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I’ve been keeping a secret that I can finally tell now. I had originally planned to head to New Zealand in late October to spend time with my daughter, Annemarie, but ended up delaying my trip until mid November because Annemarie decided to come to the US for a visit! I couldn’t say anything about…

Last night Mom and I watched Jeopardy and one of the answers was ‘What is an Eisenhower jacket?’ This prompted mom to tell me a story about a time during the war when her two older sisters were fighting over who got to wear an Eisenhower jacket. They only had one and both wanted to…

Foggy this morning, loving the cold, crisp fall weather. Fog burned off later so I was able to hang out my laundry, always a plus. Didn’t sleep well last night so I took a luxurious late morning nap. Decided to check out the SMART train which currently runs from Larkspur to Santa Rosa airport. I…

Walked out to Tennessee Valley beach this morning, it was a cold, clear day and the waves were huge, crashing loudly on the beach. It’s always so invigorating to spend time at the ocean. This afternoon I did some pet sitting for one of my sisters friends while my sister took her out to celebrate…

I got to spend a good part of today with Kieran. We met in Auburn and then drove over to the Foresthill bridge, a place I have not been before. It’s the tallest bridge in California, and one Vin Diesel famously drove off of in the movie xXx. We walked across it, hiked around it…

Met Emmy at the Richmond waterfront and had a nice long walk on a sunny but breezy morning. Afterwards we had lunch at Assemble, a great place with four different restaurants to choose from. The delicious tri-tip sandwiches we got were so huge we both had enough left over for dinner. Had a wonderful time…

Today I acted as chauffeur for a friend of my sisters who was turning 50. I drove a 15 passenger filled with very happy women to wineries in Healdsburg. Listening to them talk excitedly with each other, music blaring reminded me of driving our blue, full-size van in high school with all my friends piled…

Highlights from the last couple of days: Hearing a country version of Purple Rain in the grocery store – it wasn’t half bad. Finished reading House of Gucci – crazy rich people are crazy! Watched A Fish Called Wanda – overall it was as funny as I remembered.  Was given a huge zucchini and delicious,…

I explored around Santa Rosa today, using my usual Free Little Library method of checking out neighborhoods. I got to one area that had a lot of lovely new homes, though they didn’t look like they were all built by the same company which is unusual in new housing developments, and they all had quite…

Today I went to an exhibit about the history of Marin City, how it came to be and evolved over the first 20 years of its existence. 2022 is the 80th anniversary of the start of Marin City, beginning as a housing development for workers in the Marinship facilities during World War II. While I…