January 8, 2002 So the race is on. It’s the start of 2002 and at the top of everyone’s resolution list is to loose weight. What a surprise. There are several rumors about weight loss, diet plans and the so-called benefits of exercise. I will attempt, in my own destructive way, to filter through it…
I like my local supermarket. They recently won the award for most customer friendly in their district. I especially like that one of the checkers always gives me coupons for whatever I might have in my cart. (I’m afraid of coupons really. I’m always driven by the coupon more than the actual need for the…
Mama wants more…what a great idea for a book. Wish I’d thought of it. If I did there wouldn’t be a chapter on More Support. Or it wouldn’t take away the one thing I need to get through parenting. “If Mama doesn’t get the support she desperately needs, well then she’s gonna need more things…
I get real compulsive about reading…e-mails. “Taro” sent me an invite to join GoodReads.com so “we could see each other’s books”, compare reviews, add friends, meet people and explore. I compulsively invited more than half my e-mail address book and pasted every review you might have read on these pages onto GoodReads. When I finally…
It started out as a pleasant late afternoon workout at the gym. I smelled a little bit of smoke but was getting used to it, as it seems to be in the air, so to speak, every day in SCV lately. But then the fire engines pulled up right across the street. Some of the…
I wasn’t allowed to write on this subject until today. Today was the day it was announced in The Mighty Signal that five of our Newhall District schools had just attained their Distinguished School status. One of the reasons my school’s principal wanted to wait until it was formally announced was because he was sure…
It’s the 20-year anniversary of our first date this October 15. Ton o’memories. But of late I seem to be lingering on my husband’s life-long commitment to setting and attaining his goals. Of course this is also due to the fact that he just made Fire Chief. But in watching him for the past 20…
Starting in my childhood, not quite fitting in with my Mexican American friends in the East L.A. neighborhood I grew up in, I was mesmerized by the sounds of Spanish, the spicy scent of the kitchens and the loving warmth permeating from the large families. In an effort to acclimate, or just to hold onto…
In the inaugural Books 101 column, male award-winning writers were highlighted. This week, of course, I feel compelled to focus on current female writers. And, as my mother once again has voiced her opinion on the subject, I am equally compelled to allow her the first choice: Nicole Krauss, The History of Love The oldest…