by PJColando | Jun 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
Here’s a map of California, showing the counties in which 62.5% of the voters passed Prop 13. Look at the red: a small land mass lost to big consequences for green, as in money. Larry and I were in California, seeking jobs, when Prop 13 passed in 1978. Our...
by PJColando | Jun 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
Father’s Day is upon us again, and my husband and I have none. Our dads are gone, but not forgotten. After my father entered the front gate of heaven, like my mother 21 months before him, we siblings and spouses joined in endeavor to clear the house where...
by PJColando | Jun 4, 2013 | Blonde, In the Pink, Purpose
sprezzatura PRONUNCIATION: (spret-sah-TOOR-uh) MEANING: noun: Doing (or giving the appearance of doing) something effortlessly; effortless grace; nonchalance. ETYMOLOGY: From Italian. Earliest documented use: 1957. In 1957, the year of this term’s earliest...
by PJColando | Jun 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
Today my sibling, four years younger, is having double knee replacement surgery. Three months ago today, I injured my knee on a beach walk – coincident with her email announcement. Bad knees are our heritage, so I inquired of all siblings about their needs and...
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