Random Ponderings

Steampunk Fashion Show Extravaganza!

Thumbnail image for Steampunk Fashion Show Extravaganza! by Gina "SuuperG" Stark November 17, 2010 Random Ponderings

ShareVintage Futurism. Yes! I had been trying, with little success, to describe what, exactly steampunk is when I would exclaim elatedly to friends that I was driving to Oceanside to graciously and enthusiastically accept a last minute invitation to an exhibit and fashion show highlighting this movement in art, jewelry, fashion, film, and expression.  Think […]

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Drip Drip…a Few Drops in the Bucket

Thumbnail image for Drip Drip…a Few Drops in the Bucket by Gina "SuuperG" Stark October 31, 2010 Random Ponderings

ShareA while back I wrote about my Charitable Drip System, where I pledged a penny per (paid) word of my blogging to charity.  Well, I am happy to announce – albeit belatedly! – that I sent a check in the amount of $73.98 to The Nature Conservancy.  One could snicker at this tawdry amount; but […]

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Exfoliation Nation: Purging Turning into Splurging

Thumbnail image for Exfoliation Nation: Purging Turning into Splurging by Gina "SuuperG" Stark July 14, 2010 Random Ponderings

ShareNo, I’m not bulimic. I’m purging and using up tangible material things.  Lately, this has translated into an ongoing ritual of baths filled with all sorts of lotions and potions collected from shopping sprees, travels and bestowed gifts.  I have never before been so exfoliated, hydrated, exhilarated, cleaned, conditioned, primped, and REfoliated! I swear, ’tis […]

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Auntie Fail #38: Lapping Kids at the Go-Cart Track

Thumbnail image for Auntie Fail #38: Lapping Kids at the Go-Cart Track by Gina "SuuperG" Stark June 14, 2010 Random Ponderings

Share“She’s gotten three speeding tickets!” my 7-year-old nephew, Collin, announces in reference to his Aunt Gina (ahem) while en route to the track. I think I did an Auntie Fail. :\ I couldn’t help it! It wasn’t my fault!  We know I have a penchant for speed, (see Pushing My Prius ) and my family […]

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It’s In Our Nature: Caring About the Oceans and The Recent Oil Spill

Thumbnail image for It’s In Our Nature: Caring About the Oceans and The Recent Oil Spill by Gina "SuuperG" Stark June 5, 2010 Random Ponderings

Share“We must be the change we wish to see in the world.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi Are you incensed? Are you disheartened?  I am, and at a time like this I wish I were a better writer.  Words – my words – seem futile in conveying my profound sadness and frustration with the devastation wreaked on […]

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On the Road Again – with Belly Dancers !?!

Thumbnail image for On the Road Again – with Belly Dancers !?! by Gina "SuuperG" Stark May 31, 2010 Belly Dance

ShareRoad trips are always an adventure.  But gather five friends who belly dance together and you get a whole new synergy.  Here we all were, up in Sebastopol, California for a belly dance convention, and we decided to take a side jaunt in our little trusty rental car to the coast.  Several of us were […]

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Paloma’s Passing: Coping with Loss

Thumbnail image for Paloma’s Passing: Coping with Loss by Gina "SuuperG" Stark May 23, 2010 Random Ponderings

ShareI lost a grand source of joy in my life today.  Did I say coping?  That’s hardly the word. My friends…I fumble on my keyboard through a blur of tears. We lost our cherished beautiful, spunky, mischievous, playful, loving and demanding, darling companion dog…the one I had been writing about here.  Intellectually and spiritually I […]

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Hiking Stats: Nature Makes Me a Fool

Thumbnail image for Hiking Stats: Nature Makes Me a Fool by Gina "SuuperG" Stark May 22, 2010 Hiking

Share“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.”  John Muir I love hiking. I may have mentioned this before but it’s my blog so I’m allowed to repeat myself. 🙂  I have some very fine and savvy hiking friends who have even taught mountaineering courses with the Sierra Club and they have outlined strict guidelines […]

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My Top 10 Foods for Moods

by Gina "SuuperG" Stark May 11, 2010 Random Ponderings

ShareI was asked to do my first guest blog post for The Top 10 Blog. Yay! Poor dear man…little did he know what he was getting himself (and me!) into 🙂 So, I set off to write…and write…and write…and then, I wouldn’t give it to him. It’s so long! lol So, here it is and […]

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New Zealand: Lamb Squeezing

Thumbnail image for New Zealand: Lamb Squeezing by Gina "SuuperG" Stark May 6, 2010 Random Ponderings

ShareNo, it’s not some new, esoteric form of carnivorous culinaria. 😉  Rather, I wanted – needed – to cuddle one of the darling cotton ball creatures ambling along on the hillsides since I stepped out of Auckland proper on my lucky visit there: When winds are soft, And the days are warm and clear, Just […]

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A Penny Per Word: My Charitable Drip System

Thumbnail image for A Penny Per Word: My Charitable Drip System by Gina "SuuperG" Stark May 2, 2010 Random Ponderings

ShareTimes have changed…they tend to do that.  It rankles me that in these days of cinched financial belts and lighter wallets, I’ve had to curtail my charitable contributions. I’m looking more towards donating time (and efforts, like climbing a mountain for Charity Water , but that’s a whole different blog post! ) So, I’ve decided […]

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My Magnificent Mom & Her Earth Day Bobcat Release

Thumbnail image for My Magnificent Mom & Her Earth Day Bobcat Release by Gina "SuuperG" Stark April 24, 2010 Random Ponderings

ShareMy mom rocks. Have I mentioned this yet? She works with raptors and bobcats and whatever other critters find themselves in trouble. Well, she volunteers her time…nearly 40 hours a week, tirelessly, for the last ten years.  Who else buys their mom a gauntlet for her birthday? A gauntlet, other than being the glove tossed […]

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