1. Tonight I saw Oprah’s interview of Thomas Beatie, the transgender man from Oregon who is now pregnant. 2. “Sway” by the Pussycat Dolls makes me wanna dance! (“Shall We…
Remember Lodi’s dancing pickle featured on Wordless Wednesday on February 26, 2008? A couple of weeks ago, this blurb appeared in the Lodi News-Sentinel’s Cop Log: A pickle — the…
My generation is comprised of folks who remember life without much technology. Sometimes we joke around about it. My girlfriends and I laugh about how our parents used to make…
Appetizer What does the color dark green make you think of? The beautiful green hills of Northern California.
1. The return of spring is so exciting! 2. Strawberry fields forever, of course. 3. Bailey’s sounds like it would taste delicious!
Recently, another blogger wrote about the intersection between his real and online lives, in particular his recent connection via Facebook with a coworker. He declared that now his “writing life…
1. Contact may cause severe allergic reaction. 2. The parties hereto do mutually agree to dismiss any and all claims each has against the other with no admission by any…
Appetizer On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 as highest), how much do you like your own handwriting? 7. I don’t write much any more, so it isn’t as neat…
Your Online Writing Life: Protect Your Reputation — and Future (Part Four) Pseudonym: A fictitious name used by an author to conceal his or her identity. Lots of authors have…
The manner in which Memorial Day is observed at Cherokee Memorial Park here in Lodi is different and unique. I know of no other cemetery that makes such an effort…
Appetizer If you could be any current celebrity for one whole week, who would you want to be? Sarah Jessica Parker. I’d like to know what it feels like to…
Your Online Writing Life: Protect Your Reputation — and Future (Part Three) It wasn’t that long ago that blogging was a concept embraced only by the ultra-techy. How quickly the…
Mattie-Boo’s 16th birthday party. My kids always want to have their parties at our favorite Mexican restaurant . . . and never want their picture taken.
1. I’m looking forward to getting together with our best friends for BigBob’s birthday next week. 2. I don’t handle laziness very well.. 3. Mexican food is something I could…
Appetizer Who was the last person you hugged? Last night I had a dream about a person who once meant a great deal to me, but I haven’t seen for…
Last week, I wrote about the importance of selecting an email address that will appropriately convey professionalism and good business sense. But what about how you use that email account?…
Appetizer Have you ever played a practical joke on anyone? If so, what did you do and who was your victim? Wow, I can’t remember playing a practical joke on…
I was tagged a while back to participate in this meme by Katherine Reschke. Here are the rules: 1. Link to the blog of the person who tagged you. 2.…
Did you know that more and more companies are using Google and other online resources to conduct, in part, background checks on prospective employees? And stories of folks whose employment…
1. Snowdrops are best seen from afar. 2. I’m going to Fresno today. 3. “Late for the Sky” by Jackson Browne is a song whose lyrics have meaning to me.…
My all-time favorite photo of us. Why? Because it is a candid shot, snapped by the photographer as we paused on the step of the church en route to the…