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Life after Work

Left for Santa Barbara

It seemed like we hadn’t done the drive in ages. We left in the morning, not quite as early as we’d originally planned, but oh well. We stopped for lunch at the North Woods Inn in Covina. John surprised me by not ordering the Lumberjack Steak as usual, but the neverending cheese toast and salads […]

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Finally Forty

So I finally made it. I turned 40 years old today. I am my old man’s old lady, one could say. But frankly, I feel great, better than ever. And John came up with a huge surprise that really helped sweeten the deal. Yes, in spite of giving me the speech a couple weeks ago […]

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Found again

After spending all day indoors we decided to go for a “walk” at Barnes & Noble at Desert Ridge. I picked up a latte, perused some crochet and spinning magazines and then wandered the aisles. On my way from the bargains to the craft section I ran into Laura, her hubby Don, and their cute […]

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Found & Lost

I don’t have a lot of friends and I don’t really socialize that much and that is fine. We have a few friends that we talk to or meet with every once in a while. Today, after I got home, for example, I finally caught our friend Mark online who lives in LA. It was nice to chat […]

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