Author: JemmaSamala
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Week 41: The Secret Week
Some things should just stay private. Be assured that I did something that was on my list that I had never done before. Was it what I expected? Not really. Would I do it again? Maybe, but in a different way.
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Week 40: Island Girl Ink
I’ve been in physical pain lately, so what’s a little more pain? I had previously scheduled an appointment with visiting tattoo artist Soane Tavataina Paninia, who is French Polynesian and now makes his home in Rapa Nui on Easter Island. It was his last week in San Diego inking at…
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Week 39: Stomping on Those Grapes
I Love Lucy, and one of my favorite episodes was Lucy’s Italian Movie shown in 1956 — of course I was watching reruns. While in Italy, a film producer asks Lucy if she’d be interested in auditioning for his new film entitled “Bitter Grapes.” To do some research for the…
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Week 38: Overnite Pow Wow
The official festivities of the Barona Pow Wow are over, but I lay here in the middle of the night listening to the true soul and spirit of the Native Americans who have gathered together this past Labor Day weekend. Out of the public eye, we listen to the beating…
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Week 37: Up, Up and Away!
May the Wind welcome you with softness May the Sun bless you with warm hands May you fly so high and so well that God joins you in laughter and may He sit you gently back again into the loving arms of Mother Earth! Words from the Balloonist’s Irish…
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Week 36: Helping Habitat for Humanity
It’s dark, it’s hot, and I’m sure the little black specks I see are mouse droppings. I’m on vacation, and I’m crawling around in the attic of a rehab Habitat for Humanity home. Yes, an exciting vacation indeed! *** There are many ways to give back to the community and…
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Week 35: Floating Away
I feel like I’m floating on air. This must be how it feels like if clouds were your mattress. I close my eyes, and drift away…slowly my mind thinks of …nothing… *** After my Walking Dead Escape night during Comic Con, I figured that I should actually watch the episodes.…
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Week 34: Walking Amongst the Dead
I became aware of the Walking Dead show a few months ago and watched some episodes. But that was the fourth season and was told I really should watch from the beginning. Watching four seasons of life after a zombie apocalypse wasn’t too appealing at the time so I didn’t.…
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Week 33: Showing Some Pride
Early last week, a friend forwarded me an email request asking for volunteers during the annual Pride Festival. But my kids had basketball and baseball games, and other plans had been made, so the timing of the volunteer slots didn’t work. I had never been to the Pride Festival or…
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Week 32: Lavender and Rose
On the road or on your toes, it’s all about the journey. *** Keys Creek Lavender Farm. We were all chatting and catching up with friends the evening of the Fourth of July, and Linda mentioned reading about the lavender farm in San Diego. Now, when I envision the…
On the Road to 60 