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So, I got called for Jury Duty, as one occasionally does in this great nation. The week is in early April.

The court gives us the means to postpone if someone already has a planned vacation on that week (which I do--I'm going to Pasadena to see my daughter and her shiny new office job). But in the past, it used to be a casual thing: You could call ( Read more... )

The drunk driver who injured my brother and SIL and killed my mother in 2020 was sentenced yesterday to 22 years. He had prior convictions, plus he had been driving with his two kids in the car. These factors increased the number of charges and years to be served.

Though it was not as long a sentence as my family and the district attorney had ( Read more... )

This is the only place I can share this peculiar conversation. My 24 year-old daughter is hanging out with us for a few weeks while her husband is working in New York ( Read more... )

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The family has spoken! My husband and I inherited my mom's brown chihuahua, Val, and we are just thrilled. She's so quirky and funny, and the other dogs already know her, so she had no trouble fitting right in ( Read more... )

No, that will take too long. Let me sum up ( Read more... )

Another successful season of the dramionelove promptfest wrapped up this month! If you didn't get a chance to dip in and read, do yourself a favor and dive into the reveals post. While you're there, be sure to say a few words to the hard-working authors.

My entry was called No Flying in the Library. Those of you who know I actually work in a library will not ( Read more... )

So I decided to take the day off yesterday for my birthday. It was a nice, peaceful day, spent reading, writing a little fanfic, watching a movie, and going out to lunch with my daughter ( Read more... )

So, we said our good-byes to our dog Daisy last week. Cancer has taken another good soul. Now she's gone, and my husband, my daughter and I have been searching for all our best pics of her and passing them to each other on Facebook chat. A sort of three-person memorial service for the internet age ( Read more... )