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My favorite!! (and such memories!!) @ Dewar's Candy Shop http://t.co/NnldsKV9 # Huge scoops! @ Dewar's Candy Shop http://t.co/EPKf1arS # Cozy cabin toes @ Camp curry, yosemite http://t.co/BkOfQMrS # Hiking. #happyhappyhappy @ Bridal veil falls, yosemite http://t.co/aLNkMY4U # The Yosemite sky at night, viewed while lying down in the middle of the forest: "my God, it's [...]

changes

Dec
2011
23

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A friend* recently noticed (from a Facebook post) that I’d eaten dinner at Morton’s Steakhouse.  She seemed more than a little shocked given my formerly-hippie ways (back in the day when I eschewed meat, wore all organic-cotton clothing, and grew my own veggies in my expansive compost-fertilized garden).  It’s a huge change from the now-me, [...]

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Belgians at Big Corona beach http://t.co/eVYqp15k # Christmas this year: 3 Remys, 3 kitties, 2 Belgians, and a whole lot of sunny weather. What could be more fun? :) # Unsurprised that no one in the local French's Bakery actually speaks french & that they have more cupcakes than loaves…& no macarons? :( # Empanadas [...]

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Today is a day for a poem. You know that kind of day…when morning comes while you’re standing stocking-footed in the garden and eating greek yogurt with toasted almonds and a sprinkle of nutmeg and realizing that the rosebushes in your backyard are covered with new buds (again).  And you can’t help but think that [...]

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Just delivered: gorgeous holiday wreath full of lavender & herbs. #wow http://t.co/Vrv5orhX # RIP George Whitman http://t.co/FTTHcBFe #pariswillalwaysbeShakespeare amp;Co # Just got some parts of my leg super-glued back together & a fix for my heel height issue. It's all 'eau de glue' in my office now #fembot # RT @nowviskie: That's right, boys & [...]

gift

Dec
2011
09

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Last winter our family was completely upended.  John left me just before Thanksgiving.  Then, much of the month of December I was in residence as a research Fellow at the Huntington Library, which meant I lived in Pasadena.  This was a mixed blessing:  it allowed me space to grieve the loss of my marriage and [...]

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Mitt's latest campaign strategy: http://t.co/aYmVHTWc # The first present under my tree came all the way from Australia (wow, I do love getting packages in the mail from far-off places!). :) # "Voting for a Mormon" (or not), from the Chronicle of Higher Ed: http://t.co/AwAbP4UK # Perhaps the most gorgeous sunset I've seen from a [...]

if this is you…

Dec
2011
06

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If you just happened to reach into your shoulder bag to grab your cellphone this weekend while traveling in a foreign country, and found it missing…then your heart started racing more than a little bit as you retraced your afternoon and realized that it was probably still in that coffeeshop where you’d stopped for awhile [...]

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Good read: "How Doctors Die" (pretty similar to my views after having gone through cancer treatment myself) http://t.co/Rn01qFsL # Rental agency guys tell me I need a 'muscle car' while mine gets repaired. I think maybe that's because I'm carrying my #outrigger paddles. # Vasia-kitty makes purry-sweet mantle decor #awwwwww http://t.co/5kQnRj4Q # This list brings [...]