We all have had those days that we just can't wait to end. To say I've had a year like that is an understatement. Within a 30-day period starting December 11, 2024, through January 11th, 2025, I experienced unimaginable loss. First my dear friend Barbara to pancreatic cancer, then my 15-year-old yorkie Sergio succumbed to old age and then one month to the day of Barbara's passing, my beloved partner for over 22 years, Kal, and husband for a year and a half, passed away fro

🎶To Grandmother’s house we go. The horse knows the way to carry the sleigh Through the wide and drifted snow. Over the river and through the woods, Oh, how the wind does blow!  Hooray for the fun! Is the pudding done? Hooray for the pumpkin pie!"🎶 To be truthful I never went over a river or through woods nor did I have a horse to get me to my mom's place. It was more like driving down 280 in the Bay Area to her condo in San Jose but once we got there all the rest was the s

Hi my friends! I haven't been on for a while but I'm back and what better time to resurface than Amazon Prime Black Friday Week! I...