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

by Gina "SuuperG" Stark June 14, 2010 Random Ponderings

“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

by Gina "SuuperG" Stark June 5, 2010 Random Ponderings

“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 !?!

by Gina "SuuperG" Stark May 31, 2010 Belly Dance

Road 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

by Gina "SuuperG" Stark May 23, 2010 Random Ponderings

I 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

by Gina "SuuperG" Stark May 22, 2010 Hiking

“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

I 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 he [...]

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New Zealand: Lamb Squeezing

by Gina "SuuperG" Stark May 6, 2010 Random Ponderings

No, 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

by Gina "SuuperG" Stark May 2, 2010 Random Ponderings

Times 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

by Gina "SuuperG" Stark April 24, 2010 Random Ponderings

My 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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I Live in Paradise. End of Discussion!

by Gina "SuuperG" Stark April 15, 2010 Hiking

OK, this is not to say I’m not happy for you if you have found your own paradise. But I guess that’s just it, isn’t it? Paradise is subjective. It’s not even necessarily a locale. It is most definitely also a state of mind. But for today’s discussion I will confine (what a sad [...]

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Keeping Abreast of Cancer

by Gina "SuuperG" Stark April 14, 2010 Random Ponderings

Today I tagged along while my dear friend, Luisa, and her mom, who is battling breast cancer, created a window display to bring attention to upcoming events for the Breast Cancer Resource Center. A business called Massage Envy in Santa Barbara generously donates their prominent window real estate to various worthy organizations. I, for one, [...]

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

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

On the Road Again – with Belly Dancers !?!

Paloma’s Passing: Coping with Loss

Hiking Stats: Nature Makes Me a Fool

My Top 10 Foods for Moods

New Zealand: Lamb Squeezing

A Penny Per Word: My Charitable Drip System

My Magnificent Mom & Her Earth Day Bobcat Release

I Live in Paradise. End of Discussion!

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