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…

Last Friday, Ted and I went to dinner in Oakland, to one of our regular spots. It’s a beautiful neighborhood (Rockridge, for folks who know the area) with lovely old Craftsman homes surrounding a bustling street of restaurants, book stores, boutiques, etc. I would buy a house there in a heartbeat if I had a million or two more in my bank account. I mean, I’d buy a beautiful old home and then renovate the electricity and plumbing so it doesn’t fall apart. Maybe I’d buy this house, but the arm has to come with the deal. Also the dinosaurs up the walkway. Dinosaurs always remind me of Maya, who…

I started out thinking I’d do ‘Friday 5’, but as usual, things got out of hand quickly. Thanks Obama Gasbuddy tells me there is cheaper gas around, closer to $5.19 a gallon. Our gas powered car is at 1/2 tank. Do I fill her now, because prices are going to keep going up? Or do I wait in hopes they will go down? We don’t drive this car far, the electric car does most of the driving around here. This picture is at about 7:15am, thanks to the time change it’s still a little dark. I walked over to Sprouts to buy creatine and probiotics. **************** Flowering Trees This picture…

Here we are, it’s Friday again, and it’s the last week of February! Like many of you, I’ve been practicing gratitude this month for Elisabeth’s Fig Collective, which is a nice way to structure my Friday Randomness post as well. Here goes: Friday – Baked Potato and Brave BrowserSaturday – Bougie Protest and LunchSunday – Mimosa, scrambled eggs, hair dryerMonday – CBBC and a nice dinnerTuesday – Rain, grilled cheese, podcastWednesday – Leftovers, flowering trees (again)Thursday – Rest DayFriday – The Age of InnocenceSaturday – Yoga for Gratitude, birthday party, crab and garlic noodles Friday I don’t have a picture of the delicious dinner I made Friday night, so you…

I’m all over the place lately, right? No post last Friday, then my FIGS on Monday, and here I am again with more blathering today. You know what? My lists are getting redundant. Is that OK? I’m grateful for yoga, grateful for not having to cook every day, grateful for pretty flowering trees. Maybe next week I will do better, time will tell. For now, my list of FIGS, then more context. Monday – Presidents Day plus a Movie Date with TedTuesday – I was NOT struck by lightning, and Gong Hei Fat TuesdayWednesday – Julia GuliaThursday – Yoga + Lentils and EggsFriday – Frugal Things Nirvanna the Band the…

This week’s Randomness post, I will start with a list of my FIGs (Elisabeth’s Finding joy In Gratitude practice), then we’ll dive in for a bit of detail. My FIGs for this first week of February: Sunday – A trip to the museum in San FranciscoMonday – Maya’s night to cook + flowering treesTuesday – Good Books and A Cool Blog TrickWednesday – Strength training + leftoversThursday – Connections + Frozen broccoliFriday – Fabulous Friday A Trip to the Museum On Sunday, Maya and I took our cousin Grace to The Legion of Honor museum in San Francisco, to see the Manet and Morisot exhibit. Grace and I had both…

What is with the ads on the New York Times? For some reason I do not use my NYT app to play Connections or Strands (but I do use it for Wordle. Why?) Since I’m looking at it on a browser, I get ads. I mean, this little lamp is cute enough, but clearly not a dog. A few pictures from last week’s protest. I thought those of you with youngsters might get a laugh out of the 6-7 sign. Clever. I liked this one, and the chant that went with it stuck in my head…’No ICE, No KKK, No Facist USA!’ I liked this coordinated group, ‘Signs of Fascism’.…

The situation in Minnesota is horrible and scary and distressing. I do find comfort, though, that so many people are out in the streets protesting this bullshit. The New Yorker has all of the cartoons lately. I mean, I see them on Facebook, not in the magazine, so I have no idea whether they are new or not. But man, I FEEL THEM. I love this group, at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach, where people make signs in protest, and then take pictures with a drone. Well done, is all I have to say to that. I found this man at last Saturday’s protest charming. Not so sure about the muscle…

How is it Friday already? I have no idea. This week was back to work, which somehow went really quickly anyway. A week and a half off was really nice though. Do you like my house horse, Clip Clop, above? He’s darling. Anyone want to do yoga with me? Yoga With Adriene has a new practice every Saturday in January. I know we’re one week in already, but if you’re at all charmed (like I am) at the idea of us doing the same practice on the same day, let’s do the Saturday practices! Search for Yoga with Adriene on YouTube. I’m not sure what time the new practices will…

Happy New Year! First off, thank you all for the lovely birthday wishes. I had a lovely day. I slept in, and then we went to breakfast, and then got cleaned up and went to see Hamnet. You guys. It was AMAZING. I was a little worried about going with Ted and Maya, because it’s a sad story about grief and that seems like a downer on a birthday. BUT they both loved it, loved it, loved it, and I loved it too. I liked the book, but I had issues with it that might disappear on a second reading. My issue with the book (A me problem maybe) was…

I generally write my posts ahead of time and schedule them for 4:23am (I started that when my mom died, she was born on April 23rd – I thought of changing it to 8:03 when my dad died, but I like it to be live at a reasonable time for my East Coast friends) but I didn’t write anything yesterday, so here we are. I guess I’ll schedule this one for 4:23pm, though it’s currently 2:30 on Friday. Regarding #Whamageddon, I’m out. I was listening to NPR yesterday, and they had a story about the #1 Christmas song, which is currently Mariah Carey’s All I want for Christmas is You.…

This week’s randomness is going to be illustrated by a bunch of ridiculous memes. I’m sorry, or you’re welcome, depending on how you feel about them. Helpful Hint #1I don’t remember where I read this, but it was really helpful. Sometimes I am merrily writing a comment on someone’s blog (usually a WordPress blog) and my comment just disappears! SO FRUSTRATING, right? Well, someone commented on one of your blogs that she found the ‘undo’ command, which on my iPad is cmd+Z. Hit that a couple of times, and your comment comes back. WHAT A WONDERFUL THING TO HAVE FOUND, and I am thankful to whomever left that comment, thank…