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Cinco de Mayo

My neighbor found this puppy on the highway. Not around it, or on an exit ramp or something, but ON THE INTERSTATE 5 freeway. She is a dog angel, and because he is the last on a long list of rescues, she can’t keep him. Right before she was going to let him go to the pound, we stepped in. …

Day of Reckoning

There are several times a year when we take inventory. New Year’s, for sure, to think about what didn’t work the past year and what we’d like to manifest for the days to come. Birthdays, to reflect on where we’ve been and what we’ve learned. And of course, tax time. Where the hell did it all go? Over the past …

A Dog’s Life

This weekend I needed to get out of the house. It’s about two weeks into chaos due to my kitchen remodeling, and at this late date, I am still insecure about my choice of countertop. I am closest to deciding on the granite that looks like early-morning television snow (if you are under 35, go ask your parents what this …

Good news and bad news

The same picture every tourist takes crossing Abbey Road. I don’t care. The good news! I got my camera back! It’s a testament to the lovely people at British Airways and the Tom Bradley International Terminal at LAX. I don’t care what you say about them, they’re OK by me. The bad news: I cracked my Go-Go’s Greatest Hits CD.

I’m not ready to come home

… except I miss Lucy, my dog. Especially today, when we rode bikes around the countryside and rambled around John Constable country. We watched lambs gambol in the field behind Loz’s house, and made fun of the ducks. It is truly Hobbitville here in Suffolk, in the southeast of England. Lu would have loved it. Don’t tell her. One of …

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Sure, She’s a Shicksa …

Shu Shu the camel makes my Prius Look Like a Hummer But it seems there just isn’t enough hummous in Israel for me. Last night we beat it out of gritty, hot, complicated Tel Aviv and arrived at the Dead Sea. We stayed with a friend in a nearby kibbutz. Then this morning we awoke, early, 4-wheeled it to the …