her and probably her mother before that, the heavy foods that… Continue reading Summer Food
While my 20 year old daughter may be talking about the local tour stop of CMT On Tour 2007, I am talking about L’Tour de France. Another of my huge fascinations with the country of France – other than its food and wine – is this endurance bicycle race. I have biked for a long… Continue reading The Tour
I swear there should be a word like blog that is for the times – in this particular case, summer – when you have tons going through your head and on in your life but don’t blog about any of it. I haven’t put fingers to keys in a blogging manner in two weeks. In… Continue reading Summer Blogging
I have blogged about living in the land of church bazaars but I have to admit – with six kids, they get expensive. That being said, I always support my own church’s bazaar. That would mean this weekend. Our Lady of Angels is having its annual bazaar. It is not the same timing as it… Continue reading My Church’s Bazaar This Weekend
Yes, I have previously let my oldest son “entertain” or “host” a sibling but the first time I did this, he was living in a dorm room and his sister was looking at the college he went to. He didn’t do the actually rooming with him but found a female friend for her to stay… Continue reading A New Part of Parenting
It’s a rite of passage into summer. Ever summer, I head off to the bookstore – or, in today’s case, Sam’s book aisle – and purchase about $20 worth of books for summer reading. While I love reading nonfiction, during the summer my genre of choice is definitely light fiction that I can go through… Continue reading Summer Trip to the Bookstore
When my mom and stepdad moved to California, I was 15 – soon to be 16. I did not go with them. I had lived with my grandmother since I was 5 and I was staying put and finishing high school. They moved to San Jose and I visited occasionally. When my mom and stepdad… Continue reading South Lake Tahoe
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