An Interview with Marlene Bumgarner
Hi everyone! I’ve been traveling and finalizing the sale of my house in Santa Cruz. Arrived back in Calabasas Tuesday night. Thanks to Lois Winston for publishing her interview with me on her web page today. You can read it here...
Deconstructing a Life
April 4. This is hard. Harder than I expected. Deconstructing my Santa Cruz house to reconstruct it for today’s market is, essentially, deconstructing the life I lived in it for a decade. Workmen are removing the wall decorations, TV screens, bookcases,...This is What Happiness Looks Like
Happiness Starts in the Morning This morning I awakened just before my alarm went off. I set an alarm for 6:00 a.m. Monday through Friday so I can join a Shut Up and Write Group that meets 6:45-8:30. We check in, say where we’re calling from, then write for 90...A New Year’s Eve to Remember
Happy New Year – A Little Bit Late I started writing this essay on January 2, as I was beginning to feel healthy again after a bout of pneumonia. I had to cancel my Christmas trip to Sorrento, Pompei, and Herculaneum and was feeling pretty down when I received...Small Steps to Getting Things Done
Housecleaning Day On Friday my housecleaner came to vacuum, dust, and clean. She comes twice a month and leaves my apartment sparkling and tidy. So why did I spend two hours Friday morning cleaning before she arrived? I’m not a sloppy person. On the contrary,...
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