The trouble with Florida

March 11, 2011
I love Florida.It might not seem that way from my criticism of the state in which I've spent 25 years, either full or part-time.I call it tough love. Here's what I love...
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Making friends

March 7, 2011
I met someone the other day who had just moved here from Australia. I had 20 questions for her.No, more like 120: Why did you move? What drew you here? What was it...
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California: cold weather & a geography lesson

February 26, 2011
We're heading north this morning for an overnight road trip and it's going to be cold!Snow, even, at pretty low elevations.Although nowhere near the amounts we're used...
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My first taste of wine country

February 22, 2011
It was Valentine's Day 1987 when I first visited the wine country.I drove up with a girlfriend for the weekend. She wasn't exactly a girlfriend; she was a work...
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The Computer History Museum: fantastic collection

February 20, 2011
I live in a place where slide rule tie clasps are consideredworthy museum pieces.I admit it.And maybe I'm just a little bit proud of it.Because Silicon Valley has...
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Jim Nowak, in memoriam

January 29, 2011
The world lost a caring teacher and humanitarian yesterday, when my high school classmate, Jim Nowak, died in Kenya, where he spent five months each year volunteering...
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Winging west Tuesday

January 24, 2011
What a week! I had a great time in Tampa with so many cool friends. But tomorrow morning,I fly back to San Jose to reunite with my husband and dogs. I miss our regular...
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Heading south

January 18, 2011
I'm heading to Tampa at dawn for a week of play with friends, while M. holds down the fort in California with the dogs.I've been away a year and can't wait to see...
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New Year fantasy

January 1, 2011
A snowy Christmas in Salzburg. Anywhere in Austria will do, though. Complete with a horse-drawn sleigh ride through the snow. That's my fantasy for 2011.The neat thing...
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Raising our wassail cups

December 24, 2010
So there we were, 300 of us, dressed to the nines in the wilderness {ok, so it's a national park}, at Bracebridge Hall {ok, so it's really the Ahwahnee Hotel dining...
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