Don’t sleep with people you see on TV if you never want to see them again.

It’s no secret I have had some sex....okay, lots of sex.  But having good sex, in my opinion, takes years of practice.  (Smile.)  A great deal of practice. (Bigger smile.)  It is a good… Read full post »

I'm in Los Angeles, Beverly Hills actually.  My husband and I came in yesterday to pick up our friends from Nottingham, England.  They'll be spending a week here, and it is their f… Read full post »

In the late 70’s I got a call from my old hunting buddy, Sully.

"Hey Pee-wee, you know I have a Safari camp in Australia, Nimrod Safaris?"

"Sure, why?"

"I know you are a writer and I'd love to have you write up some brochures for it.  Are… Read full post »

There was no bad news on tv, radio, or online today?

Suppose we turned on the morning news and were greeted with our favorite morning anchor.

“Good morning, the entire world wa… Read full post »

It seems like Duaneart does such good work I wanted to be able to give him one his avatar inspired....VERY LOOSELY .  I drew it in about three minutes, but hey, I think it sort of resembles him, even if his sunglasses hide a twinkle.  (Sorry Duane,  your hand looks worse… Read full post »

Streets of allusion

cloud my mind.

Turning the corners

I feel blind.

A drop of rain

a muffled voice

Within my brain

I have no choice.

I step on leaves

their crunch is loud.… Read full post »

       Matillija Poppies

Nature went awry one day

Conspiring with Disney

In my garden to play.

Paper white orbs surround

Big yellow yolks of fun

Standing tall above ground.

Seemingly… Read full post »

                                             Today's photo updated   &nbs… Read full post »

It was day nine of the cruise, and she sat on the rear deck, sheltered from the blazing sun.  It was the first sunny day and coincidentally the last port.  It was odd; last night the mini-Wall Street Journal delivered to t… Read full post »

                                       The cake at our wedding reception.

When my husband I got married… Read full post »

The flight to Oakland was on time, which was a good thing, as tired as I was.   The constant hum of the airplane was beginning to sound like a long lost lullaby.   I fought to stay awake.  After all, this w… Read full post »

Granted, this part of the vows is not as optimistic as, “For richer or poorer”, but they both are in the same statement we swear to when we get married.

For many women (and hopefully men, but I won’t be so presumptuous here), when we take those vows this… Read full post »

Number one is TRUE.  I did have a drink with Prince Albert of Monaco in 1989.  It happened when on a trip to Europe when I took my mother and mother-in-law.  We had a mutual friend who had moved there and was a friend of Prince Albert’s, so he arranged a… Read full post »

1.  I had a drink with a Prince in Monaco.

2.  I was invited to the  Hyanisport Compound by a Kennedy.

3.  I was invited backstage to m… Read full post »

The road less traveled

is full of unseen pleasures

my  purple prose awaits 

It was merely eleven days ago I did a posting on my son’s forty second birthday, celebrating his now clean and sober life for the past four years. 

That was then, les… Read full post »

"Ladies and gentlemen I'd like to welcome you to this opening season of "Rate The Dinner". Our season opener is the big birthday dinner.  It was held at one of Los Angeles' most difficul… Read full post »

 Life there became a countdown, just waiting for those seventeen days to be up.  It became harder to get up and face the night ahead, but e… Read full post »

At what point in a relationship do we find ourselves relying on a secret code language? You know, a word or short sentence needing no further explanation to the other, once you have uttered it aloud.  Of course it helps if you both have a sense of humor too.

You can be… Read full post »

                                                   &nb… Read full post »

I am a cougar

I rub against your flesh trunk

Just scratching an itch.

When I was pregnant with my son my mother and I had a ritual at lunchtime;  we would make ourselves lunch and sit down in front of the television to watch the s… Read full post »

"I'll take you."

I looked up and to either side me, realizing he did mean me. I turned around slowly, looked over my shoulder and motioned for him to follow me. I led the way to my room… Read full post »

                                    My favorite photo of my son Mike  

It is difficult to believ… Read full post »