Slow on the Uptake

January 4, 2008

It’s the rainy season and as I am driving in the rain, I see many unmarked and unlit digital signs on the side of the road just like the one that severed my hip 4 years ago in a car accident. Even though Cal Trans admitted it should have kept the sign in a separate […]

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Happy 20th Marilyn!

December 16, 2007

I started mountain biking in the early 90s as a way to get fit and to meet guys. Well, I got fit and I also met a lot of people (but not the man of my dreams). Mt. Tam seemed to be the hazing ritual for newbies. It was a so gradual climb for hours. […]

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Giving -it’s the new Getting

November 23, 2007

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Okay you know just how wonderful it is. You are off work – relaxing and hanging out with family and friends over wonderful food and drink -all the while admiring the gorgeous weather out. Can it get any better than this? Well, of course. We all have lots to be thankful for […]

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Chuck is Back!

November 16, 2007

We are back from the Schwab conference in Las Vegas. Piled into the RV with hubby and dog and took off for Sin City. We stayed at the Mandalay hotel because it was closest to the convention center where the conference took place. I wouldn’t recommend this place at all. The rooms look beautiful on […]

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He’s Moving on

October 22, 2007

I picked up Joseph’s tennis racket from a little shop in Cuesta Park near our home. He got a new grip. As the clerk gave it to me, I held it in my hand and smiled. I haven’t played since before the accident 4 years ago and it was a wonderful sensation. I loved to […]

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I’m a Sick-O!

October 1, 2007

I am one of 249 million Americans who have health insurance as Michael Moore highlighted in his movie. I struggled to pay the premiums on my coverage as they kept going up faster than my business was growing. I had a small surgery in my twenties and it turned out to be endosalpingiosis (don’t ask). […]

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Where does it hurt?

September 24, 2007

The first time I fell after I left the hospital, I found myself in the emergency room at Stanford. Trying to lie still on a gurney in the hallway waiting for my doctor to come out of the operating room (and waiting for the vicodin to kick in), various interns would come by and check […]

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Paper Beast

August 18, 2007

When I ran my business out of an office, I was meticulous about keeping good records and keeping them organized. As my business grew, that process became very demanding of my time. It was important since I was managing money for individuals on a non-discretionary basis and so I could be audited at any time— […]

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You say goodbye and I say hello

August 14, 2007

The house is totally empty of contents. The red oak floors are bare and I look into the space at all of the little details that soon I will not notice. I take a moment to meditate in the big space. The movers will be coming soon and boxes and furniture and art will soon […]

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Going Home

July 9, 2007

It was the saturday morning before the July 4th weekend, and here we were sitting in the Los aAtos office of Coldwell Banker. This was the culmination of 2 weeks of back and forth discussions between Joseph and I whether we should put an off on this house. It all started with a phone call […]

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