Archive for the ‘Musings’ Category

• I am totally confused

  Sunday, September 5th, 2010

  My calendar, newspaper and television are telling me it’s the Labor Day weekend. Labor Day, that holiday dedicated to the American worker for their contribution to the country with their hard work. It evolved into the official end of summer announcing the return to school and the beginning of fall. Folks I am very confused [...]

• The agony of defeat

  Saturday, September 4th, 2010

  Sports fan and players are a superstitious bunch and I am no exception. My team, the San Diego Padres, is in a world class slump. A loss of six straight games. They had only lost three straight games before this and it was a given that they would rally and win the fourth game by [...]

• Oh heck no

  Friday, September 3rd, 2010

  Now I must admit that I have been a big girl all my 60 plus years and most likely will stay that way. But when I read an article about a woman that was not hired by Weight Watcher because after losing 118 pounds and now only wearing a size 12, she was still too [...]

• Wrong number rings up a long distance friendship

  Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

  Five years ago I suffered a stroke which has left me with some instability upon walking and a glitch in my memory hard drive. My once excellent memory now infrequently has me transposing numbers thus I sometimes dial the wrong number when making a phone call. While trying to call my sister-in-law, I have reached [...]

• San Diego’s dirty little secret

  Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

  Transplanted beach bunny that I am, I love America’s Finest City. The beautiful weather and the friendly people of all shapes and hues. The city sports a coastline that is so picturesque that it makes your heart sing. But beneath it all, there is a dirty secret that most residents wouldn’t want you to know [...]