Good night Waltons
It was like a short story.A closeup of a mountain, then it slowly panned down to a farmhouse surrounded by trees. In the front window a young man writing in a notebook.read more
View ArticleDing Dong, Hostess Is Dead
I am in a blue mood. It's nothing really; as Anne Lamott would say it's very very gold-plated. A workshop I would love to go to is a thousand dollars. A thousand dollars.read more
View Article"As God As My Witness, I Thought Turkeys Could Fly."
It’s the time we all look forward to: something we can enjoy, bond over, and remember. No, I’m not talking about Thankgiving!read more
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Just a Good Old Boy, That JR Ewing
He was a good old boy, one of those men who wore a cowboy hat and a scarf around his neck. He would call women "ma'am" (at least to their faces) call out to people "Howdy! How're you doing?read more
View ArticlePipers, Dear ladies, and Page oh my!
So last night I had insomia and a headache. Not a good combo, I must say. You can't sleep because you can't relax because you feel blindsided by a headache.read more
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It's The Gilda Radner Show
I just borrowed from the library We Killed, a book about funny women. Out of total habit, I flipped through the book for Gilda Radner info.read more
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Mrs. Harris Had a Gun
If I blinked I would've missed it: in line for toilet paper at CVS, I read about Jean Harris. She died at the age of 89 last month.read more
View ArticleHey Jennifer, What Books Are You Going to Read This Year?
I just finished Kiss Shot by <read more
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Dear Abby Dear Abby
It was appropriate they were born on Independence Day.They seemed like independent women who told it like it is. If you didn't want to hear it, that was your problem.read more
View ArticleEverything I Learned About Plot Is From The Poseidon Adventure
So this year I made a goal not to procrastinate so much. It's a definite flaw of mine,putting things off. For instance, last year I unpacked several book boxes from when I moved.read more
View ArticlePresenting the Made Up Gibbons Family!
I read Alice Kahn's My Life as a Gal last week. She used to write a column for the Chronicle back in the eighties, and I used to read her every Sunday.read more
View ArticleMost Inspiring Blogger, I am!
So the last week of January started off on a lovely note: Great new author J.C.Lillis nominated me as a Most Inspiring Blread more
View ArticleSave the Dome!!!
My hometown Pleasant Hill doesn't have a main street, doesn't have a Luke's Diner where everyone goes to eat (google Gilmore Girls for this reference) it doesn't even have the Central librread more
View ArticleHope for a new Pope!
It’s odd to wake up in the morning to hear the head of your church has resigned. Especially since you weren’t really found of the man, but didn’t he have great shoes?read more
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