Carrie’s Blog

I’m guessing you can relate to some of the common complaints during the quarantine; poor concentration, exhaustion, and mostly, memory loss. You are thinking that all the napping doesn’t seem to help, neither does the exercise, the food, or the drinking!…

Sunday and Monday I recently had a week during which I awoke on Sunday morning with extreme symptoms (I will spare you the terrifying details) of my first, ever, bladder infection! After the doctor returned…

Why it took 97 weeks to write 52 blogs. Dear Cup Of Decaf Readers, This is a thank you note to one and all. You may not realize it, but you have helped me to…

Should I stay or Should I go? I admit, I’m a bit obsessed with making travel plans, even when I can’t go anywhere! I dream of a day I can get paid to travel. A…

Who is Karen? Recently, I have been hearing the phrase, “she is such a Karen,” and seriously had no idea what that meant until about one minute ago when I panicked that I might be…

If I am completely honest, in the very beginning, I was in denial. Daughter #2 had just flown in from school for the famous Spring Break that would never end, and daughter #1 was hoarding…

Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads out there! To my father, Howie Green, I think of your wisdom often and thank you for adding flavor to our lives. Things like, “It’s just as easy…

Hello all, I just wanted to share some of what we have been doing in light of the movement against racial injustice. Please feel free to comment and add to these lists if you like….

Dream Big I had a really intense dream the other night. You know, the kind of dream that was so vivid and real, that it created a real life memory, not a fleeting wisp of…

5/5/20 Quaroutine Update Here I am, like most of you, at home. Taking care of my family and keeping us out of trouble, as best we can. I have been acutely aware that this is…

Took this photo today on our walk. Even the birds are distancing. I bought eggs! 18 of them, actually. It wasn’t easy, but I was determined, and am proud of my success!   On Sunday,…

Yes, I made up that word, all by myself. SciFi Anxiety is the word of the hour. As I sip my first cup of decaf for the day, I check in on my body and…

Recently, I feared that I had nothing to keep my creative momentum going! I will not be meeting my goal of 52 blogs in 52 weeks, I have run out of things to write about,…

People say that 60 is the new 40. But I think my 60 will be the new 60. Plain and simple. I honestly think the view will be better up there on the sixth floor….

What does one do when one’s children travel? Visit them, of course! Remember the irony of being an empty nester? They leave, so you have no one at home to take care of, which means…

That day was October 17, 1989.
30 years ago today. Day of the Loma Prieta Earthquake. 63 people lost their lives that day. 42 of them were on the Cypress Structure of the Nimitz Freeway that I drove along side, and under, just a few minutes after 5:04 PM. Hundreds more are forever injured, traumatized, and changed from that event.

Sometimes I would lay in bed as a little girl, watching the head lights circle around the ceiling of my bedroom from the busy street below. I lay awake having conversations in my head with…