Top Ten Surprises of 2013

Some sometimes fun and sometimes interesting things happened this year.   I NEVER THOUGHT: I could place in the Top 25 NorCal blog contest.  My readers wanted me to win and didn’t mind if I reminded them to vote every 24 hours.  I love my friends!  I love the new ones...

I hate maps.

I hate maps.  My husband cares but I don’t.  I’m of no use to him while driving so he has to do it all.  Mostly I dislike the ones just getting me from point A to point B, say the ones in my own neighborhood or pointing me to a new place from my current location. ...

Inherited Habits Oh No!

“OH S*&T!  What’s happening to me?”  I seem to be gushing this flamboyant expression at every pain, fright, or broken drinking glass.  I suppose not everything is an “OS” moment but it certainly feels like it to me at the time.  I think I’m becoming skittish or...

A shoezle on My Knee

Back in 2006, I was finishing a morning run when my left knee felt like it wanted to leave me, immediately.  Disengage so to speak.  The skin prevented an escape and held the angry guy inside.  I needed to settle this urge to secede and sought out a medical...

A Letter to Pope Francis

Dear Pope Francis, Congratulations on your new post!  You made your parents so proud.  From everything I read about you, I think you will make a fine pope. I love the name you picked, after Saint Francis.  I am named after a great guy too, my dad, a Francis Leo.  He...

France Armstrong: My Ride on ‘Roids.

Yes, Lance and I have a lot in common these days.  I felt the biking connection via my husband’s amateur cycling races.  And now, I’m spinning two days a week at the gym.  I pretend to hit the flats at record speed and climb the steep mountains with hairpin turns. ...