Years ago I started what our family called, the “9-year-old trip”. The idea was to immerse our grandchildren in the favorite places, family, and history of my side of the family in the San Francisco Bay Area. When my Mom was alive she was a big…
I feel like I’ve been in a movie the last two months! The plot is a kitchen soup (actually a bouillabaisse) of drama, love, family, friends, travel, seeing my dying aunt and her “anti-vaxxer” relatives and one who just came down with COVID, (Yes, really…
Our monumental election is almost here and the wait is excruciating! It goes without saying we will be praying and dreaming for a better tomorrow. November 3rd is election day but it is also my Mother’s birthday. She was a stalwart progressive and a counterbalance to my Dad…
We all have good intentions but sometimes important things get pushed aside,…at least for a while. We get busy with work. We prioritize what needs to be done. We often rationalize why we do what we do but being in self-quarantine these past few weeks has allowed…