well hellooo

Obviously I have not been writing on my blog much because Blogger has changed a lot recently!


This are a few things I've been enjoying lately:

The improved closet my husband built
 Liz's e-courses
Yoga with Leila
Diana's blog
Working on our garden and watching tomatoes grow
Reading Rob Lowe's autobiography and recently watching The Outsiders I haven't seen in years!
I didn't realize what a tiny part Soda Pop actually had and remembered how much I liked Pony Boy's role.
I've cut down on TV but one treat is watching That Girl in the morning with my cereal on the Retro TV station. There are some fun episodes. (You can really notice when the style changes from the 60's to the 70's and not in a good way from my impression.)

More soon. Toodles.

Mike Ness on Rolling Stone Video

Mr. Ness is getting older but still a cool cat in my book. Just saw this video on Rolling Stone and found out he collects antiques.

Today

Wow, Blogger changed a lot since I last posted. 

Joie De Vivre section of our garden (I made the sign)

Today, I just finished a wonderful e-course on poetry (Poem It Out) w/Liz.  Oh how I love words and want to use them better.  Two of my favorite tools were the prompts and the use of 'poem notes', which is sort of permission to share unfinished poetry like in a paragraph or a list.

I just tried some Dandelion Root Tea which I really liked. It has a nutty flavor. Then I accidentally knocked my cup over and spilled some. 

Billy Collins

Former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins has a Ted Talk and he shares a few animated 'Cin(E)-Poems'. Enjoy!

Beautiful Friends

My dear high school friend Simone & her son made their way down again from New Zealand and we had the pleasure of hosting them for a weekend visit. We made a little trip to the Adventure Playground in Berkeley.

We hung out at our house with good conversations, sharing, and good food. Ocean and George worked on building a robot too.


I'm always inspired by these two who live in a beautiful town on the South Island. We will definitely work on a plan to visit them on the other side of the world.

Boston Collage

Haiku Boston

Literary Greats

Published here and meeting place
Now a Chipotle

At this location, George, Martina, & I enjoyed a long conversation about life, fantasies and possibilities in writing & arts, etc... over a burrito upstairs in the dining area. We think it was influenced by the profound literary history in this very spot.