by PJColando | Mar 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
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...
by PJColando | Mar 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
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...
by PJColando | May 22, 2018 | Uncategorized
What do you do when you can’t sleep, Constant Reader? It’s a decidedly female dilemma, something hormonal and related to cortisol levels. A physician once explained the phenomena to me: that the mid-afternoon stress level is mirrored twelve hours later, at...
by PJColando | Feb 21, 2017 | Uncategorized
No, I’m not describing my politics, belief system, or aimless blonde wanderings, though I have all that. Maybe more than most… But this is a blast from the past, a winter’s storm blast. Today’s tale is about my first venture at the famed Taos...
by PJColando | Mar 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
“These boots are made for walking…” but that’s not what they’ve been doing… I purchased these boots last October to prepare for the much-craved El Nino rains. California’s crops and people were thirsty. Typical winter in soCal...
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