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Going to the game

Posted on 2026-05-10 by Holly

which in this case is the season opening of the Golden State Valkyries (WNBA = professional Women’s Basketball for those of you outside the US/Canada or not particularly following sports). I splurged last year on season tickets and did the … Continue reading →

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Really helpful

Posted on 2026-05-09 by Holly

Not. It is not that I don’t need to do some major cleaning and organizing in my craft room. Actually, I really, really need to get started. So today I thought I would start out small. Relocate the Radio/CD player … Continue reading →

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and Tuesday rolls around again

Posted on 2026-05-05 by Holly

I am getting back into the normal routine of life here. Being gone for a few weeks always seems to stand everything on its head and leaves me a bit disoriented. I am definitely going to claim that – and … Continue reading →

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Just a small amount of stitching

Posted on 2026-05-02 by Holly

a bit more unpacking. Not any reasonable amount of clean up and a couple of errands run. I am going to count it as a good day… Oh yes, cat still attached…

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and all the sleep

Posted on 2026-05-01 by Holly

pretty much explains what this Friday was about. Yes, it is the first of May. But I don’t believe that “what ever you do on the first of the month carries through to the rest of it….” So I napped, … Continue reading →

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This journey’s end

Posted on 2026-04-30 by Holly

Since I had packed last night and put my suitcase out for the crew to haul into the terminal on arrival , I had little to do this morning other than get dressed, find coffee, and wajt for transportation. Unlike … Continue reading →

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Cookie

Posted on 2026-04-11 by Holly

Not the cookie monster – altho he has been a favorite of mine over the years. What brought all of these thoughts on was this – It is a cookie, handed to each of us on the way out of … Continue reading →

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Upsetting the cat

Posted on 2026-04-10 by Holly

This cat has his pattern – somewhere between 0200 and 0600 he starts calling, wailing and otherwise letting us know that he is HUNGRY or perhaps ALONE… It is hard to tell but the only way to usually shut him  … Continue reading →

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But I only left for a moment

Posted on 2026-04-02 by Holly

and came back to find my stitching chair occupied.  And it would be hardly right to disturb a sleeping cat…..

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not fooling

Posted on 2026-04-01 by Holly

Ok, so I am slow at things. But one of the things that I don’t do is April Fool’s jokes. Partly because there have been some really funny and amazing ones over the years and I just can’t compete. The … Continue reading →

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The view from the Oakland Hills

Posted on 2026-03-25 by Holly

This evening was one of those rare times when George convinces me to go along to one of his meetings or receptions. In this case it was for CITRIS (will add the long form when I find it), one of … Continue reading →

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a bit of beauty

Posted on 2026-03-23 by Holly

I have no idea where it came from, who planted it. But every year it just appears outside of the downstairs window. as always, clicking on it will give you a larger version.

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Eclipse

Posted on 2026-03-03 by Holly

I didn’t stay up to see the lunar eclipse. But yes, I set an alarm and got up about 0230. Rather that set up my tri-pod and take out a complicated camera and lens, I just took this photo with … Continue reading →

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Valentines Day

Posted on 2026-02-14 by Holly

Is really more of a commercial holiday than any real form of love, remembrance, or social meaning.  Except for two friends of mine who chose the date for their wedding five years ago. I have to admit, it would make it … Continue reading →

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and it is

Posted on 2026-02-13 by Holly

Friday the 13th which apparently happens only in years that start on a Thursday or on Leap Years that start on a Sunday. Wow – amazing what information designers find when trying to promote their “Friday the 13th” sales. I … Continue reading →

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and a bit closer

Posted on 2026-02-12 by Holly

on the game score than most of us would have liked. Cal Women’s Basket Ball took on the Virginia  Cavaliers at Haas Pavilion. Before the game the “Golden Circle” supporters were thanked and fed a snack type meal. I passed … Continue reading →

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yowling cat

Posted on 2026-02-09 by Holly

It is somewhere in the middle of the night. The cat has decided to yowl. Upstairs, downstairs, disrupting everyone’s attempt at sleeping. I am sure he doesn’t have a clue as to what is going on. But the Eldest and … Continue reading →

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too hard to do

Posted on 2026-02-08 by Holly

I rarely watch any television. And the few times I have seen anything, it has been going into the TV/lounge area and joining George to see something in progress. As I mentioned – he is off in Taiwan for a … Continue reading →

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right time, wrong day

Posted on 2026-02-06 by Holly

Yesterday I set a couple of reminders and an alarm or three. Even completed the registration for the Zoom lecture with a minute to spare. But then realized that the lecture was scheduled for the 6th…..and this was the 5th…. … Continue reading →

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Cat on the Lap

Posted on 2026-02-05 by Holly

Are you old enough to remember a song that included the following “man on the run”? And then I went searching and realized it was BAND on the run by Paul McCarthy. ” Band on the run, band on the … Continue reading →

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