Category Archives: Stories of my life

What a long, strange trip it’s being… part 7… (or); This is why we are in New Mexico…

Posted on February 26, 2022 by pouringmyartout

Our younger daughter Mollie started nursing college at the University of New Mexico. They have a great nursing college there. Also, Mollie’s boyfriend Ben lives in New Mexico, near the college. Coincidence? I think not! Mollie is going to be … Continue reading →

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What a long, strange trip it’s being… part 1… (or); Well, I’ve been through the desert in a car with no name…

Posted on February 23, 2022 by pouringmyartout

I am on a little road trip/adventure, which is why I have been too busy to post. I am seeing parts of America. I left San Diego, California to head to New Mexico… where I am posting this… to celebrate … Continue reading →

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When your kid is starting nursing school right after Christmas… a holiday follow-up spectacular…

Posted on January 4, 2022 by pouringmyartout

A fake arm to practice nursing stuff on. Rubber wounds to practice sewing up. A stethoscope with her name engraved on it. A blood pressure cuff. It was a good Christmas. Even though we didn’t do it in the Bay … Continue reading →

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There has been a lot going on in my life lately… the final chapter… let’s review…

Posted on August 23, 2021 by pouringmyartout

I met some cute dogs. My kid graduated college, and is, as we speak, moving in with her boyfriend in New Mexico, to attend nursing school. She has style. I confused her by taking pictures while she was posing for … Continue reading →

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There has been a lot going on in my life lately… part 5… beaches and flowers and stuff…

Posted on August 18, 2021 by pouringmyartout

So yeah, my 97-year-old mom came down to San Diego after our daughter’s graduation. She stayed at the Catamaran Hotel, which is where I took a lot of the flower and fish and bird pictures in this series of posts. … Continue reading →

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There has been a lot going on in my life lately… part 4… a really old building… by American standards…

Posted on August 17, 2021 by pouringmyartout

I know that by European standards, this is not a really old building. But it was before America became a country. So, this is a part of all the craziness surrounding our youngest daughter’s graduation from college. Most of the … Continue reading →

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There has been a lot going on in my life lately… part 1…

Posted on August 10, 2021 by pouringmyartout

We got our younger daughter Mollie through college, and ready to start nursing school soon. I met this little guy. I have seen a lot of animals… I love the water reflections in the bottom left of that photo. So … Continue reading →

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Droning on: the final chapter… (for now)… three short videos combined into one, in which my cockiness at my flying skills come back to bite me in the butt…

Posted on May 6, 2021 by pouringmyartout

I was so sure of myself. I had sent my new drone high into the sky. I had flown through tree branches. On the last day of my Christmas vacation at my mom’s house in the Bay Area, I decided … Continue reading →

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I am now fully vaccinated!!!

Posted on March 29, 2021 by pouringmyartout

Now, you may be wondering what that photo could possibly have to do with a vaccine, and I will get to that. But the reason I have already gotten my two doses is that I am a private security officer, … Continue reading →

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Droning on… part 3…

Posted on March 23, 2021 by pouringmyartout

Okay, here it is, the final part of my first drone flight, the Christmas before last, with my first drone… the cheap one… with Jason, my son-in-law helping me. Notice I am still wearing the one-piece plaid Christmas jammies I … Continue reading →

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