A sweltering 100+ degree day in July was not the time for our newly installed home air conditioner to register 80 degrees. During the four hour ordeal that the electrician worked on it, my husband, Neal, and I escaped outside to sit in the shade of the patio while grilling a whole chicken. Yes, you [...]
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Stayin’ Alive with John Travolta
Meeting John Travolta The setting was the 2008 John Travolta Saturday Night Spectacular, a Super Bowl fundraiser party for National Breast Cancer Foundation and Marshall Faulk Foundation. The streets were lined with Super Bowl fans searching for places to eat, drink, and be entertained. Inside the Scottsdale Galleria Corporate Centre, a multi-level 60,000 square-foot atrium-like [...]
A Life Saved
The Meeting “May I help you?” asked the clerk at McDonalds. I had no appetite. “Only a drink, please,” I answered. My meeting time was not for another 30 minutes, so I sat silently observing the people. They walked through the door, women with small children, an occasional man on a work break. Mix-matched clothes, [...]
It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane
Flying High The American Airlines Super 80 flying into San Francisco started its descent. Startled people pointed through windows on the left side of the plane. I was on the right side, but had a clear view of what was causing the stir. Flying parallel to our plane, 200 feet apart, was a United Airlines [...]