When friends are more family
Our dear family friend Ellen came from Oakland to visit us today. We’ve known her for decades, ever since her son and I were little kids at Hebrew School together. […]
Rolling with the day
Two earthquakes shook our home this evening. They were 4.4 and 3.9 magnitude and centered right here in Santa Rosa. We felt the strong rolling waves as if our home […]
Beautifully patterned sky
Today’s #OneGoodThing with Mama is appreciating this beautifully patterned sky above our home! What was your #OneGoodThing today? Please share in the comments! And remember, kindness is everything! Day 255 […]
Going for an easy drive
Today we got to experience a fantastic feeling—one I’m sure plenty of people take for granted. We got into our car inside of our garage, pressed a button to open […]
Working garage door
Now that we’ve cleaned out enough space in the garage to park in it, we had to get the garage door fixed. It’s been a process, but today it is […]
Perhaps our last float
After discovering unexplainable and enormous tears in the vinyl liner walls of our small above-ground pool, I patched what I could so we could enjoy it before we lose it. […]
Picking pluots
Today’s #OneGoodThing with Mama is picking these yummy Emerald Beaut pluots from our tree! We are enjoying the small, delicious harvest of our favorite fruit! What was your #OneGoodThing today? […]
Parade of iced beverages
The heatwave is still in the triple digits, but at least it was only 102° and not 115° again. We can’t take much more of this. Today’s main heat coping […]
Sharing memes
After the second day of record-breaking 115-degree heat, I’m just glad we survived and thankful for the portable AC. Today I received this funny meme from one of my best […]
Every cooling tactic possible
An extreme heatwave hit Santa Rosa today making it impossible to do anything. The high reached 114 degrees and still hasn’t gone below 80 at 10 p.m. We stayed home […]
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