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Current Loves: January 2020

  1. Waking Up
  2. Doing the Crossword with my SO Beloved Dad
  3. Backyard Love with Kiki Cat

Past Loves: December, 2019

  1. Jesus was Born
  2. Daddy’s Recovery
  3. Turning 52
  4. My  New Work Family
  5. For My B-Day:
  6. For My X-Mas:
    7. 12 Books for 2020:

    8. Visual Journal for 2020:9. Buying B + W Film:10.Looking forward to a New Decade: Hello 2020!

Current Loves: November, 2019

  1. Northern California Fall Weather
  2. My New Journey
  3. Joel Osteen’s  November 3 ‘ Manna ‘ Sermon : WOW!
  4. Kiki Cat curling up in my Lap

Past Loves: October, 2019

  1. Hanging with Kiki in the Sun
  2. My new 27 Inch 5K iMac

Past Loves: September, 2019

  1. Joel Osteen
  2. St. Ignatius Loyola Parish
  3. Singing Amazing Grace
  4. Barnes and Noble
  5. Mollie Makes Magazine: Social Media Issue
  6. Her Magazine
  7. Purely Hot Yoga
  8. Pumpkin Anything
  9. Singing Amazing Grace

 

 

Recent Loves: August, 2019

  1. My Relationship with God
  2. My Parents
  3. My New Podcast, Just Yawping
  4. Anchor
  5. My SO Kick Arse Visit with My Portland Sis, Liz!
  6. Solomon’s Delicatessen
  7. My Deep Tissue Massage with Judy: OMG
  8. Getting Love Every Day from my ‘Adopted’ Kitty, Kiki
  9. Finally opening the last bit of Moving Boxes …
  10. Bookcases
  11. Not Being There
  12. Purging + Putting + Puttering
  13. Finally Done with Unpacking + Finding Everything: Holla.
  14. Mom giving me a Handwritten ‘Poem’
  15. My New Hand Painted London Purse by Sharif
  16. Buying Travel Books, Just Because
  17. Reconnecting with My Grrrl, Mary!
  18. Filming for Endeavour VII has Begun

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Past Loves: July, 2019

  1. God
  2. Decluttering + Getting back to M E …
  3.  Yesterday Movie
  4. Embrazen Wine
  5. The Library, Library, Library
  6. Over 11k Clicks
  7. Ann Taylor Loft
  8. California State Fair
  9. Dimple Records + Books
  10. Having More than one 2020 Calendar, Already!
  11. Ban.do
  12. My New Kitty Friend, Kiki
  13. Rewatching Keeping Up With The Kardashians, Again.
  14. Planet Fitness
  15. Buying School Supplies and Stickers From the Dollar Tree
  16. Hanging out in My Magic Shed + the Backyard
  17. Feeling more at ‘ Home ‘ on The River

Past Loves: June, 2019

  1. Luminar : Good Bye Adobe!
  2. End of the School Year: I Survived + Overcame!
  3. Passionate Photographer
  4. Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long – Term World Travel
  5. Get Your Travel Writing Published
  6. Lonely Planet Books
  7. Ernest Magazine
  8. Odda Magazine
  9. The Gentlewoman
  10. … Thank YOU for Visiting!
  11. Endeavour Season 6
  12. Pop Matters Interview with Shaun Evans
  13. Creative Journeys: Artistic Inspiration from Around the World

Past Loves: May 2019

  1. Prayers Being Answered
  2. Spending as much Time with my Sis BFF Gay as I can before she’s a SoCal Grrrl
  3. Contrastly Presets
  4. 4 Year Anniversary of ‘ Back to Balantac ‘ …

 

Past Loves: April 2019

  1. Dynamic Catholic’s: Best Lent Ever
  2. My Catholic Faith
  3. His Resurrection!
  4. Game of Thrones: Season 8
  5. My Grrrl Rea’s New Blog!
  6. Finding out His True Colors
  7. Daily Om: The Journey of Finding A Relationship …
  8. BFF Photo Shoot with My Cousin Rey!
  9. Episode 3 of Season 8 of Game of Thrones: WOW.

Past Loves: March 2019

  1. Lent
  2. My New iPad Pro
  3. Going to the Library

Past Loves: February 2019

  1. Insta Style By Tezza
  2. Daily Om
  3. Watching the Sun Rise

Past Loves: January 2019

  1. Blogging/Writing @ My Trip
  2. Life on the River
  3. Fixing Up My Art Shed

Past Loves: December, 2018

  1. First Solo Trip Overseas:
  2. My New Leica Camera
  3. Stamps in my Passport
  4. Aer Lingus
  5. All the Uber Drivers I had on my Trip 
  6. Qbic Hotel + Meeting my new Mate Filip 
  7. Whitechapel Gallery
  8. Parading on Brick Lane/Shoreditch
  9. Getting my Swagger back
  10. Virgin Train First Class
  11. Airbnb
  12. My new Mate Kat’s Airbnb in Liverpool
  13. Liverpool
  14. Hope Street
  15. Turning 51
  16. Magical Mystery Tour 
  17. Cavern Club
  18. Double Fantasy Exhibit at the Liverpool Museum 
  19. My Birthday Dinner at the Art School Restaurant 
  20. Easy Jet
  21. Barcelona
  22. My Mates Guillaume + Ali’s Airbnb in the El Born District
  23. Galeria Maxo
  24. My Mate Clara
  25. La Sagrada Familia
  26. Airbnb Experiences
  27. With Locals
  28. Tapas
  29. Photo/Video Shooting with Fiorella + Marc
  30. Marc’s Kick Arse Short Film of Me!
  31. La Barceloneta
  32. La Boqueria Market
  33. Street Art in the El Born District
  34. Amsterdam
  35. The Student Hotel
  36. My New Mate Agostino
  37. Anne Frank Museum
  38. Van Gough’s Sunflowers + Bedroom Pieces
  39. Moco Museum
  40. Bansky
  41. Parading around in Amsterdam with no plans
  42. Haarlem, Netherlands
  43. My new Mates Rea + Leo
  44. My new Mate Lulu
  45. Having drinks in Chicago with Lulu
  46. My Annual New Year’s Eve Photoshoot

Past Loves: November, 2018

  1. Our Magic Cottage
  2. Planning My Trip
  3. 2018’s Lessons + Blessings

Fave Posts …

  1. January 19, 2019: Shift …
  2. November 8th, 2018: With Love, 6th Avenue: Part Deux
  3. November 4th, 2018: With Love, 6th Avenue
  4. October 27th, 2018: See Ya 6th Avenue ….
  5. September 30, 2018: Home …
  6. August 30, 2018: Good Bye Summer …
  7. June 3, 2018 : Halfway Through 50 + Edinburgh + A Wee Bit of Dublin …
  8. March 5, 2018: Wiltshire County + Oxford with A Side of Sacramento …
  9. February 4, 2018: The Milestone …
  10. January 30, 2018: First Blog Post on my 50th Birthday Trip: Traveling …
  11. September 28, 2017 : Passion …
  12. September 18, 2017: Spiritual Being Having a Human Experience … 

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  • Shift …
  • With Love, 6th Avenue: Part Deux
  • With Love, 6th Avenue

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Past Loves: October, 2018

  3. It Feeling like Fall
  4. Watching the Clouds with my Morning Coffee
  5. Theo’s Hugs + his Smile when I sing the ‘ Hokey Pokey!
  7. … when I used to Skate around the rink to this.
  8.  … Shooting at My Cottage:
  9.  … My Red (51st Birthday) Dress!

Past Loves: September, 2018

  1. On the Cusp of Fall …
  2. Walking to Work
  3. Summer Light changing into Fall Light
  4. Crawford Books
  8. Travel Man: 48 Hours In …
  10. Thrifting for Trip Clothes: 

Past Loves: August 2018

  1. Waking Up in Our Magic Cottage
  2. Photo Shooting in Our Magic Cottage
  3. Creating in Our Magic Cottage

Past Loves: July 2018

  1. My Beloved Parents
  2. Solomon’s Delicatessen
  3. Purging + Packing Up
  4. Alone Time in My Magic Cottage
  5. The Only Way is Essex : Don’t Judge!

Past Loves: June, 2018

  1. Lewis
  2. Thank YOU Dear Visitors XXX:
  3. Everything in Between

Past Loves: May, 2018

  1. Life

Past Loves: April … RESURRECTION!

  1. Thanks Lewis: 
  2. Upscale Thrift
  3. Nicole Lelaeno:

4. Isle of Dogs:

Past Loves: March, 2018

  1. The Sacramento Public Library
  2. Russ Solomon … Rest in Peace March 4, 2018
  3. C.S. Lewis
  4. This Mural in our Hometown of Sacramento by Maren Conrad:
  5. Charlie Puth – How Long – Choreography by Jake Kodish & Delaney Glazer – #TMillyTV
  6. My SO Kind Readers XXX: 
  7. ALWAYS A M A Z I N G G R A C E …
  8. My SO Kind Neighbor for helping me remove that Branch from my Tree, Thank YOU Endlessly XXX
  9. This:
  10. 99 Cents Store
  11. From my Brilliant Artist Friend Jackie Williamson: 
  12. From my Brilliant Artist Friend KCLKW :
  13. ‘Lady Bird’ Sunday with my BFF: 
  14. Aussie Soap Offspring :
  15. Staying ‘Home’ on Spring Break: 

Past Loves: February, 2018

  1. Waking u p Everyday
  2. Endeavour Season V
  3. Lady Bird
  4. My Sacramento Adventures
  5. Honoring My Magic Cottage
  6. Ice Skating at the Winter Olympics
  7. My Twitter Tribe
  8. The Kids at Work
  9. ‘ Dance ‘ Choreo by Lia Kim
  10. Fall 2018 Fashion Month …
  11. Amazing California Winter Light: 
  12. Lent
  13. The Catholic Store
  14. My Own Personal Resurrection
  15. ‘ How Long’ Choreo by Kyle Hanagami
  16. This by the British Brand Shrimps:
  17. Best Lent Ever
  18. Daily Om

Past Loves: January, 2018

  1. Hope
  2. Faith
  3. California Winter Weather
  4. My Magic Cottage
  5. Catching up with iPhone Pics/Videos + DSLR Pics from the Trip
  6. My Job
  7. Letting G0
  8. Darkroom Dot Com
  9. Anticipation for Endeavour V on February 4!
  10. Finally putting My Birthday Trip into Perspective + wanting to share
  11. Getting back to Making Art + Visual Journaling + Reading Books + Writing Letters

Past Loves: December, 2017

  1. My upcoming Birthday Trip to London, Oxford, Edinburgh, Dublin
  2. Turning 50!
  3. New Opportunities
  4. My B-Day Pressie from Sis Cuz Steph + Journal from Sis Cuz Joyce + Ruth
  5. Finding My Angel Wings in Shoreditch on my Birthday + a Stranger shouting out to me whilst having my pic taken ‘Keep Looking 17! ‘
  6. Parading in the Rain + Snow in London + Playing in the Snow in front of Tower of London
  7. Revisiting Brick Lane
  8.  … My B-Day Treats: A Vintage 1940’s British Red Cross Wool Trench + A Wood Street Sign of Brick Lane E.1
  9. Having my First Bone Chilling Spiritual Experience @ Westminster Abbey on my Birthday
  10. Finding the Carnaby Street Christmas Lights on my Birthday Night in Minus 17 Degree Weather
  11. Falling in Love with the English Countryside
  12. Hugging an Ancient Stone in Avebury
  13. The Whole of Lacock Village: The Birthplace of Photography!
  14. Rabbies Tours
  15. OXFORD, FULL STOP.
  16. This Pic in front of an Endeavour Door
  17. I Heart Oxford Tours: Hi Tom + Sharon!: … and Touring Oxford in the Rain + Cold + the Pubs = Priceless + Life Changing
  18. Wadham College
  19. Having a Full English in The Hall @ Wadham
  20. Wadham College Chapel: Second Bone Chilling Spiritual Experience of My Trip + Randomly Singing ‘Amazing Grace’
  21. My Wadham College Scarf
  22. Riding the British Rails from Oxford to Edinburgh
  23. Edinburgh Christmas Market: One of the best meals of the Trip + walking around in the Cold + drinking Hot Chocolate + giving a sweet boy an Instax pic I took + finally, Mushy Peas
  24. The Sunlight on The Scottish Border Tour
  25. The whole of Melrose Abbey
  26. My Scottish Tam
  27. Christmas Pudding in Melrose, Scotland
  28. Rosslyn Chapel: Third Bone Chilling Spiritual Experience of My Trip
  29. My Vintage Scottish Checkered Cap
  30. My Haggis Appetizer that was the Best Dinner of My Trip
  31. Chat with Irish Cabbie on the way to Clontarf Castle
  32. Random Cornish Pasty Stand in an Alley in Temple Bar
  33. Birthday Greetings from Strangers!
  34. Comments + Smiles for my Brick Lane E.1 sign from Strangers
  35. The meal back Stateside on Aer Lingus, THE Best Airplane Meal, ever.
  36. The sweet Baby Boy sitting next to me on the plane ride from Chicago to Sacto
  37. A Student saying ‘ Hi Miss Genie ‘ my first day back: He knew me name!
  38. Daddy loving his Harris Tweed Hat + Mom her Cross Necklace from Westminster
  39. My B-Day Cards f/ Sis Cuz Cyndi + Shelby + Melissa
  40. Finding Edinburgh Gin at my Local Shop
  41. Planning my next trip to the UK

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