What It Felt Like

"The summer night was settling upon the neighborhood like a dark lace veil, casting dappled shadows on the roofs and sidewalks and lawns."
―Victoria Kahler, Luisa Across the Bay

A Special Bachelorette Finale Party at Sherri's House

For many Monday nights there are three people in my world that I know who watch "The Bachelorette": My sister Jocelyn my friend Sherri and myself. We three admit it's a crazy reality show but we are sucked into looking forward to it every season. Tonight Sherri and I rendezvoused for the season finale. It was a great night with champagne, our very own rose ceremony, & special guest appearance (our friend Maria stopped by to observe our obsession and shared some chocolate cake and laughs). Sometimes with all the absurdities in life it is just about getting into something ridiculous and embracing it! Tonight was one of those times. Thanks Sherri for being my partner in viewing "The Bachelorette". Will you please accept this rose?"

 



 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 Tyler the one she didn't choose but in the end may be dating.

 

Moana character that we call "Luke!"

 

 

 Luke, the thorn in all the Rose ceremonies!





 

A Tuesday with Tracy

Some Tuesday mischief with my friend Tracy. Good times! Saw the movie "Yesterday" and had lunch at "Michael's Pizzeria".

 


 

What's That You Say?

A Good Habit

Obon in Little Tokyo July 2019

The 60th Anniversary of Obon at the Higashi temple. A great celebration. At the plants , flowers, sale I was able to buy sweet peas the flower that reminds me of my dad. Great food and we played bingo too! Fun with our friends Mary and David and my sister in law Barb. 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 


 


 


 

 

 

Donuts In Little Tokyo

On Sunday in Little Tokyo we wandered into a really cool new donut shop that opened about 6 months ago. It is called Donatsu" . I was looking at all the flavors but didn't see one that I happen to also like so in asking many questions about the shop I also asked the young salesgirl "Do you also have Maple Bacon donuts?" She smiled and said ""We only sell Vegan donuts." Look at the one called "The Royal Dragon". It was the most beautiful donut!

 

 


 

Memories in Time

Because we don't know when we will die, we get to think of life as an inexhaustible well. Yet everything happens only a certain number of times, and a very small number really. How many more times will you remember a certain afternoon of your childhood, an afternoon that is so deeply a part of your being that you can't even conceive of your life without it? Perhaps four, five times more, perhaps not even that. How many more times will you watch the full moon rise? Perhaps 20. And yet it all seems limitless.
-- Paul Bowles


 

A Refrigerator Fix

Mike was up before the crack of dawn taking off the old seals of the fridge and putting on the new ones. Obviously I was up too as I photographed this last step. We plugged the fridge and it's been cooling ever since. At 8:30 a.m. we took off for the beach to relax and read. Surfers were out and the beach was serene and quiet with waves that were not huge. Our reading matter differs greatly. The cover of his book says; "The best overview of privacy and security ever written." My cover "A testament to the idea that the things we say matter, that our words have the power to comfort and uplift empower and inspire." We're polar opposites in many ways.



 

 

 

 

 

 


 


 

TGIF

Where'd This Baby Go?

 This was summer 2015. A concert in the park in Madison, Wisconsin

Each Day

 

“One never took the time to savour the details; one said: another day, but always with the hidden knowledge that each day was unique and fatal, that there never would be a return, another time.”