Archives for December 2007
There’s No Place Like Home
As people clear out of here for the holidays, I’m proud to be a local Bay Area girl. The fact that I don’t have to take off my shoes and coat, go through airport security, get delayed, and all that…
Presents
Do people still give out presents or does the gift-gifting dwindle after you reach a certain age group? I’m not sure what the reason is…whether it’s because I’m getting older or I don’t come from a gift-giving household…but I don’t…
Quibbling
Jen and I had woken up at the ass crack of dawn to finish up our packing and sit down for one last meal in Nicaragua. We had wanted to take our time, have a leisurely breakfast. We did. I…
Itchy, Bloody, Rainy
I am bleeding. Better now than Christmas or New Year’s. I have a skin ‘disturbance’ on the outside corner of my right eye. I got it towards the end of my trip in Nicaragua. I figured it was some kind…
I’m BACK!!!
Did you guys miss me? First off, I just want to say that I had the most amazing two-week, whirlwind, all-encompassing trip. Nicaragua: summer, 90 degrees, kayaking, celebrating Purisima (the feast of the Virgin Mary), hiking, milking cows, gathering eggs,…