by Ira | Dec 27, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Rest in peace Sherilyn. She was five, the daughter of one of our very good friends, and we went to her funeral today. It was a stunningly beautiful Buddhist service. Liz made a wonderful speech. It was good to see many people there I hadn’t seen in quite some time. We...
by Ira | Dec 26, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Woooowwww…so close to the next really cool milestone on this blog: Four fours. Day 4,444. It’s a genuine really cool marker now that I’ve piled up so many years of doing these daily entries, because it comes, now, only every 1,111 days, which almost three years. Same,...
by Ira | Dec 25, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
A successful Christmas! We were both up early, Liz even earlier than me, braved the wet, and spent it over, mostly, at the Kings’. The kids all got great stuff—Mir a really nice jewelry box and some great dresses; Tilde an electric guitar with amp and a dive coat;...
by Ira | Dec 24, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
I only ate two meals today, that’s how massive lunch was. We went to what is apparently an LA cornerstone, particularly for Christmas: Tam O’Shanter’s. It was delicious. And huge. Breakfast wasn’t even a big one, either, but I was done for the day after that, lol. We...
by Ira | Dec 23, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
It’s late. We started Plur1bus. It’s fun! First episode was nails. We’ll see how it goes from there. But ya, Vince is a master, so I have hopes. Work. Writing. A little rain but not much. Storm hits whilst I’ll be sleeping tonight. Speaking of… Night...
