How to make the best cup of coffee

June 22, 2026
☕ I love me a good cup of coffee! But what do the experts say about what the best cup of coffee entails? I did some research. Now, let me go on record and say I do not follow these directions entirely or even mostly. But they're good to know, because hey, one day? I just might take it a bit more...

The bright light left behind

May 23, 2012
Storypeople My father passed away four years ago today. Alzheimer's robbed him of the incisive thought process that made him a great diagnostician for the hardest...

Flase image, projection

May 22, 2012

Mark Zuckerberg, hoodies, marriage & respect

May 22, 2012
Congratulations to Mark Zuckerberg, the Valley's latest gazillionaire, at least on paper.And at least until the stock really crashes because Facebook's valuation is so...

Dietary

May 21, 2012
When a friend invited me accompany her to a nutrition seminar to learn how diet and nutrition can help treat cancer, I jumped at the chance. It's a topic that...

How to get a good night’s sleep

May 21, 2012
; That's the question. When am I ever going to get a full night's sleep?   I'm well-past menopause and still, I can't stay asleep easily. After I refused...

Three words that define life

May 21, 2012
There are times in our lives when we think it might not,  but the fact is, it does.  Shit happens, and life goes on.  I think that's the most important thing to...

Her Blondeness returns!

May 21, 2012
Image from www.writethebook.podbean.com/ It's a woman's prerogative to change her mind.Or what she's doing at any given moment.I'm writing a book. Just not the one I...

Partial eclipse in northern California

May 21, 2012
San Jose Mercury News The air was still tonight as a new moon passed between the earth and the sun, leaving only a small, crescent-shaped sliver of eerie light...

Waiting for inspiration

May 20, 2012
"The  muse is not with me today," a man I worked for used to say. He was a writer, a good one, too. But he spent most of his days puffing cigarettes, his fingers...

On being late

May 19, 2012

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