Category Archives: Stories of my life

If you are going to walk on the Golden Gate bridge, do it with style!!!

Posted on December 28, 2016 by pouringmyartout

Our godson, Willie, knows what I’m talkin’ about… It was a beautiful day for a stroll yesterday. Alcatraz! Did you know there is a civil war-era fort under the bridge? It was put there… well before the bridge was… to … Continue reading →

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It’s not yesterday anymore, is it?

Posted on December 28, 2016 by pouringmyartout

No… it isn’t. It is just before five in the morning… and I am sitting at my mom’s house… the first of the horde to awaken… trying to do a post or two about yesterday’s adventures in the Bay Area… … Continue reading →

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Christmas dinner… number two…

Posted on December 27, 2016 by pouringmyartout

I am not making this stuff up. Every year, at my mom’s house in the San Francisco Bay Area, we have two Christmas dinners… exactly the same. That guy in the corner, stretching his neck, is my brother, Henry. He, … Continue reading →

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Yeah, I know, more pictures of the San Francisco Bay Area… and me…

Posted on December 27, 2016 by pouringmyartout

I took these when we went up to the science museum yesterday… Yes! Very good! This is the same spot I came with my mom, and took the photos of the awesome sunset, the last time I was in the … Continue reading →

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Wait… is that Willie???

Posted on December 26, 2016 by pouringmyartout

Why yes, it is our little godson, Willie! It ain’t Han Solo frozen in carbonite! There is nothing more satisfying than sticking your face in one of those things, then running around to the other side and smushing your own … Continue reading →

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Back in Bay Area…

Posted on December 26, 2016 by pouringmyartout

Don’t think that all we are doing in the Bay Area is Christmas stuff. We went for a walk yesterday. I love walking in the town where I grew up. You can’t beat the views. And I do love the … Continue reading →

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Why yes, that is a little pillow with my head on it… oh, yeah! (Or): What I got for Christmas!!!

Posted on December 26, 2016 by pouringmyartout

My older daughter, Jessica, made it for me. It took a long time. Also, because she had to use some computer magic to order the thread to do the hand-stitching, she now knows, scientifically, exactly how grey my hair is… … Continue reading →

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What, you don’t have English Christmas crackers for your Christmas???

Posted on December 25, 2016 by pouringmyartout

You don’t know about those crazy English cardboard tubes with a small explosive charge that goes off when you pull the ends, and then, inside, is a paper crown, a lame toy, and a piece of paper with bad jokes … Continue reading →

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Nothing says Christmas like an ugly sweater… so my family must really love me, right?

Posted on December 25, 2016 by pouringmyartout

You know what else says Christmas? Santa socks and fake, fluffy snowballs for indoor snowball fights. No, those aren’t my feet. Those are Mollie’s feet. It is also a good sign when your 17-year-old daughter and your 26-year old daughter … Continue reading →

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Let the Christmas magic commence!!!

Posted on December 25, 2016 by pouringmyartout

Uh… wow… There is my mom, still spry at well over ninety… trying to wake up… and yes, we put hard-boiled eggs in our stockings… don’t judge us. Now she looks more Christmassy. There’s Jason, my older daughter’s fiance… yes, … Continue reading →

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