San Diego

Chino Farms

February 8, 2012
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Last summer, I was invited to dinner at my friend’s parents’ house atop a hill overlooking the Pacific Ocean.  As if that weren’t enough of a treat, I was served the sweetest corn on the cob I had ever had the pleasure of gnawing on, the ear’s yellow teeth yielding to my bite with a [...]

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Hot Air Balloons

January 20, 2012
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Driving back from Del Mar beach this weekend, with a thoroughly worn out dog whose damp fur clumped in little spikes bound together with sand and sea salt, I saw a magical sight: three hot air balloons hovering in the sky up ahead. Two hung low in the sky, grazing the horizon, but the middle [...]

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My Lovely Week

January 15, 2012
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What a lovely week I’m having! I’ve been exploring quite a few things… …like Pilates.  I’ve discovered a form of exercise that tricks me into exercising!  Score!  In so doing, I’ve also discovered muscles I didn’t know existed. And I finally understand why sporty people bang on about the endorphin high.  I have a fabulous [...]

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Flaming December

December 6, 2011
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Near where I live, there is a tree I drive by often and have become quite fond of.   In the summer, it was shaped like a child’s drawing of a tree.  With autumn’s sharp drop in temperature comes an explosion of leafy colour: one side of the tree is a fiery apple red; the [...]

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Dog + Beach = Bliss

November 5, 2011
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One of the best things about living in California is access to the beach.  Specifically, the kind where you can let your dog run around off-leash.  It’s doggie heaven for Banjo, and blissful for us.  I can’t think of a better reason to voluntarily wade up to my thighs in jeans other than to teach [...]

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Queen Califia’s Magical Circle Garden

October 21, 2011
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It was a bright, autumnal afternoon, and Mr. Fizgig had a surprise up his sleeve: “Let’s go out”, he said. “And bring your camera…” he added, cryptically. Half an hour later, we arrived at Queen Califia’s Magical Circle, and I was spellbound!  It was like Gaudí and Tim Burton decided to collaborate on a beautiful [...]

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Autumn in California

September 21, 2011
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I’m a Brit. In California. When it comes to NOT talking about the weather, I don’t stand a chance! When asked how I’m doing, I can’t help but mention the lovely sunshine here.  Sunshine makes everything better.  When I look at myself in the mirror, I can’t help but be pleased by my suntan – [...]

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Plunged Into Darkness

September 9, 2011
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It was one of those moments when I joked to myself, Oh, GAWD, what’ve I done?!  Standing over the printer watching my impending itinerary to Vermont appear with each tuv-tuv-tuv, I suddenly heard a loud and muffled WUMP! and all the lights were out.  Actually, what I noticed was that the computer screen was dark.  [...]

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My Morning Cup of Coffee

August 23, 2011
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I was enjoying a cup of coffee on the patio this morning when a small black spider under the table caught my eye.  It was stumbling around beneath a few threads of a web that glinted in the morning sunshine, and tentatively outstretched a leg to test its strength. An odd thought popped into my [...]

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Online Self-Portrait

July 30, 2011
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There is a fine line between privacy and openness online. I struggle with wanting to simplify my various handles (Fizgiggery, flaurena, Shyhound, Lauren X) into one, versus keeping them all as separate identities. To me, being all these things is being Me. But is it confusing to people who don’t know me offline? …

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