by Rhiannon Paine | Oct 7, 2011 | General, Signs of the Times
I just sent a text message to a young friend. Here’s what I wanted to communicate: Hi there Louie. Gosh, I’ve missed you! I’d like to see you for your 14th birthday and take you out for lunch or dinner. Have you any free time in October? Sure hope so. I love you!...
by Rhiannon Paine | Sep 29, 2011 | Artists & the Arts, General, Just for Fun
I’m just back from Opera at the Park, San Francisco’s annual “watch opera in a baseball park while eating popcorn” event. This year’s opera was Turandot (final “t” sounded) by Giacomo Puccini. I know it’s easy to mock the plots of operas, which is...
by Rhiannon Paine | Sep 5, 2011 | General, Just for Fun, Signs of the Times
There were three magazines my dentist’s waiting room: the current issue of Showplaces; a dog-eared copy of People (“Robert Pattison Bares All!”); and a new publication, Consumer’s Guide to Sex (“CGS Rates the Vibrators”). So I picked up Showplaces. “For his...
by Rhiannon Paine | Sep 3, 2011 | General, Just for Fun, Once Upon a Time
In my last post I described some of the scary things you might encounter while walking in the California countryside: rattlesnakes, poison oak, mountain lions, etc. In Britain, by contrast, you’ll encounter nothing that’s poisonous or person-eating....
by Rhiannon Paine | Aug 27, 2011 | General, Just for Fun, Once Upon a Time
Walking for exercise? Sure, it sounds easy: just put one foot in front of the other and repeat. Yet for the unwary walker, complications lurk, like … um … well … like lurky complicated things. (Note to self: work on similes.) My neighborhood is...
