A Cat By Any Other Name

Today was the kick-off to the birthday bash that begins in Richard’s family in May and continues on through the very last day of July. There is a smaller birthday festival that occurs in December, but the bulk of the celebrations all occur in June. If my birthday had not happened to fall within one [...]

I am working on an incredibly lovely farmer tan. Today I added a few stripes of red to the shorts and sleeve lines on my arms and legs by forgetting to slather on any sun block at all before we headed off on our bikes. Today we went to the arboretum on the university campus [...]

Now that we’ve been doing this bike-riding thing for a few months and especially now that we’ve invested significant money in bikes and accessories to support the habit, we decided to check out some other alternatives. One of the issues we’re started to run into is that we’re running out of interesting ways to ride [...]

I always have a million and one reasons why I cannot sew. I’m tired. The light’s bad. I need to clean the bathrooms/do laundry/wash the dishes. The cats get in the way. I’d rather read my book/play this game/lurk on the computer. The truth is that there really hasn’t been a good excuse. And what’s [...]

Early this morning we loaded up bikes, slathered ourselves with sunscreen, grabbed a few water bottles from the refrigerator, and headed out to Sacramento for the Ride Against Hunger. It was easy enough to find the starting point once we left the freeway, since we only had to follow all the other cars loaded down [...]

Last night Richard suddenly got up and started searching through the house for an empty shoebox. I was mystified as to the reason, until he called me outside a short time later. It seems not only had he found a box, he actually remembered what one was supposed to do with the shoebox once one [...]

Someone I know, according to the email I received this week, must now give himself insulin injections, possibly daily. My immediate response was not one of surprise or shock. I’ve been expecting this for years. And when I receive an email, a few years down the road, denoting the next stage of the disease, I [...]

This weekend was All Dads, All the Time. Well, mostly. The point is, Richard’s father’s birthday was Friday and my dad’s birthday was Tuesday, and today was Father’s Day, so it was a Celebrate Dad sort of thing for two whole days. Phew. Yesterday we got up and merrily leaped onto our bikes for our [...]

Our neighbors went to Ireland for two weeks and asked us to look after their indoor/outdoor cat. We’ve met the cat before – a very pretty, tiny gray girl with a long fluffy tail, who seemed perfectly friendly. She’s a bit of a talker, and would come over to get pets….. when her people were [...]

Tonight we saw the latest production from the Davis Musical Theater Company: Sweeney Todd. I’ve been looking forward to this ever since I saw it mentioned in the program at the beginning of the season last fall. I remember seeing the play years ago – a version played on the public television. Angela Lansbury played [...]