Category Archives: Sports

Toys & Souvenirs

Posted on 2025-06-27 by Holly

I have mentioned that I purchased inaugural season ticket to the GS Valkyries?  We have good seats. Up just high enough to be able to see everything without the use of the Jumbotron and not so high that I get … Continue reading →

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Bad puns

Posted on 2025-06-19 by Holly

At first it was cute – the renaming of the basketball court to Ballhalla. But it is starting to get old for me. Yes, the team is the Valkyries. I went to look at the Wiki article. There are obviously … Continue reading →

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LightHouse

Posted on 2025-06-14 by Holly

and a squeak by win for the Valkyries. I think I mentioned that I have season tickets. The home games are in Chase Center, SF in one of the revitalized areas of the city. Yes, I think a lot of … Continue reading →

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Yes, those are baseball teams

Posted on 2025-05-17 by Holly

after trading a few email with a friend who is located in the US, I figured I should quickly expand on something I mentioned last night. The Giants (San Francisco), the Mets (NYC), the Yankees (NYC), the Twins (Minnesota), the … 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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An unexpected dinner out

Posted on 2025-03-02 by Holly

I had planned on finishing a number of cross stitches yesterday, then put it off till today. And then cancelled tht in favor of stitching for the morning. Today was the last ACC season women’s basketball game as well as … Continue reading →

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Barn and March

Posted on 2025-02-27 by Holly

plus breakfast at Mel’s and a Haas Pavilion win for the Cal Women’s Basketball team. AKA – it was a long day. With the barn portion of the Housebarn completed, I have been moving on to the greenery. I have … Continue reading →

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Dragged ourselves out

Posted on 2024-12-21 by Holly

of the house and to Haas Pavilion. Two women’s basketball games today, two tomorrow. I had figured to walk into Berkeley, then up the hill to Haas. George had a memorial service to attend today at 1000 in Palo Alto. … Continue reading →

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Day 3 – Poll Worker

Posted on 2024-11-04 by Holly

Today’s biggest challenges stemmed from disappointing people. We have posted hours. We don’t choose the hours, the hours are regulated. No, we can’t accept your ballot outside of those times. We are closed before opening and after closing. There are … Continue reading →

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Call-O-Ween

Posted on 2024-10-31 by Holly

You have to hand it to them. Nothing like taking advantage of a chance to use a horrible pun or co-opt a holiday that really does not have the same kind of ownership that other holidays have.. In this case, … Continue reading →

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Vamp#4

Posted on 2024-07-20 by Holly

I actually have a calendar in a bound journal in which to track stitching, projects, and release dates for stitch-a-longs – among other things. The additional fancy pages and suggested challenges are beyond what I wish to play. But the … Continue reading →

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and today 0715

Posted on 2024-04-17 by Holly

Again, no cat early this morning. In fact, I woke at 0715, light shining in the window and a feeling that something must be wrong. No cat. Oh dear. Swinging my legs out of bed, there was this scurrying sound … Continue reading →

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WBIT

Posted on 2024-03-21 by Holly

Looks and sounds like those responsible should have come up with a better name. It stands for Women’s Basketball Invitational Tournament. California (UC Berkeley specifically since it is considered the MAIN CAL school) landed a slot and the first game … Continue reading →

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Not the white rabbit

Posted on 2024-02-02 by Holly

He was stitched back in Part 3. I have the table, and five motifs left in a combination of parts 16 & 17. Tomorrow evening I “will” have this completed… End of today’s progress – is a bit more of … Continue reading →

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Perhaps there is a floor

Posted on 2024-01-07 by Holly

in my craft room after all. At least I think I can walk across it now without too many things going crunch or me slipping and falling down. I am still trying to figure out completely what goes where. But … Continue reading →

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They won!

Posted on 2024-01-05 by Holly

After a long, long day – in which Alex & I had breakfast out, then hit the grocery store, I stopped at Michaels, JoAnns, and a watch repair place on Solano Ave (and it wasn’t even noon…) I loaded the … Continue reading →

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They Won!

Posted on 2023-02-19 by Holly

I shouldn’t be so surprised, but the Cal Women’t Basketball team managed to pull off an 81-79 win in overtime. The overtime was caused by some of the worse officiating any of us have seen all year. In the last … Continue reading →

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Not snowing here

Posted on 2023-01-22 by Holly

It is Sunday. The Football playoffs are still underway. It was snowing in Buffalo which amazingly seemed to be worse for the home team than the visiting Bengals. In local news, the 49ers managed to hold on to their ‘one … Continue reading →

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bouncing cages

Posted on 2023-01-08 by Holly

My intention this morning was clean up. Right, like that is going to happen.  Instead, we wound up over at Shana’s where George played with Lev while Noah and I put together a trampoline which now resides in her garage. … Continue reading →

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StitchCon 2022

Posted on 2022-06-17 by Holly

Again this morning, I was the only pedestrian on the walk between my hotel and the convention center. Oh wait! I forgot about the jogger. Can’t forget about the oblivious guy with headphones crossing the freeway entrances against the light. … Continue reading →

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