Dreams are… realized.

Dreams are… realized.

Dreams are restorative, of that, we are assured. My physician ordered sleeping pills during my active treatment for breast cancer and angst. A dozen years later, I’m still on the pill. I sleep well and dream long. It’s said that dreams are both the love...
Spring Cleaning

Spring Cleaning

Spring cleaning! The time is here. The dirt must be cleared. It’s common among some Californians to do a body cleanse, but not since my mother did it ritually, had I considered a house cleanse. My mother’s chore list – Turn the mattress, beat the...
The California Life Style

The California Life Style

An odd thing happened in the OC this winter… it rained. Seriously. California is winter’s promised land in Elsewhere, USA, and Orange County is its prime showcase, a mecca for many. Sunshine is our platform, our right, our spirit animal. In a significant failure...
Shenanigans vs. She nods off again

Shenanigans vs. She nods off again

I’ve never been a late-night person. What about you? For the past week, my husband and I have been decidedly early-night people as jet lag pummeled our spirits, bodies, and souls. What to do with early-morning wake-up calls, when one’s sleep spirit is on...
Woosh! Friendship lost and regained. Whew!

Woosh! Friendship lost and regained. Whew!

Woosh. All the air left Bonnie’s lungs. The moments-ago lobby scene with Jackie was bad—well, she admitted it had been a fight. Not like the grasping-and-clawing, utterly gross mudwrestling Bonnie had glimpsed during an online search for one of Pastor Rankin’s...