Podcasts

Some things fix themselves

August 11, 2021

Three Bad Things have miraculously fixed themselves. And age has fixed another Bad Thing: my own impatience.

Wordless Wednesday—pink

July 10, 2019

Wordless Wednesday. Pink pine logs on their way to port. Makes you think about lipstick and preservatives.

Let’s KonMari that clutter of cosmetics and kick the addiction to beauty

February 22, 2019

A poem about my early addiction to makeup. A plea to do a Marie Kondo on the muck on our makeup shelf. Think of the benefits in savings and self esteem!

Rules for eating in foreign countries

September 9, 2018

Eating at home is an easy thing but what do you do abroad?

An old dragon in the year of the dog

February 26, 2018

So, the Year of the Dog is underway now, and so is my next year of life. Last Saturday I had a bunch of super-special friends here for a party, knowing that at my age, every birthday is a gift, a stroke of luck, and should be celebrated to the hilt. I checked my prospects […]