-
Recent Posts
Archives
Blogroll
Categories
- art
- bay
- beach
- beauty
- birdhouses
- birds
- birdwatching
- birthdays
- books
- California
- ceramics
- Christmas
- clothing
- clouds
- college
- crafts
- cycling
- daily life
- death
- dogs
- education
- family
- ferns
- food
- friends
- friendship
- fungi
- gardening
- halloween
- happiness
- hiking
- holidays
- home
- horses
- housework
- humor
- inspiration
- kids
- life
- literature
- long-distance relationships
- love
- mothers
- mushrooms
- music
- nature
- nature photography
- Northern California coast
- parenting
- Peach Melba
- pets
- photography
- photos
- poetry
- rain
- recipes
- relationships
- scenery
- school
- shopping
- snacks
- socks
- tea
- teenagers
- tests
- Thanksgiving
- theatre
- thrift shopping
- top hats
- travel
- trees
- tropical fish
- weather
- wind
- winter
Category Archives: Amazing Stories
Key word: Chocolate or Cheesecake?
Or maybe it’s “horses”. I like that I can post in a not-so-regular fashion, mention chocolate and cheesecake, and get a bunch of hits. Kids, don’t try this at home. From now on I’m gonna mention those three magic words … Continue reading →
Posted in Amazing Stories, posts with photos, Recipes
|
Tagged birthdays, cheesecake, chocolate, dessert, food, friends, recipes
|
29 Comments
The pendulum has swung
The pendulum has swung so hard to the left that I am now skipping around in the sunshine, hoping that it will not hit me in the back of the head anytime soon as I deliriously enjoy it’s latest bounty. … Continue reading →
Posted in Amazing Stories, college, daily Life, Mother Nature, teens
|
Tagged college, happy, love, luck, springtime, sunshine, teenagers, tsunami, weather
|
25 Comments
bright shiny thing in the sky
It’s an orb, it has bright lights, it’s hovering over the neighbor’s house, it’s blinding me! HELP! The entire neighborhood is illuminated! NO, NO! People are coming out of their houses to stare at it, they’re being blinded too! Fools! Go … Continue reading →
Posted in Amazing Stories, daily Life, Mother Nature
|
Tagged happy, humor, La Nina, sunshine, weather
|
16 Comments
Got gas?
Four hours before the guests arrived I decided to check the propane level in the big avocado-green propane tank that dominates my back yard. Below E, it said to me. WTF? Normally I fill the thing twice a year. … Continue reading →
Posted in Amazing Stories, daily Life, food
|
Tagged families, food, friends, mothers, neighbors, propane or lack thereof
|
11 Comments
Party at my house
Walking along the warm sunny path by the creek, ducks with their butts in the air scooping goodies from down below, it occurred to me that I had to do something. A huge chunk of you, yes you, my blog-friends, are suffering … Continue reading →
Posted in Amazing Stories, camping, daily Life, food, housework, Love, Mother Nature, Uncategorized, wildlife
|
Tagged blogging, California, friends, good times, inspiration, party, snow, travel, weather
|
29 Comments
The shopping cart incident and the Bionic Man
In one hand I was balancing 2 organic, whole-wheat, plastic wrapped pieshells topped with 4 little white paper envelopes, each containing about a tablespoons worth of spice for the pumpkin pie; nutmeg, cardamon, ginger, and cloves, anchored with a 99-cent biscuit that I … Continue reading →
Posted in Amazing Stories, daily Life, Uncategorized
|
Tagged beach, good deeds, heroes, shopping, sleeper waves, sneaker waves, Thanksgiving
|
13 Comments