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Merry This. Happy That.

Posted on December 6, 2014 by Karen Ray

I give good card. To heck with false modesty. Every year, I’d turn the thinking cap to overdrive and come up a holiday card that was cool and original. Over the years I’ve done a pinwheel, a chocolate bar—the wrapper … Continue reading →

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“Marvelouuus, Cherie!”

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Karen Ray

It’s been fun to have visitors from Europe in town for a few days. Catching up—this son is having a baby, that one is having a divorce—and doing things that I wouldn’t usually do. Peking duck, at the Wolfgang Puck … Continue reading →

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A Visitation from the beyond

Posted on October 4, 2013 by Karen Ray

Elisabeth stares at me from my oversize television. Such an odd feeling since she’s been died in April, but my mother-in-law is clearly dressed for the occasion, wearing her grandmother’s bracelet and the locket—my daughter has it now—that contains tiny … Continue reading →

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“CHEAP JEW!”

Posted on June 23, 2013 by Karen Ray

“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing” is one of my favorite quotes. Does it apply, I wonder, to jerks in coffee shops? Was way early to a meeting Friday, so stopped … Continue reading →

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Bike to Work Day…..

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Karen Ray

Quick, get on your bike. There are a few hours left in “Bike to Work Day”…In Orange County you’ll get a free ride on Metrolink today if you bring your bicycle. In Los Angeles there are between 200 and 250 … Continue reading →

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