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Yearly Archives: 2019
Another Rose
It was a few years after WWII, but the industrial area in Richmond where the major shipyards were located gradually started undergoing a transformation. As the post-war period no longer needed ships, other manufacturing took over for a while. And … Continue reading
Posted in family, Jewish Life
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A late celebration
Her birthday actually was Wednesday. Dani works at a location which does a huge amount of business over the December holidays. Which meant long days at the warehouse. She was returning home so exhausted that getting time with her dogs … Continue reading
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It is not a toilet seat
If you live in a mixed gender household you may, perhaps, have dealt with the discussion on toilet seat up or down. If you happen to have dogs, cats, or small children, the chances are that this discussion is moot. … Continue reading
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Completed
Started 12 Nov. Finished 20 Dec. 66 stitches by 369 rows. Stitched on 16 count pre-gridded Aida. I still have to wash her and block her, but am rather pleased.
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Garage Chaos
and I don’t even want to show you the rest. Noah and I are tackling the left-side bay first. It is the unit with shelves, and therefore the most manageable. But there is a long way to go. Do not … Continue reading
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Not raining for the moment
And I am headed down the hill to Haas Pavilion for another Cal Women’t Basketball game. But first an addendum to yesterday’s post: As Noah and I were returning home from picking up burgers from Barney’s Heading east on Vine … Continue reading
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Hair Length
There was, what I charitably will presume was a well meaning woman about a year ago who made a comment about my shorter hair making me look much younger. I blew it off at the time rather than get into … Continue reading
Posted in family, Prose
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Laundry
Like so many of us living in the developed world, I have enough clothing. More than enough, as a matter of fact so that I don’t have to do laundry every week. This may be surprising to those of you … Continue reading
Posted in Home
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Virtual Cruise Ship Lounge
Back a few years ago now, I met the aforementioned New Zealand woman (and long term Australian resident) in the upper deck lounge on the Mariner of the Seas. The ship itself was being repositioned from Galveston to the Far … Continue reading
Posted in Cross-Stitch, Friends
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Gift giving
It is often hard, as we get older, to figure out what to get someone as a gift. There are family members with anniversaries, birthdays, milestones. There are good friends, acquaintances, times when you need something but unsure what would … Continue reading
Posted in Friends, Home
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Excessive Packaging
Perhaps Amazon is not your frequent “go to” location for shopping. In the US, it has increasingly become the shopping point of choice.. Most certainly for every one who subscribes to Amazon Prime. While I was a student, there was … Continue reading
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Extension
After spending yesterday morning at UCSF, it was my turn to wander back into the city today. With that last paper hanging over my head, it was obvious that being home – where I have cross stitch, a computer, knitting, … Continue reading
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Rosie
I met her at the Safeway just down the hill from our house. An slightly bent-over woman with a walker who didn’t appear that much older than me. We exchanged comments at the cheese counter about getting an education, then … Continue reading
Posted in Around Berkeley
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Order and discipline
are key underpinnings of the military. Without them, the team doesn’t function. In high risk situations, people can die. And not the enemy, but your own. This is a rant. Skip it, if for some reason you think a president … Continue reading
Posted in Military, Prose
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Two down, one to go
Yes! I have turned in 2/3 papers that having been hanging over my head since last spring semester. It wasn’t that I couldn’t do them. Rather it was more a matter of getting some unbroken blocks of time in which … Continue reading
Posted in Cross-Stitch, family, Graduate Education
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Monday update
It would have been the usual drive into UCSF had not someone decided (planned or otherwise) to have a major accident along our route to the Bay Bridge. Traffic had been at a crawl for more than two hours when, … Continue reading
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And they won
George has been watching. various college and pro sports over the weekend. If I hadn’t out with him, it really can’t be avoided. Some won, some lost. I hiked down the hill to the UCBerkeley Campus, then across the campus … Continue reading
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Just stitching
I spent a good portion of the day tramping up and down stairs as I alway seemed to be needing a thread that wasn’t in front of me. But I made good progress during the day on my Dragonling; knocking … Continue reading
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And better
We left home right before 0700, stopped at Peet’s for coffee, at NB Bart for a passenger and hit the road for UCSF. We were there, parked, checked in before 0800. Which meant we were out of there (lab draw, … Continue reading
Posted in Cross-Stitch, family, Medical
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