Monthly Archives: September 2008

Learning to drive

Posted on September 27, 2008 by barbaraehardy

I’ve had my driver’s license since 1958, so how come I feel like I’m just learning to drive?   Because…………driving in LA is a whole different animal, that’s why.  And I won’t even go near the freeways.  But LA city driving … Continue reading →

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A perfect day in LA

Posted on September 25, 2008 by barbaraehardy

After we dropped Aurelia at pre-school, Di and I went to the Malibu Getty museum.  It’s exquisite, and without our little helper along, we were actually able to see the exhibits.    We had lunch there, then spent a quiet afternoon … Continue reading →

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I have arrived

Posted on September 24, 2008 by barbaraehardy

I am in LA for two weeks. Had a good flight; arrived early, and am so very glad to be here.

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1938

Posted on September 21, 2008 by barbaraehardy

  On Sept. 21, 1938, a hurricane struck parts of New York and New England, causing widespread damage and claiming more than 600 lives.  This was in this a.m.’s New York Times, and with hurricanes on all of our minds, … Continue reading →

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To buy or not to buy, that is the question

Posted on September 18, 2008 by barbaraehardy

 I’m looking at condos again.   I looked at about a million of them last spring, but never found the right combo of location, price, and just plain liking it.  So I put it out of my mind for six months.  … Continue reading →

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HOW much?

Posted on September 16, 2008 by barbaraehardy

It’s official:  we had ten, yes TEN, inches of rain in three days.  Wow.  A good portion of our county is underwater,  several roads are closed, several schools, ditto.

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A little Ike, a lot of rain

Posted on September 14, 2008 by barbaraehardy

Rain, have we got rain!   But the basement’s dry, and I have a good book to read, so who cares?   I hadn’t realized Ike was going to swoosh on up to the midwest, but here he is, having done his … Continue reading →

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In Memory

Posted on September 11, 2008 by barbaraehardy

  On Sept. 11, 2001, suicide hijackers crashed two airliners into the World Trade Center in New York, causing the 110-story twin towers to collapse. Another hijacked airliner hit the Pentagon and a fourth crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. … Continue reading →

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Politics as usual?

Posted on September 5, 2008 by barbaraehardy

Not really.  I can’t remember an election year that has been this interesting.  So that’s the positive!   The negative is the conventions.  When did they become merely love fests?   I’m thinking back to those exciting days when the candidates were … Continue reading →

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Try to remember that time in September

Posted on September 2, 2008 by barbaraehardy

Today is the first day of school for the grandchildren, and I am thinking of the excitement and fear of that first day back when I was a girl.  It was exciting in so many ways:   that rare new outfit of … Continue reading →

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