ConnieMack

ConnieMack
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA
Birthday
August 15
Bio
A "writer" in that I transmit others' words, all the time, on a huge variety of subjects. A professional observer; a silent listener. I nonetheless have a voice, which I like to let out once in awhile (nice doggie). Owner of children and cats and one puppy. Standing still, battling fight or flight syndrome.

JANUARY 29, 2010 6:03PM

Sue-Ann

     Sue-Ann Pederson gave birth hard, on a cracked linoleum floor, beige and black.  When her son popped out, the toaster oven on the counter by the fridge rang, indicating the bread was ready for its oleo-margarine, cinnamon not far behind.  Sue-Ann sang out, Read full post »

JANUARY 15, 2010 1:41PM

Ding

     Ding had the white-blond hair of a forest elf, which lay across his brow like a dove's wing.  He was constantly tossing his head to the right, flipping it out of his eyes, which were the pale blue of the melting ice shelves hanging over the turn of the creekRead full post »

So we went to The Crucible in Oakland the weekend before Christmas to take some classes. 

The morning was spent doing glass flameworking.  Basically, we were heating plexiglass 'blanks' and 'sticks' over a propane/oxy flame.  First, we tried to make a basic marble.  You oughta seRead full post »

NOVEMBER 24, 2009 4:08PM

Spooning

Inspired by Pam Epstein, I was in a fun Antique store a couple weekends ago - in Santa Rosa, the railroad district, Stellaa! - and picked up this postcard:

  spoon

Now, aside from the interesting context - we all know about spooning, I guess, it's Really interesting to me that itRead full post »

OCTOBER 23, 2009 3:55PM

Waiting

It's typical morning rush hour on 101 Southbound.  Four lanes, one for carpools and buses.  Me trying to maneuver over to the second from the left, a calculated guess as to which will be the "good" lane. 

 Also typical:  Bright sunshine overhead, this far north, rockin' theRead full post »

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009 5:21PM

Hey, I Almost Died!

So, yeah, that line ain't working for me now.  The girls just roll their eyes and say, Mmm-hmmmm.....

 Nutshell:

 Went home to Kansas weekend before last for my Dad's 80th Birthday Party, which I was hosting.  My girls and I flew in Thursday afternoon.  The party was Friday e… Read full post »

AUGUST 25, 2009 6:53PM

Goin' to Kansas City!

           bbqribs   

Going to Kansas City!

                    kansas-city-wesport-collage

Kansas City, here I come!      &nb… Read full post »

AUGUST 12, 2009 4:40PM

Shopping for Verbal

"For what can be more beautiful than the heavens, which contain all beautiful things."

                                   &nbsRead full post »

AUGUST 11, 2009 7:13PM

Am I Going Crazy or...

What the hell is going on here?

        senator_arlen_specter_in_PA_town_hell 

Whither the rage?

                            Welcome_to_Hell_Hall 

Wherefore art theRead full post »

                          Flower at the pier @ Bodega Bay; sunny face reminded me of T'eo

           Happy Birthday, Dear T'eo, Happy Birthday to You! Read full post »

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MAY 6, 2009 4:36PM

Come and See!

My local movie house is doing a film series called "The Films of My Life", ala François Truffaut's "The Films in My Life".  To quote the cinema's website:  "This series emphasizes the emotional connection between the participants and the works they select."  

  &n… Read full post »

UnderOath2 

I'm all for the Truthiness Doctrine.

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However....

Two Truths/One Lie:

1.  I first flew a plane at age 18.

2.  I had a small character based on me in a mystery novel set in Key West.

3.  I was once clinically dead for 3.7 minutes. Read full post »

                          earthposter1 

 Well, last night we went to see "Earth", the 99-minute pseudo compilation via Disney of an epic BBC work called Planet Earth from… Read full post »

APRIL 10, 2009 5:42PM

so, do, la, ti, do, re, do !!!

                                        soundofmusic

 

Y'all know my predilection by now for sound, and muRead full post »

MARCH 31, 2009 6:39PM

I. Like. Sky.

 

I like Sky.  Always have.  Everwhere I go, I'm shooting the sky, for one reason or another.

Hiway80 

 

Big ol' comforting mountains, north of Durango, last July. 

                 &nbs… Read full post »

As you may remember, I traveled to Vegas Alone in February because the Children would not behave.    http://open.salon.com/blog/conniemack/2009/02/25/its_vegas_baby

They're again off in April (why don't the teachers want to Teach?) and I'm torn.  Should I re-do the Vegas route - wRead full post »

MARCH 5, 2009 12:48PM

Stop Smiling - Deux

SSmilingMar19 

 For those of you in the ShiKaGo (Chicago) area a couple of days after St. Pat's Day, here's a cool party.  Free drinks!  Complimentary copies of the new issue!  7 - 9 p.m.  To attend, email:  rsvp@stopsmilingonline.com.

 I dunno if that rsvp thingie a… Read full post »

MARCH 4, 2009 6:24PM

Mayor Newsom - Come on Down!

So, I'm over to the Farmer's Market - you know the one a couple of blocks behind your office,

                        mar09SFfarmar 

Get me some wasabi almonds, some hickory almonds, some… Read full post »

I grew up reading the classics.  Ma made sure of that.  Well, she had them on her bookshelf.  And thence I  trod.  But when poetry is twined with music or movies or both - then I really feel it.

sophie 

Who can forget the end of Sophie's Choice?  That poem by… Read full post »

FEBRUARY 26, 2009 4:27PM

Paper-Based Evaluation Module

                      Yeah, it's the old P-BEM!

                       paperandclip &n… Read full post »

FEBRUARY 25, 2009 4:29PM

It's Vegas, Baby!

                     Escape from Mundanity

 OakAirport09 

So it's a Beauty day on the Bay, after multiple days of pounding rain.  I figure, Gee, it's going to be easy to get to Las Vegas!

I w… Read full post »

FEBRUARY 6, 2009 5:03PM

Stop Smiling!

 Stop Smiling is this wonderful magazine I've been hooked up with for a couple years now.

 I couldn't figure out how to insert a doc or a .pdf or any damn thing into email, so I'll post this for/to the Chicagoans who might be able to attend:

 

SSFlyerfinal 

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JANUARY 27, 2009 3:47PM

Offenses in suits

  pinksuits

 

uglysuit2

   or...

  uglysuit1

 So I'm reading some tax code junk, some policy behind the Investment Company Act (I swear, it's for work; Updike this is not... and yet....) and I have to go t0:

§ 80a–43. Jurisdiction of offenses and suits

and I… Read full post »

JANUARY 23, 2009 4:29PM

Squirrel's Obstacle Course

  squirreleating

SO, this is the kinda fun you're having when not running a restaurant (or terrorizing Glens)?:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWU0bfo-bSY Read full post »

JANUARY 16, 2009 5:53PM

Cacao Me

Cacao (Theobroma cacao) (Mayan: kakaw, Nahuatl: Cacahuatl), or the cocoa plant, is a small (4–8 m or 15–26 ft tall) evergreen tree in the family Sterculiaceae (alternatively Malvaceae), native to the deep tropical region of the Americas. [source - Wiki]

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All's… Read full post »