Ted and I came back Monday afternoon from Arizona. We’d been there since Thursday night, seeing my sister and her husband and son. My sister, Allyson, is recovering from two surgeries; we made dinners and played board games and video games and talked and talked. If we’d stayed in San Diego we probably would have [...]

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I remember when my mother would take my sisters and I to do our back to school shopping– at Sears, Gemco, and Mervyns, the epitome of back to school fashion. Thanks Mom! Well, Threadless, which is a little cooler than Sears, is having a back-to-school sale,  and many of the shirts are just $12. I [...]

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We had a lovely time in Monterey, CA with Ted’s mom. I’d never been to Monterey; it was incredibly beautiful. I loved that it had both forests and beaches. The smell of pine and campfire and the squawk of seagulls. The morning mist in the air. We saw and did so much. Ted’s mom is [...]

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…check out how much my garden has grown! I’ve got Cayenne Peppers ripening red. I’ve been researching (aka Googling) how to cook with Cayenne Peppers and came across some interesting ideas like this. But if anyone else has some good ideas for what to do with Fresh Grown Cayenne Peppers please let me know. Here [...]

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Lazy Bear was a blast. 5 nights in Guerneville, a small town outside of San Francisco, along the Russian River. 5 nights with 3,000 men in tents. Pool parties. Swimming in the River. Drinking beer. Cooking (once or twice) at our little stove. Seeing Eduardo camp. Dancing to good and bad music. Meeting many new, [...]

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You know how it goes… you’re bored. There’s nothing on TV. The husband’s out for the evening. You’re looking through the files of photos on your computer and you come across one from maybe a few months, or a year ago and it makes you smile. Or it makes you laugh out loud. This is [...]

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Yikes. Where does the week go? I finished teaching on the 17th of July, then graded for a couple of days. Last week, however, I pretty much just chilled. Saw movies: Sex and the City –was ok, fun. I never really watched the show but Ted did. It seemed a tad too long but it [...]

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I’ve written about Etsy before. If you don’t know Etsy, you should. It’s the coolest site on the web. Ok, well, it’s the coolest site on the web if you’re into DIY (do-it-yourself) crafts, projects, art, fashions, etc. I don’t remember how I discovered Etsy–oh, wait, yes I do, it was an ad in ReadyMade [...]

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I’m not even going to write about American Idol (though i’m happy to say that the one person I voted for consistently, David Cook–who happens to look like my younger brother, only with a bigger head than my younger brother–won. Yay!). David Cook and My brother, Justin Separated at birth? Here’s a pic of me [...]

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Last night, at the community college where I teach Ted and I gave a presentation titled That’s So Gay! for our annual Literary Arts Festival. It was the kickoff event, a reading/interrogation by several of the professors of the school. Our theme for the Lit. Arts Festival this year is The Writer As Activist and [...]

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