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March 2021- Family Trip in San Diego
In March, Mom and Dad visited us in San Diego. As a total bonus, Ed and Meg came out for part of the time. It was an awesome trip. And, I get to start writing something in my blog other than “We sat around our house” or “We went to gardens full of native sticks…
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February 2021
February was a little bit more of same old, same old. I was fully vaccinated, but our knowledge of what that meant was still incomplete. Could I still be a carrier monkey? Who knew? So, SMS and I stayed home, did our work, and had another quarentine-y month together. We continued our native plant watch,…
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January 2021
Well, January was pretty eventful for the US and I definitely followed current events in a much more timely way than my blog posting schedule suggests. I really like Heather Cox Richardson‘s near-daily posts from a historian’s perspective. She’s still writing about current events and I really appreciate her ability to inform the present from…
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Christmas 2020
I had a two-part Christmas this year! After getting my Pfizer first dose on 15 Dec, I decided to travel and see my family this year. It was great to see Mom & Dad and my brothers and their families. Dad and I went for several walks, where he was the tour guide for several…
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2020 in Books: A Review
In 2020, I read 67 books. 21 were non-fiction, 46 were fiction. Oooo, already I am pretty happy with myself since I did not think I had read that much non-fiction. As I look at my non-fiction books more, I’m even happier since I read fewer memoirs than I thought. My favorite book was The…
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Reflecting on 2020
Since 2011, I’ve used this list to help reflect back on the year. I really enjoy looking back while preparing to move forward. So… 1. What did you do in 2020 that you’d never done before? Got vaccinated against COVID! 2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next…
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qMonth Post
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. It’s been a warm Fall and very botanically-oriented. SMS has developed a keen interest in native Southern California gardens. The beauty of them is…subtle. While many might just see piles of sticks, true visionaries see beauty, sustainability, (tiny) flowers, and hummingbird attractors. We went to a few…
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Highlights: November 2019
Another month mash-up! At the beginning of the month, SMS and I took a walk over to the Cantor Arts Center. We enjoyed the temporary exhibit West x Southwest: Edward Weston and Ansel Adams. We also looked at the objects in the “Melancholy Museum,” an organized presentation of many items collected by Leland Stanford the…
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Highlights: June 2019
The highlight of June was spending our anniversary together! 8 June…Happy Anniversary SMS! 6 years! He bought me beautiful flowers, which are barely done any justice by the photo above. We spent the day in San Francisco, walking around on a gorgeous day. Towards the end of the afternoon, we headed over to Rich Table…
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Highlights: May 2019
Well, my daily posting resolution lasted um, not so long. But it’s time to catch up on this blog so my method of choice will be monthly recaps! First up, May! After a travel-filled April, May was a lot less busy. I got back and the birds were still alive thanks to their favorite bird-sitter…
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