Bathing beauties of the past

May 17, 2015
It's summer and bathing beauties are enjoying a dip in the San Francisco Bay area. These are circa 1937 WPA murals at the Beach Chalet in San Francisco and they depict...
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Consistent in one thing: my inconsistency

May 16, 2015
A few years ago I made a confession about a deep secret I'd held, one that I acted on only in the privacy of my office. Just me and my computer.  Here it is: I'm not...
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In the future, remembering days past

May 15, 2015
It was 1967 and I was 16 years old when I heard the opening lines of Nights in White Satin. And then, the heavily orchestrated music of the Moody Blues began: Nights...
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What would YOU give up for fame?

May 14, 2015
Have you ever wanted to be famous?  Some people are driven to it and will put just about everything on the line to get it.  Everything. Sometimes, too much. ...
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The brave new world of kitchen stoves

May 13, 2015
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I promise you I have never, EVER read instructions for a kitchen stove. Ever. Not in the at least 40 years that I've been cooking. My habit was to approach a stove,...
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I’m not a blogger

May 12, 2015
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I'm really not a blogger, not really. Well, I am. Sort of. Let me explain. I'm a writer with a blog. I'm someone who uses her blog as her medium. One of her...
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One Day in Auschwitz

May 11, 2015
Somehow, M's alum group in San Francisco found him and sent a mailer for an unusual event. It was a screening of a film in which one of the last Auschwitz survivors...
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Sandy: no coincidence

May 10, 2015
And everywhere I go There you will find Sandy So the other day I was driving down Highway 17 toward the Los Gatos hills, thinking about my mother. It was the day of...
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One life, don’t blow it!

May 9, 2015
We had our first Kona Brewing Company beer at a party we attended the other night.  I wasn't surprised to see the brand, since our friends have a place in Hawaii,...
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Rx for the world: a dose of understanding

May 8, 2015
When I read this story about the response of airline passengers to ultra-Orthodox Jewish men who did not want to sit next to women on airplanes, my mind was a muddle of...
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