Happy Thanksgiving-Poverty is also Richness

November 27, 2008

It’s that Thanks-Giving-Receving time again…..a reminder of being in a car accident in 03 near Thanksgiving day and having my last surgery in 06 on Thanksgiving day—so it is quite special-even more today with my 11 year old adopted daughter, my friend’s new husband, my brother and his family and our dear friends Bertha and […]

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Pirate Again!

November 15, 2008

Okay, the pegged leg pirate thing is getting old but my 11 year old daughter thinks it is befitting for an amputee so I will go along with it one more year. My side kick husband is a parrot and our 2 yr labradoodle is the Devil Dog. She, of course, is the Goth Fairy […]

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Mommy, Look! It’s a Robot Woman!

October 10, 2008

I just got a new leg. My old one wasn’t fitting well and getting loose when I worked out at the gym. I wear the new one as just a foot and pipe until it is adjusted just right and then Gary puts on a cosmetic covering. I have been wearing shorts since it is […]

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Financial Crisis-My Two Cents

September 26, 2008

I have been fielding clients concerns over the last two weeks so now it’s time for me to put in my two cents. Most of you who have been following me for a long time, know that I have been bitching about the problems in the financial industry since day one. I have never been […]

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Pimp My Ride

August 29, 2008

After much research I finally decided on purchasing this bike from www.nycewheels.com. I live close to a lot of things but can’t really walk far. My long hikes (8 blocks) while enjoyable at the moment turn into a fiery hip pain at night that needs a double on the rocks (lingo for double tylenol with […]

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It’s a Girl- Again

August 27, 2008

As summer comes to an end, our activity has spiked up. We are closer to adopting an 11 year old little girl. She currently resides in the Sacramento area and the transition period will be long- (till the end of the year). That’s a lot of driving back and forth every weekend- but it is […]

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There Goes My Hero

August 13, 2008

My friend, Deborah, called and said everyone in her condo complex was calling and asking who that man was that helped out over the weekend. We had visited her at her condo on the second floor on a beautiful Saturday in Sausalito. We sat on her deck and chatted. I saw three elderly women get […]

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Teisho and Wine

August 8, 2008

At least once a year a senior student gives a talk at Sonoma Mountain Zen Center. I usually give mine in June. That schedule was cut when I was involved in a car accident. Fast forward five years later and I was ready to give my talk once again but not ready to make the […]

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PTSD- post traumatic stress disorder

August 5, 2008

PTSD- post traumatic stress disorder is the hip new way to get prescription drugs. Military- new moms suffering post-partum, and trauma survivors like me are most likely to be diagnosed with it. Sometimes it is a chemical imbalance and sometimes psychological. Luckily, I never had it. I now see how unusual that is. Some of […]

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Sitting with Fire-Tassajara

July 10, 2008

I have just received an update that the fire is a half mile away from Tassajara monastery near Big Sur. All have evacuated except for 5 dharma brothers. I have spent many years going on retreat there in the summers by myself and then opening up this special place to my husband and then the […]

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