MY LIFE FROM LAKE ALMANOR AND BEYOND

Last night I saw President Bush visiting the neighborhood where I lived in Rancho Bernardo. It was such a charming neighborhood with all En...

A few years ago, when I began traveling so much with the government, I starting buying a sweat shirt at places I visited. Then, family membe...

My friend Carla whom I had written about from my childhood sent this picture today. She is sitting with her son Ken on her last birthday. S...

I think, as adults, we try to fulfill those wishes we had as children that never came true. Which is why Baby John ended up with a red ranc...

Was a favorite song in the 50's but I have taken it literally and have collected over 50 books of paper dolls. My favorite is "Gone...

When I attended BYU, there were 5000 students and probably 1/4th the buildings. Now, among other things, BYU is seventh in the world for tur...

When Lea was born about 7 1/2 years ago Camber chose the name of her mother Mary's best friend from college days in Utah, Leah (but spe...

And last year, it didn't come till November...Oh, well, as Annie sang, "The sun'll come out tomorrow, bet your bottom dollar, ...

While watching "The War" the other night I made cages to plant my lily bulbs in so the squirrels wouldn't get them. Now I find...

Myrna called me to tell me that she never signed the LTL pledge to not smoke or drink! I didn't remember this. Mrs. Lowe, a church biddy...

Maria showed me her new office digs at the college the other night. Very impressive!! Maria is the Payroll Specialist at the college and fr...

It's that time of year again, cool nights and the furnace turning itself on, switching from silk to flannel pajamas, transforming bedroo...

The word Heartaches" reminded me of my friend Myrna who I stay with when I travel back and forth to San Diego. She lives just off th...

Tonight I was remembering the day I left my Rancho Bernardo home, after turning over the keys to the realtor. Everything was ready for the n...

I know something as basic as a new toilet is no big deal, right? Wrong, when you have been living with a TEMPERMENTAL one for eight years, ...

Marjorie on the lake shore. We were trying to catch the different colors of Lake Tahoe. They go from an aqua, to a deep turquoise to a de...

We are starting our trek one mile down (and up, yikes) to see the Vilkhommen Castle built in 1928 by a wealthy lady who bought the 238 acre...

Marjorie and I took a trip to Lake Tahoe on Friday the 14th and drove south on 89 all the way from Lake Almanor. What a breath taking drive...

My Bloginality is ISTJ !!! Maria threw out the gauntlet and so I took the test--which you can also if you click on the dark blue Bloginalit...

I know there are so many musicians I am not familiar with, but working for SBA and rubbing elbows with a younger generation I really widened...

This is a little indulgent, but then blogging is indulgent. I wanted to remember my favorite clothes through the years--and many I can remem...

The clothes I loved from my married life were mostly when I was younger and slimmer. One of my favorite was a maternity dress--red pleated ...

Today my childhood friend Carla called--(Carla is her stage name, she was on the Perry Como show, played the lead in "Fantasticks...

Richard--A Man with Answers My son tells me I ask a lot of questions, my gynecologist said I asked more questions than any patient he had e...

Maria is so smart--she taught me how to blog and now she taught me how to add music. I love blogging, even if no one else reads it. It is s...

I have a huge cedar tree to the left of my patio and something (I thought it was squirrels, but it may be those strange birds that climb dow...