Same Time Next Year

Entry No. 353

This is my friend Miss L. She and I have met to share a meal and to celebrate our birthdays every year for the last 10 years. Mine is the 30th and hers is the 1st. It began as a way to help her heal after the loss of her husband, now it is a guarantee that we will see eachother at least once during the year.

Still Spunky

Entry No. 337

My husband's grandmother, Doris, teases her dachshund while we visit with her for her 92nd birthday, which was yesterday.

Instant Party

Entry No. 320

Fan? Check. Glowsticks? Check. 

Grandma Rae Will Be Proud

Entry No. 316

Thank You, Danielle

Entry No. 315

Today's dancers at Danielle last Sunday class before she moves to China. Great class, great energy, hopefully we'll dance together again someday.

The Women Gather

Entry No. 313

Singing For The Seniors

Entry No. 311

Only six chorus members showed up, but they might as well have been the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, the seniors were a very appreciative audience.

Those Mumford Guys Have Competition

Entry No. 308

"...on harmonica, Jeremy Allen,--on spoons, Julian Allen!"

Too Proud For Words

Entry No. 307

Julian's first formal concert

Ask, And Ye Shall Receive

Entry No. 303

This afternoon my son was saying that he needed a computer so he can sit in his room and work, 'and not a laptop', were his words.  Three hours later someone gave him this tablet...

Looks Like All Is Well

Entry No. 302

About a month ago I was worried that something had happened to the lady that lives here, because she decorates for every holiday, but at Halloween the house was decorated solely with pink ribbons.and there was an oxygen tank outside... Tonight her yard was all lit up in a way it hasn't been for quite a few holidays. I hope it's a good sign.

A Different Kind of Exercise

Entry No. 301

Today I discovered that  Relic Tree Fitness, where I take exercise classes, is housed in a building that used to be the Glenview Library.  That explains why the place we now use to stash our personal items during class always seemed like it would be a  perfect  fit for books.

Ride 'Em

Entry No. 300

Some of my favorite participants in Oakland's Holiday Parade, the Black Cowboy Association riders.

Sensory Shangra-La

Entry No. 299

Mandy Aftel treats us to a bit of culinary wizardry, at her yearly open studio event, using her Chef's Essences and a bit of orange peel.

In The Spirit Of Giving

Entry No. 298

Kris at La Nana Salon, shows Julian what his gift to Locks of Love will be.

Snoopy Defends Emeryville From Red Baron's Attack

Entry No. 296

Julian's First Gig

Entry No. 294

Our son's first gig with Oakland Youth Chorus. See if you can spot his proud daddy looking on.

Legacy

Entry No. 293

One month to the day since my grandmother passed. There are no flowers in our backyard, except this one Bird of Paradise,  blooming on a plant I transplanted from her garden.

Daddy's Little Helper

Entry No. 291

Carpe Diem

Entry No. 288

We were in a hurry to get my husband to his meeting, be he couldn't resist stopping.