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Packing for the Move, Making Progress…

Until I hit the photo albums and, like a damned fool, I open one… This is a picture of my dad with two Army buddies. Written on the back: Swimming at Kamakura Beach July, 1946 My dad is the one on the left, but the other two? No idea. As many stories as he told… Read More Packing for the Move, Making Progress…

May 30, 2018May 31, 2018 Christi29 Comments

I Never Got What I Wanted for Christmas

If that sounds like a whine, I don’t mean it as such. It’s true that as a child I never received anything I wanted for Christmas, despite the fact that I noted page numbers in catalogs, circled items, made note of color preferences and quantity, and any other helpful information my mother might need. Nevertheless,… Read More I Never Got What I Wanted for Christmas

December 20, 2017December 19, 2017 Christi25 Comments

Evel Knievel, Redux

Holy cow, guys, check this out! Remember back in June when I visited Idaho and soared over Snake River Canyon (in my dreams) just like Evel Knievel tried to do in 1974? (I wrote about it here.) Well, turns out someone is going to do it for real! Possibly TODAY! (weather permitting) Hollywood stuntman, Eddie… Read More Evel Knievel, Redux

September 17, 2016September 17, 2016 Christi2 Comments

On Journaling and Other Foolish Endeavors

Calligraphy pen writing on lined paper

I always wanted to keep a journal. I’d write in it every day and when I die, some family member will find my vast pile of notebooks, read them, get them published, and my genius will be discovered. (I always imagine myself published posthumously. In some bleak sense, it gives me hope.) By the way,… Read More On Journaling and Other Foolish Endeavors

June 8, 2016 Christi29 Comments

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