How is it Friday already? I guess because I did a randomness post on Monday, so it feels like a week has gone by, but clearly not. Whatever. Time for your (sort of) weekly dose of randomness falling from my brain. I had to laugh when I saw that Monday was Sleepyhead Day in Finland. The idea is that the person who sleeps the latest is therefore the laziest, and will be unproductive for the rest of the year. Does throwing them in the water cure them, or punish them? I’m not sure. This year it would have been me, but since I woke up at 5:03, I didn’t think…

I didn’t get around to a Friday Randomness, so you get your randomness on Monday instead. Aren’t you lucky? The picture above is art in Golden Gate Park. They have shut some of the roads off to traffic, which is great but a little disorienting if you used to live there 30+ years ago and think you know where you’re going. When Birchie was here last year, I thought I would drive through the park to pick her up, it’s a beautiful drive that I used to make almost daily on my way to school. Nope. Anyway, when I went to see the Monet exhibit a few weeks ago with…

I missed my Friday Randomness last week. I had things to talk about, but the week got away from me. I’ll try not to blather on too much today, though with these posts, the blather is really the point, right? We celebrated our 33rd anniversary at a very fancy steak place near Union Square in San Francisco, Mastro’s Steak House. The food was delicious, but boy, it was a lot of food. We both wanted the rack of lamb, and had we been paying attention, we would have split an order, because it was 22 oz. Gulp. The baked potato was a pound. Ted’s boss told him that the butter…

I missed a week of randomness. I had things to say, but somehow couldn’t muster myself to come here and say them. So here goes, lots of drivel ahead. June 15th was the anniversary of my mother’s death. Here she is in 1960, a picture for a calendar she made for my Grandma for a Christmas gift, where she dressed up in different costumes for each month. She was 18 and found herself to be hilarious. I find her hilarious too. These anniversaries are tough, and her loss is tied closely with the loss of my dad too. When she died in 2008, it was Father’s Day, so when I…

Happy Friday everyone! Quick Friday 5 today. I don’t have pictures for everything, so I am going to pepper this post with some random photos of suburban California flowers. I don’t remember where I heard about this book, but it was in my TBR on Libby, so when I found myself looking for something to listen to, I gave it a try. DNF. I do not DNF often, especially with audiobooks. I realized that I was about 30 percent in, and I just could not care less what happened next. It’s a western tale, about a Union soldier after the Civil War on the hunt for the man who killed…

Another week of randomness. I feel like the most random thing I saw this week was the woman in front of me in the checkout line at the grocery store, paying with a check. I remember when I used to carry my checkbook in my wallet, for decades of my life. Now the only time I write a check is to send money for birthdays or graduations, and that doesn’t always work. My bff’s son has a check from me that he’s had for about 18 months. Will he ever cash it? It’s probably lost at this point. Which reminds me, I have two graduations this spring, I’d better write…

Apologies for the slightly blurry meme above. Goodness, I feel like all I do these days is Friday Randomness posts. Oh well, they work for me. I spend my week looking for things for you to enjoy, and then here they are. Ready? Let’s dive in. I’m on a Podcast!Are you a fan of British band Sade? I am! Ted has a music podcast, Planet LP, where he talks about all things music, and this week he had a very special guest – Me! My assignment was to listen to all of their albums (there are 6, not a huge discography), and pick my favorite song from each. Sometimes this…

Before we dive in to this week’s randomness, let me apologize if you received an email on Wednesday saying my Friday Randomness post was live. I was trying to save my draft, and accidentally hit publish. Bah. I should have just changed it to Wednesday Randomness, but instead I moved it back to Draft. So, here we are. Do you play the NYT game, Connections? Are you a Gen X gal? If so, were you as happy as I was when you opened it up on Tuesday? OK, enough Judy Blume, time for this week’s randomness. Last weekend our neighboring town had an art, wine, and music festival, and Ted…

Last week got away with me, so no randomness. But we’re back this week! First off, look at the funny ad I saw on FB the other day. Who knew that putting your TP roll on the wrong way could cause migraines? Not I! I know you are all tossing and turning at night, wondering about my plumeria. “How is Julie’s Plumeria?” you ask…”I know it partially died after she left it out for the winter, and then she cut it back and it seemed to revive, but is it, in fact, OK? She brought this plant home from Maui in 2021, and has tried ever since to make it…

Oh look, it’s Friday again! I wonder what kind of Randomness I will come up with this week. I mean, I have some ideas when I start these posts, but then things pop into my mind and it gets unweildy. Here’s your before and after of my book shelf. There is a second row of books in the back, behind these front books. That placement does not mean I don’t love them, just that space is limited and decisions must be made. For example, my Little House books are tucked back there, because they are a series and take up too much real estate. Similarly, the Neapolitan Quartet is in…

Happy Friday! My SIL sent me the joke above, and I found it good for a snort. Specifically, the ‘idiot’ part. I don’t have a lot to tell you this week, so we’ll just dive in to a bunch of randomness. These memes made me laugh. I don’t want to talk about President Shit for Brains, so I will leave it at that. Regarding the meme on the right, The Pitt. What are we going to do now that season 2 has ended? WHY? I want more. (And wow on the season finale!) Other shows we’re currently watching: Rooster (HBO Max), The Testaments (Hulu) (so disturbing – it’s the sequel…

Not my photo – I grabbed it from Facebook. These folks have signs up over the freeway in the next town over at least once a week, perhaps more. Ted and I saw one last week that said ‘Pete Hegseth is a Douchebag’, which gave us a good laugh and is also absolutely true. Moving on. This week feels even more random than usual. Will I ever write a post where I write about one concept that is not a book or a recipe again? Time will tell, but I wouldn’t take a bet on it if I were you. At least for now I’m in a ‘save it for…

I have a week of Randomness for you! How did you get so lucky? If you like the cat art above, you can see more here. It’s not new, it popped up in my Facebook memories and I had to share with you. Want one more? Here you go. Speaking of cats, happy news that Pinocchio (the cat that was hanging out in his litter box, deserted by his people a few weeks ago) was adopted last week! I was peeved, because he was adopted on Monday, and no one alerted the agency or the Facebook group where we do our communication, so I took an hour I didn’t really…