Category Archives: Friends

Sawgrass Mills

Posted on 2023-03-08 by Holly

I am not sure how many years ago it was that I had a back to back through Miami/Ft Lauderdale where the ship offered a trip out to Sawgrass Mills. In all honestly, it was to their benefit to get … Continue reading →

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Red Eyes

Posted on 2023-03-07 by Holly

The best thing about taking a red-eye is that it is always the low point of the day. It was a typical United Flight – boarding is by privilege. What I found interesting, unlike daytime business hour flights,  is that … Continue reading →

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Bridges, traffic

Posted on 2023-02-10 by Holly

and other bits of insanity. Getting in/out of the Port of San Pedro is insane. Yes, there is a cruise terminal. But really, it is a huge, industrial shipping port. The kind that moves thousands of containers a day. Passenger … Continue reading →

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flying Virgin Australia

Posted on 2022-11-25 by Holly

Oh joy, while a partner to United, and Air Canada – they are not a partner to the European members of Star Alliance (read Lufthansa which has been my frequent flyer affliction for decades). Especially since flying cattle car, I … Continue reading →

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phones, zoom, stitching

Posted on 2022-08-11 by Holly

It looks like Thursday is going to turn into my socialization day. Or conference day. But with stitching. I have had one standing Thursday night call for ? maybe a year? with a friend who lives in the middle of … Continue reading →

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Spidey Senses

Posted on 2022-04-15 by Holly

I met one of my baseball friends (from RF 149 and a member of the drummers) for coffee and pastries. We have mostly been communicating by text over the last couple of years. She works for KQED and feels fortunate … Continue reading →

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On Monday mornings

Posted on 2022-02-21 by Holly

last spring and summer, I went walking with another woman in the neighborhood. The habit dropped this fall when she and her family were out of town for the fall semester. Connecting up again has been kind of chancy what … Continue reading →

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It was mostly snacks

Posted on 2022-02-03 by Holly

Dani and I made a Costco run. But before I get into that – my abject apologies for managing to paste addresses into the CC: line for some of you and not the BCC: line. Since my email goes out … Continue reading →

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Just checking in

Posted on 2021-11-06 by Holly

This is just a short note to let you all know that I am alive, well, and heading out of town on the 9th. The plan – as it is – fly to Barcelona (via Istanbul) arriving on the 11th … Continue reading →

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walking Lake Sacajawea

Posted on 2021-10-17 by Holly

(and if you need further information here is your link to Wiki.) Kris puts me to shame as she runs regularly, as in many days a week early in the morning. In a wnd eak moment, I agreed to go … Continue reading →

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Stitching Day

Posted on 2021-10-16 by Holly

After arriving yesterday at Kris & Doug’s home, it was time to relax, run a load of laundry and attempt to sleep in a bed planted on solid ground and not rocking with the wind. Today was a day for … Continue reading →

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Amtrak

Posted on 2021-10-15 by Holly

actually on time – or so close as to not matter. The Ovation of the Seas docked on time this morning. There was the usual line up of people just ready to dash off the ship as soon as it … Continue reading →

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Portland

Posted on 2020-10-23 by Holly

After staying in Ashland this past night, I drove the rest of the way to Portland. Discovering that the people for whom I was hauling toys from my garage lived in the SW area which turned out to be the … Continue reading →

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simple but enduring

Posted on 2020-08-28 by Holly

As I dropped a “new” table cloth on our breakfast nook table this morning, I took a good look at the placemats. But first, the tablecloth was simple. Blue and white patterned, ocean themed upholstery fabric rescued from the bargain … Continue reading →

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Done, done, done, done

Posted on 2020-04-26 by Holly

and the song goes on. I finished my paper yesterday at 1309 PDT, plus a minute or so to duplicate the file, rename the duplicate and PDF the sucker.  Then I emailed it off to a friend who promised she … Continue reading →

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Old Friends

Posted on 2020-03-29 by Holly

There are a lot of tasks one can perform while procrastinating. So far I have not been desperate enough to tackle dresser drawers or the floor of my closet, but I am reasonably sure that those tasks are in my … Continue reading →

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Shelter in Place – Day 2

Posted on 2020-03-18 by Holly

To sum up this day – Corona Virus- The Chinese are now seeing more imported cases than local transmission… which means vigilance but not hysteria. The Germans & French are having increasing numbers of cases (exactly as one would predict … Continue reading →

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Virtual Cruise Ship Lounge

Posted on 2019-12-11 by Holly

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 →

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Gift giving

Posted on 2019-12-10 by Holly

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 →

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Just stitching

Posted on 2019-11-16 by Holly

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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