Category Archives: Just an Everyday Life

The Drone Age

Posted on April 30, 2015 by liveoaklinda

About a year ago, a nephew excitedly revealed his new electronic toy at an afternoon family BBQ at our home. Since I had just that morning, while preparing the meal, dropped a pot of boiling water on my leg (which … Continue reading →

Posted in Cackling Crone, Just an Everyday Life, Our Primate Nature | Tagged buzzing flying toys, drones, griffinflies, personal drones, uas, unmanned aircraft systems | 3 Comments

Not Aging Well

Posted on April 7, 2015 by liveoaklinda

These days, if I stand still too long, my (thankfully-still-functional) feet seem to sink noticeably further into that squishy phase of contemporary (North American female human) life when one can no longer ignore the preponderance of pop-ups, adverts, magazines, robocalls, inserts, … Continue reading →

Posted in Cackling Crone, Just an Everyday Life, Our Primate Nature | Tagged aging, antibiotics, benefits of bipedalism, boomers, bucket list, getting old ain't for sissies, grandmas, gravity, neoteny, women aging | 7 Comments

1-11-15 from 1115

Posted on January 11, 2015 by liveoaklinda

Finally catching my breath in the new year. Can I still say it or is it just too yesterday? – well whatever – I wish it for you. A Good Year. Jeez, what a relief that the ‘holidays’ are over … Continue reading →

Posted in Cackling Crone, Just an Everyday Life, Our Primate Nature | Tagged female bonding, happy new year, old friends, primate grooming, women's health collective | 3 Comments

there’s still no cure for dying

Posted on December 10, 2014 by liveoaklinda

You’re probably rolling your eyes at this apparent not-joy-t0-the-world holiday season post. But hang in here with me – this topic could fuel unusual & maybe even helpful family dinner conversations. Still skeptical? Well, just remind yourself that there’s nothing … Continue reading →

Posted in Cackling Crone, Just an Everyday Life, Our Primate Nature | Tagged Alzheimer's disease, american immortal, compassionate death, death, ezekiel emanuel, old age, palliative care, regina spektor | 11 Comments

Encyclopedias & Other Precious Stuff

Posted on November 3, 2014 by liveoaklinda

Yikes. It’s been over two months since my last post. I’m trying to not feel delinquent. I have lots of excuses. Tell me you’ve missed me! Mostly, I’ve been consumed by stuff. My stuff. Our stuff. Our kids’ stuff. Our … Continue reading →

Posted in Just an Everyday Life, Our Primate Nature | Tagged incrementalism, old encyclopedias, shedding, stuff | 9 Comments

Burn7: The Dangerous Art of Feeding

Posted on July 15, 2014 by liveoaklinda

So right now I’m writing this instead of starting supper. I should be starting supper. I’m (habitually at this time of day) thinking about what to make for supper. My thinking is generally tempered by two factors: 1) what do … Continue reading →

Posted in Burn Series, Cackling Crone, Humans Love Food!, Just an Everyday Life | Tagged cooking burns, feeding family, male chefs, risks of cooking, women cooking | 5 Comments

Walking The Line

Posted on June 5, 2014 by liveoaklinda

There are so many lines to walk. Fine lines. Thin lines. Deadlines. Straight lines. Front lines. Borderlines. Picket lines. Fire lines. Yellow lines … whew yeah, we’re just getting started here with the line thing. Today it’s about walking that … Continue reading →

Posted in A Warming Planet, Just an Everyday Life | Tagged live oak farmer's co-op, Santa Cruz Branch Rail Line, santa cruz north coast, walking the line | 5 Comments

Carrying Water With Neandertals

Posted on May 15, 2014 by liveoaklinda

A Short Paleo Fantasy Setting: Along a creek somewhere in, say, what we now call Tuscany Situation: The Middle Paleolithic Era, about 45K years ago Starring: Neanda & Sapia, two middle-aged (slightly different) hominin* women [Scene opens as Neanda & … Continue reading →

Posted in Cackling Crone, Humans Love Food!, Just an Everyday Life, Our Primate Nature | Tagged carry water, daughters, grandmas, human neandertal sex, middle paleolithic, neandertal, neanderthal, women's friendship | 3 Comments

Shoes See Everything

Posted on March 19, 2014 by liveoaklinda

After that last post, I had to revert to reminding my future-scary-mind of the wisdom of Mma Ramotswe & friends in the No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency . I was thrilled a few years ago (no wait – I think becalmed … Continue reading →

Posted in A Warming Planet, Cackling Crone, Just an Everyday Life, Our Primate Nature | Tagged Alexander McCall Smith, climate change, clothes line drying, future scary mind, global warming, No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency, shoe therapy, susan solomon | 3 Comments

Remembering the Whole Earth

Posted on January 8, 2014 by liveoaklinda

Yesterday I conducted an archaeological dig into our dusty shelves of neglected cookbooks. I can’t recall when I last pulled out one of those oil-spattered old friends…these days, I most often cook ad hoc or, like many of you, take … Continue reading →

Posted in A Warming Planet, Humans Love Food!, Just an Everyday Life | Tagged 1970's, hope valley, natural food, Paul Lee, sharon cadwallader, staff of life bakery, whole earth cook book, whole earth restaurant | 32 Comments