I signed up for a Spanish class! It’s offered through my local adult education program and though I didn’t have high hopes for it, the first two classes have turned out to be fun. The only problem is that it’s geared for people who know the reason for and conjugation of all the verb tenses, plus a shiteload of words. I’m not among those people, so half the time I have no idea what’s going […]
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Did you know that the BBC does a big April Fools’ Day thing every year, planting spoof stories among the real ones? I didn’t. So a couple days ago, when I read the news headline about Nepal’s ban on the manufacture and sale of alcohol during the upcoming elections, I wrote to Cheryl to express my sympathies. She e-mailed back, “It was an April fool joke.” Minutes later she wrote again: “Well, it WAS an […]
Read moreFried Peanut Butter and Brown Sugar Banana Wraps with Chocolate
Quote of the Day Yes, Ezra. You’re tripoding, and Mommy’s very proud of you. When you don’t see friends for a long time, sometimes they have entire babies when your back is turned. That’s what Lisa and Kevin did. Here they are, with their almost-two-year-old son, Ezra. They arrived at my house bearing ingredients for a Very Sweet Concoction. I was still recovering from the drugs administered at yesterday’s medical procedure (why does Kaiser always […]
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Yesterday I was talking on the phone to the executive director of an organization for which I do a lot of work. She said something remarkably perceptive about something she couldn’t have known. Amazed, I said, “Wow, you must be psychotic.” To make matters worse, I went out of control laughing and couldn’t stop. Maybe my best Freudian slip ever. Speaking of psychic, last weekend I went with Teej to the Nevada City Psychic Fair. […]
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