here's what's on my mind

My husband circa 1979

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:57:06 -0800

My husband circa 1979

LAX

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:10:15 -0800

Destination ATL

How traditions come to be...

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:44:00 -0800

The first year I joined El’s family in Atlanta for Thanksgiving, I stayed up late baking pumpkin bread the night before leaving Miami. On the way to drop off Trix for boarding before heading to the airport, I stopped for gas. It only took a few seconds for Trix to sniff out the bread and eat half of it. I wanted so badly to impress El’s family (especially his mother), and I showed up empty-handed with nothing but a story about my badly-behaved dog.

I make pumpkin bread every Thanksgiving now, and we always talk about how Trix ate that first loaf.

Tell me a Thanksgiving tradition story of yours?

Study: Political Bent Affects How We View Skin Tone

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:32:48 -0800

Study: Political Bent Affects How We View Skin Tone:

I remember people talking about this during the OJ Simpson trial, too.

via npr.org

atreb: I am learning that sometimes the greatest way you can show someone you love them is just to...

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:23:25 -0800

atreb:

I am learning that sometimes the greatest way you can show someone you love them is just to listen and bear witness to their words of grief, sorrow, and pain. To wait in the background, meditating and praying, until they reach for your hand. It is extremely hard to do. We dont want to see our loved ones hurting, wewant to help them pick up the pieces and put everything back together. Healing takes time, and being able to sit in that ugliness near or with them is the most powerful gift of love I know.

Beautiful words, B.

Recommendation

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:32:00 -0800

for vineyard touring in Paso Robles: The Wine Line. For $40 per person you’ve got a sober driver for the day and can visit any of a long list of wineries. They drop you off and pick you up forty minutes later, and if you want more time they come back when you’re ready. They also tag your purchases and keep them in a cooler for you until the end of the day.

To be human

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:31:00 -0800

is to be haunted by things undone, words unsaid.

Six

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:55:00 -0800

Six

Very special tasting this morning. RN Vineyard — a small...

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:35:00 -0800

Very special tasting this morning. RN Vineyard — a small one-man operation. The owner, a Frenchman, invited us into his home.

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Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:01:41 -0800

Full disclosure:

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:43:00 -0800

I’m tipsy from wine tasting all day. But here’s the thing: It’s so BEAUTIFUL here. We’re just three hours from home and it’s another universe.

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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:24:47 -0800

Four Vines

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:35:58 -0800

Four Vines

Peachy Canyon Vineyard; Paso Robles

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:03:36 -0800

Peachy Canyon Vineyard; Paso Robles

101 North. Destination San Luis Obispo.

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:48:08 -0800

101 North. Destination San Luis Obispo.

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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:32:00 -0800

I just walked outside and noticed that this plant is no longer...

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:25:07 -0800

I just walked outside and noticed that this plant is no longer in its pot and the pot is nowhere to be found. Did someone steal it? So random.

As we've established,

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:27:44 -0800

I’m sometimes full-to-bursting with feeling.

Currently: appreciating my husband to the last threads of my seams.

LOVE THIS MAN.