Queenkv’s Brainpickings

Today, my puppy rocked out her run near Alamo Creek with some Gwen Stefani, Britney Spears, Young Folks and more. We were able to run about 1.5 miles before she had to go potty. Such a good puppy!

Another Era, originally uploaded by queenkv.

Sigh. It was bittersweet to see the Frontier sign standing on the Las [...]

It’s been 6 months+ since we moved back to Northern California.
I think we’ve synched up nicely with the rhythm of life in Sacramento and the Bay Area. Last month, we checked out the farm team for the Oakland A’s, the Sacramento River Cats.

Cheering on the River Cats!, originally uploaded by queenkv.

We scored [...]

It hurts to laugh.
My core muscles are so sore from last night’s yoga class in Davis.
I also used those muscles to keep me upright on my double-toe jumps during this morning’s freestyle session at Vacaville Ice Sports. I’ve been off the ice for 4 months and it’s nice to know that I can still [...]

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We went to a simple Easter Sunday mass at St. Paul’s in San Francisco. This church dates back to 1911

I’m waking up with aches and pains from our snowboarding weekend in Tahoe. I will post video, pix and thoughts about our snow adventures later.

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A couple of weekends ago, we went to mass at St. Ignatius in the City by the Bay. It’s a beautiful Jesuit church next to the University of [...]

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I went to mass at Newman Hall today. It felt good to return to my Berkeley parish. Then we had Zachary’s pizza with Betina, Hans and family. It was nice to catch up and know we can see them again some time soon.

I’m jiggy with Latin chanting and Communion rituals. I feel like I belong when I participate in a Catholic mass - no matter the state, language or country. So, Sunday mass at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament was another initiation for me into the city of Sacramento.

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This week’s homily drew [...]

I slept on my shoulder funny and pulled a muscle on Friday morning. I spent the last three days with a tweaking pain in the shoulder blade and back area. Mark said he could he see a bit bump on my shoulder. It hurt to roll my head, look to the side and carry my [...]

By Tuesday, it felt like a long week.
Floods, tornado, displaced residents and more add up to a crazy news week in Topeka. One the phone with some network folks in Chicago, they told me: “All the news in your region. You’re hogging it all.” I told her I wouldn’t mind spreading the love.
Really.
Last night, Mark [...]

I was a little late for mass this morning because my baby needed some cuddling. Daisy’s a needy puppy sometimes. But I’m made it in time for the second reading and the Gospel. This morning, Father’s Tom’s talked about being a Good Shepherd. Then he gave a shout out to male students from Hayden High [...]