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sixteen hundred stitches

Posted on 2025-11-07 by Holly

were added to this which is now about 20% complete. The cat spent most of the day either supervising me or occupying my lap. Otherwise? Four more lectures out of a Primary Care CME conference, a Grand Rounds on Medicare … Continue reading →

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Lawrence Hall of Science

Posted on 2025-11-06 by Holly

Many in my area routinely think of the Lawrence Labs, or the Lawrence Livermore Labs and don’t give the whole series of complexes a further thought.  High on the hill overlooking Berkeley, the UC Berkeley Campus, the Bay, Bay Bridge … Continue reading →

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Puzzles

Posted on 2025-10-27 by Holly

I really don’t have many extra brain cells in the moment. Which may or may not explain why I thought it would be a grand idea to pull out the puzzle board and tackle a small puzzle… This little cutie … Continue reading →

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Earthquake

Posted on 2025-09-22 by Holly

for those who read this by email rather than here on the blog – yes, we had an earthquake at some obscene time in the middle of the night. The epicenter was less than 3 miles from us. The original … Continue reading →

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I should be packing

Posted on 2025-09-15 by Holly

But instead, it seems like I have found a lot of other things to do. Four loads of laundry. Getting coffee. Hunting down cat food (locally owned place out, had to make a trip over to Pet Food Express). and … Continue reading →

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PNWS

Posted on 2025-09-14 by Holly

stands for Pacific Northwest Stitch Summit. Hybrid – both in person and Zoom. What surprised me is that it wasn’t completely sold out. Neither in person nor with the zoom option. I don’t know if it was the designers or … Continue reading →

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Not accurate

Posted on 2025-09-13 by Holly

All of this occurred before midnight – so that is where it is being filed. For my entertainment – I am participating in a three day cross-stitch retreat. Acorns & Threads started offering the retreats on Zoom during the pandemic. They … Continue reading →

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It is hard

Posted on 2025-09-05 by Holly

to dump a purring cat off the lap. He is obviously either 1) happy to be here or 2) thinking if he keeps it up, I will do something that he wants. Right now I am leaning toward the second … Continue reading →

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Monday Morning

Posted on 2025-09-01 by Holly

Wasn’t it the Mamas and the Papas who sang a song about Monday Mornings? In any case, it finally sank through my head that it was Monday. Here, the garbage trucks run despite the holidays. Oh, yes, it is Labor … Continue reading →

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Velcro Cat

Posted on 2025-08-28 by Holly

I know a few of you have cats. And cats decided for themselves ALWAYS when they want to be held, petted, or other wise adored. This one started explaining to me yesterday and continued into today, that my job was … Continue reading →

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and supposedly awake

Posted on 2025-08-27 by Holly

And….. in spite of my exhaustion, it was shortly after midnight when I awoke and couldn’t get back to sleep. And it had absolutely nothing to do with the crying cat outside the bedroom door. According to my internal clock, … Continue reading →

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Early flights

Posted on 2025-08-26 by Holly

The challenge to flying west is that it is a lot longer than what appears on the clock. But, instead of gaining back useful hours with the time change, they are normally spent either on the flight or being totally … Continue reading →

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Sweaters

Posted on 2025-08-11 by Holly

And another night of being disturbed by the cat. But it means that I should be tired enough to sleep on the plane tomorrow. As I started the first load of laundry today and attempted to figure out what I … Continue reading →

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Going nowhere

Posted on 2025-08-10 by Holly

I didn’t get a lot of sleep last night, or the night before to tell you the truth. In fact, I felt like I had been run over by a truck this morning. I thought, for oh about 5 seconds, … Continue reading →

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Skunks & Bumps

Posted on 2025-08-09 by Holly

Ae we were pulling into the driveway this evening, something medium sized, furry, and NOT a deer was hustling from the parking pad over the edge and into the grass. it didn’t look like Bernie, the non-feral Bengal who rooms … Continue reading →

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False Alarm

Posted on 2025-08-02 by Holly

The “brilliant” architect who originally designed our house back in the 1930s place the stove/oven on the wall facing the sink & window.. There is a door going up to the entry way in one of the remaining walls and … Continue reading →

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Dr Who Snail

Posted on 2025-06-09 by Holly

Every once in a while I get suckered in by one of those mystery stitch boxes. In this case it was a Tardis related collection. If you aren’t familiar with the long running British Dr Who series, all I can … Continue reading →

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and Again

Posted on 2025-05-16 by Holly

It was the real first game for the Valkyries. They started strong but seemed to run out of energy the second half and had just too many turnovers (missed passes, poor shots) resulting in a loss to the LA Sparks … Continue reading →

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and the schedule resumes

Posted on 2025-04-29 by Holly

This morning I felt almost normal. Woke at a reasonable time,  managed to do a bit of stitching. Ran errands which included coffee and Costco, making it back home before noon. Three loads of laundry over the day. Attending UCSF … Continue reading →

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was this a monday?

Posted on 2025-04-28 by Holly

As I sit down to dash off this short note, I have little to no memory of most of the day. I was totally and completely exhausted this morning when the alarm went off. I am sure that I got … Continue reading →

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