WTF moment when dog confronted with tap-dancing Christmas t

November 21, 2011
Riley's little Cairn terrier girlfriend, Lexi, and her mom came out with us the other night to the tree lighting at the Pruneyard Shopping Center in Campbell. (Riley is...

Love without legalities

November 20, 2011
Here in the 21st century our lives are chock-full of relationshipsthat remain long after "official" status gone.Like an in-law.{I hate the "in-law" designation.}Or...

Fall but soon winter

November 19, 2011
It's dark earlier now*, and carpets of leaves are everywhere. It's still fall, but we're moving relentlessly toward winter, a cold, dark season for many of us.Our wet...

Finding our way home

November 18, 2011
South in winter, north in spring: birds always know where home is. Back in the day, extended families all lived in the same area. "Home" was clear. Today, not so...

Creating our own reality

November 17, 2011
What if we did create our own realityand had to take responsibilityfor everything that's happened in our life,had an internal locus of control,had to face that our...

When imitation turns into obsession

November 16, 2011
Back in my early 30s, I had a really good friend. Someone with whom I spent a lot of time. After a while though, I began to notice a strange pattern.Whatever I did, she...

Simple Sicilian cooking

November 15, 2011
The trouble with two people of Sicilian descent cohabiting is that the entire household believes that the best meal has these ingredients.Garlic, onions, red, orange and...

Me, myself: a 21st century grammar lesson

November 14, 2011
Few grammatical errors make me as crazy as the misuse of the reflexive pronoun, myself.Unless it's using "media" as a singular, when it's a plural. One medium; two...

Let in the light

November 13, 2011
This is what love should feel likedecades later.In the early 1980s an older friend told methat her heart still skipped a beatwhen she saw her husband,20 years and four...

One more word about charitable giving

November 12, 2011
We're not in the 1 percent. Whether you calculate by net worth or by income, we're not.But we're lucky enough and I feel no guilt abut that. We both worked hard and...

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