san diego on fire
Once again, San Diego is burning. As I write this, there are at least half a dozen fires out of control and Michael and I are going through stuff, trying to decide what to take if we end up having to evacuate. Again.
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my mom, style icon?
It’s a total shock to the system the first time you realize your mother had a life before you were born. So you can only imagine how my sister and I felt, at ages 7 and 10, when we were grocery shopping with our mom one afternoon and were stopped in the cereal aisle by…
life reimagined
When I was a little girl, I imagined I would grow up, work in a corporate job, get married and have children. I imagined cooking for my family in our house, probably on Long Island, and going on vacations to the same tourist spots my parents took my sister and me. What actually happened was…
my writing process — or lack thereof
My initial reaction to being invited to join a blog hop about my writing process was hysterical laughter. “Are you serious?” I asked, wildly trying to visualize the way words get from my head to the screen. “What writing process?” You see, that picture above pretty much sums up how I do my best writing….
the lois club
Seriously, Starbucks? My name has four letters in it and is spelled pretty much exactly like it sounds. Yet it is constantly misspelled. People look at me with blank stares when I tell them my name is Lois – or a light bulb goes on and they smile knowingly and ask, “How’s Superman?” Oh, good…