It is only fitting that I play my first round of cocktail dice on December 31, 2018. We found this cute bar accessory in Los Gatos, California where Mark and I spent one very memorable afternoon. My Christmas gift this year was a flight to San Jose for one day. Why? To get me to Gold Medallion status on Delta! […]
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I finished Lab Girl, Hope Jahren’s award winning memoir, on New Year’s Eve. I love this book and proclaim it my favorite read of 2018! Dr. Jahren is a scientist first, but a brilliant humorist as well. It is a story of love. Love for science, love for plants, love for Bill, and eventually, love for herself. The metaphoric style […]
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I read a lot. I don’t really want to write book reviews, but I do like to discuss where a book takes me. Maybe that is why I am a book club nerd. Last Night at the Lobster, by Stewart O’nan, took me to a lot of different places. The Red Lobster is closing and it is a picture of […]
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In Okinawa, Japan the centanarian diet involves three servings of fish per week, small amount of rice each day, colorful vegetables, legumes, purple native sweet potatoes, tofu, seaweed, squid, octopus, and a small amount of pork. There are pockets around the world where larger than average groups live to 100 and beyond and do so with their health intact. These […]
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