Adventures in Juggling

a word I hate

Bill and I got together with his sister for a couple of drinks. It’s been awhile since it was just us grown-ups so in spite of the horrid headache I had, I was looking forward to our evening together. We ended up at a local club…I’m being generous when I refer to it as a club. This is, after all, Manteca. Just as we walk in a rather loud, slightly inebriated man greeted us with shou…

• Posted 1 week ago.

there's 104 days (give or take) of summer vacation…

And

• Posted 2 weeks ago.

the little truant

It seems that my daughter, Jodie has an absenteeism problem. At least the vice principal of her school sees it as a problem and feels compelled to make me aware of it just in case I am absolutely clueless. For the record, Jodie is not truant. All twenty-two days of absences this school year are excused due to illness and/or doctor appointments. But, according to the vice-principal, they are too ma…

• Posted 4 mon. ago.

bad mother runners

• Posted 4 mon. ago.

The Big 4-0

Forty years ago, the very first Earth Day observation across the country crystallized a growing public concern about ecological crises. Earth Day was the product of local grassroots action to increase environmental awareness but it also focused the nation’s

• Posted 4 mon. ago.

I'm On Fire

Sometimes it's like someone took a knife baby Edgy and dull and cut a six-inch valley Through the middle of my soul At night I wake up with my sheets soaking wet  And a freight train running through the Middle of my head ...I'm on fire. - Bruce Springsteen

• Posted 4 mon. ago.

remembering nobody's baby

• Posted 4 mon. ago.

three things I pray

• Posted 5 mon. ago.

being counted

So did you get your 2010 Census in the mail? Did you fill it out and mail it back? According to the 2010 Census Take 10 participation map, 22% of the households in my neighborhood have done just that. Not that good but then again we are doing better than the 16% state-wide.

• Posted 5 mon. ago.

praising and celebrating

When I turned 18, I celebrated by voting in my very first Presidential primary election. When I turned 21, I celebrated with my boyfriend who proposed to me. I accepted his marriage proposal and look forward to celebrating our 27th wedding anniversary soon. When I turned 25, I blew out the candles on my birthday cake with my 4 month old daughter in my arms. When I turned 30, I celebrated while I h…

• Posted 5 mon. ago.