MY LIFE FROM LAKE ALMANOR AND BEYOND

Wow, we finally have good internet reception.  I should have changed years ago.  A man climbed a 135 foot tree to put a dish right on top!! ...

This week I watched the George Eliot novel "Daniel Deronda" as pressented by Masterpiece Theater in 2004.  It was excellent.  I...

Something healthy but so good! I love this with her Auntie. I like this, too, Mom. The following pictures are from Matt ...

I just finished the Lincoln Series on PBS.  It was so excellent and I learned so much.  Poor Mary Todd.  I did not realize she had such a ha...

Sherry's Mourning Garden Laurie's Mourning Garden John's Mourning Gardens The Memorial Mourning Gardens...

I just watched the Masterpiece Theater version of Anna Karenina which was produced in two episodes in 2001.  I loved this version.  I must h...

  First bloom on the rose bush I planted this year. Lillies will be blooming soon!

I finished "We Were the Mulvaneys"--at times it was a hard book to read, a family not having the tools they needed to deal with th...

Why do I keep selecting books I have already read???  I thought "The Brave" was a new book by Nicholas Evans but alas, I read it w...

So enjoyed watching "Letters to God" on Netflix today.  Story of a boy with cancer, an alcoholic, a widow, etc. etc.  Very well do...

Last night I was listening to "Townies" a memoir by Andre Dubus III who wrote "House of Sand and Fog". I really like ...

Tuesday Maryanne and I saw "Larry Crowne" in Susanville.  It was very enjoyable.  After we had a quick taco at Taco Bell (I like t...

I fully intended on going to the Chester parade and find Maryanne but I slept in!!!  I wanted to finish "The Age of Innocence" and...

The last two days I chose to read the classic "The Age of Innocence" by Edith Wharton.  I read it on my "Library to Go"....

Yesterday Michael and I reviewed the video "You Are Doing It Wrong?" on Chow .  This is one of the channels received on Roku.  The...

We watched a documentary about Deitrich Bonhoeffer today.  I had no idea Hitler demanded allegiance from the churches and changed them total...

I am currently listening to this book on my "Library to Go" and it is fascinating!!! Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy: A...

For two weeks I have had a kind of earache, jaw ache, head ache kind of thing but have put off going to the Dr.  I am afraid it might be a t...

  July 2  Newsflash === Postponed until August!   Graduation Celebration! Celebration date: July 09, 2011 Come celebrate with me...

I finally received the graduation announcement for Craig.  It says Craig Andrew Pulsipher graduated on Thursday, the Twenty-first of Apr...

For the past several weeks I have been watching "Anne of Green Gables" on BYU television.  The original book was written in 1908 a...

This is the fifth Pulsipher to graduate from Hoover High School in El Cajon.  Congratulations Tanner!  You are looking so good and Linda a...

In 2004 Matt started my Mourning Gardens after the death of John.  This picture was probably the following summer in 2005.  Today the g...

One unfortunate accident and one near tragedy marred this weekend. First, Gary, on a scouting trip to Havasu, jumped in a lake and landed ...

This is one of the most heart wrenching movies I have ever seen.  It makes you realize how much prejudice has followed the Muslims since 9...

Street Style: Ginger Lights Up the Sidewalk Catherine Blair Pfander Amid a sea of black umbrellas, Ginger Warburton stands out like...

Many reminders of how blessed I was as a child.  Happy Family. Loving Mother. Wonderful Father.  We all got along, had plenty to eat, lots o...

Tuesday Marjorie called and asked if I could drive to Vancouver with her and her 103 year old Mom.  Her daughter Karen had had to fly home t...

What a beautiful day!  Temp just perfect, no wind.  Lots of sunshine and a few fluffy clouds. Everything growing so fast!  All plants were...

"Book of Mormon" won as best musical of the year at the Tony awards.  In accepting the award, the acceptor made several jokes--...

Yesterday Mary Anne and I went to the Reno Temple--oops, they were cleaning it when we got there--closed!!  So what do we do? Head for the...

Today was one of those days when I rejoiced in all the different kind of activities you can enjoy when you are retired! I slept in after r...

Yesterday I read from start to finish one of Anna Quindlen's Books.  I love her writing.  This one was a sad one though, about an abused...

Keira and Daddy Matt I can laugh. I am pretty.

I am enjoying being home but it is too cold.  Today I decided I better start watering as winter is surely over and spent the morning waterin...

It was a fairly easy pickup for Michael at the airport and we were both starving so decided to cut off to the Natoma area to find a good Mex...

That last day in Union City Brenda said we were to wait until Jan called because some of their people had gone over to Fort Worth to process...

Today was my last day working for FOC East.  It has been very slow so we are being released. Tomorrow I have the whole day to drive to Jac...

The news that is coming out of Joplin is so heartbreaking.  I listened to the radio on the way home from work and heard a mother's story...

In the 1811-1812 era there was an earthquake and this lake was a result. It is about 15 miles off Hiway 51 on the other side of Troy. We...

Today I commiserated with another gal who had lost her son, her only son, through a freak accident when he was only 17.  Then she told me an...

Today the Mayor's wife came in and brought us a strawberry pie.  I took the opportunity to ask her some questions about this little town...

Tonight I tried some taquitos at a Mexican place and they were too greasy, burned and tasteless.  I was so disappointed.  I told the Cashier...

President Obama and I were in Memphis today at the same time.  I was picking up supplies from Holiday Express on Union Street and he was tra...

Not yet!  I am freezing!  A couple told me it doesn't get hot till July in the Southaven, MS/Memphis,TN area and then I better keep cove...

Wednesday at 1:38 pm I was awaken from a nap and told I would be flying out east tomorrow. It was finally decided I would fly out in the mo...