Choose living. Choose being alive. Choose life.
In no particular order and being a work-in-progress…..one of my first blog entries EVER. Originally published 26 April 2005. Choose life. Choose a lifestyle. Choose your friends. Choose family. Choose...
View ArticleOn Being Chardonnay…
My friend and neighbour Paul Brasset has been a winemaker in Sonoma County for over thirty years. Over those thirty years, he has won the Sonoma County Sweepstakes award for his Chardonnay (more than...
View ArticleI Look Better Quiet
I convinced Humberto to drive with me to LA last weekend. My sister was flying in from Fiji with her friend for a brief stop in the US before they continued to Santiago, Chile. They are going to spend...
View ArticleIf you were a piece of winery equipment, what would you be…
Charlie told me about an interview he once had. He’d been asked this question: If you were a piece of winery equipment, what would you be? He answered that he would be a pumpover device. I had to ask...
View Article25 random things about me
From the meme thing going on in Facebook. Once you have been tagged, write a note with 25 random things about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. Tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged...
View ArticleHand Sanitizer: Strictly for Hands
Am republishing this story because my friend hadn’t read it yet. Originally published 26 December 2006. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My sister has been bugging me for over a year to post this story about hand...
View ArticleHappy Father’s Day to My Dad
Here is something I published for my Dad in 2008. I think it is still relevant and I shall cheat a bit and post it again. Happy Father’s Day Dad. See you next week!! XO J ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It’s...
View ArticleAdvice to a younger self
Hi there readers! I haven’t been blogging very much. I guess I have just been busy. Busy with the J-man. Busy with being pregnant…well, that seems like a lame excuse—doesn’t it? However, if I weren’t...
View ArticleOne word to describe yourself
I had an interview in Geneva recently. I felt it went well with the hiring manager but am skeptical about how it went with the HR person. She asked me those questions that nobody likes to answer, and I...
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