Category Archives: Personal
The List
Tomorrow is New Year’s Eve (how did that happen??), which means every time I turn around I am surrounded by suggestions for my list of New Year’s Resolutions. I got one this morning from my gym, with a list of goals … Continue reading
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The Mourners
As a life-long student of the Middle Ages, when the Palace of the Legion of Honor announced a showing of sculptures from the tomb of John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy (1371–1419), I knew I had to go see it. … Continue reading
Odd Week in Las Vegas
My sister has lived in Las Vegas for the last 20 years or so. (A long way from The Strip, I may add; we neither of us gamble; she’s a desert rat, and so is her husband.) She currently can’t … Continue reading
Strolling Through the Neighborhood
As my knee recovers from the assault and battery it went through in March, walking is officially part of my rehab, so I’m slowly extending the range of my walks. Today I did an errand on foot, instead of in … Continue reading
Hanging Out at Home
You wouldn’t think that staying at home doing rehab exercises after knee surgery (see Waiting for Surgery and Aftermath on my blog Hedera’s Corner) would be any different from staying at home as a retired lady doing volunteer stuff on … Continue reading
Spanish for “Computer”
I can’t take credit for this. One of my friends sent it to me in an email – one of those anonymous, “you have to read this” emails that go around. But it is so good that I have to … Continue reading
Ein Deutsches Requiem
I’m still recovering from singing Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem last night. It was a tremendous evening – somewhere in the sixth movement I remember realizing that everything was going beautifully, and I got a tremendous surge of exhilaration. Sometimes, when … Continue reading
“How to Catch An Alligator”
The explanation for this starts with cleaning out the garage. Unfortunately, we found rodents in same, which had chewed up some of the old papers we stored there (I think it ate the paper certificate for my bachelor’s degree … Continue reading
Not My Week
I don’t know what I did to piss off the universe. I fell again today – that’s the second time in just over a week. The first time I don’t reckon for much. As I said in my last post, … Continue reading
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Dropping In on the Blues
Last Saturday night my husband and I set out for an old friend’s house, on a dark little street in Berkeley, a few blocks south of the campus. The occasion was a “blues party” – my friend hails from Chicago … Continue reading
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