February 26, 2001

From the desk of the webmistress.
OK, why is it that I am the only one posting to this journal? My life is just not that interesting. For example, this weekend I moved furniture around in my bedroom, went out to dinner with friends, stayed up too late, went for a four mile walk in the pouring rain at Ocean Beach, went to the shopping center with my daughter and bought a couple of travel items, spent $600 dollars on a new pair of prescription sunglasses (ouch), worked on an article for my office, watched TV, and so on.

Now my knees hurt (too much rain here) and I can't sleep at night. Life is grand out here in gray and gloomy San Francisco.

OH, and did I mention the 4.4 earthquake on Sunday? We're rollin' now.

March 1st, 2001

From the desk of the webmistress.
That's enough earthquakes. I really mean it. Watching the coverage of the earthquake in Washington has been difficult. Even more difficult was listening to the sounds of the earthquake. I found myself gripping my chair with white knuckles, breathing fast and shaking. I so clearly remember the sounds of the Loma Prieta earthquake, and hearing that sound again takes me right back to 1989. It's hard to comprehend the violence of a really big earthquake unless you've been through one. Some of the videos on the news do a pretty good job of showing how much shaking there is, but it's still nothing like being in a room and suddenly hearing this roaring, then seeing everything in the room jumping around, even the walls and floor, and being unable to walk because of the violence of the movement around and under you.

That's life out here on the left coast. But hey! On the up-side, the weather's been really great for a couple of days now. That can't last. OK, back to work.

Go to next week!
Go to last week!