Robin, we only had two people contact us so we ended up tacking ourselves onto a session in a town about 35 minutes down the Coast....where the total number of people showing up was only 11 (including JJ, me and the host). That wasn't surprising, I guess, and it was still interesting - although obviously I don't see much of a future for the Occupy movement here on the edge of the Bible Belt.

That means April 1, 2012 I get to de garage my favorite toy







Peace,
DLM

Oooh. That looks mighty fine, DLM.

Hey Toni, you must really love your life where you are to be able to put up with all those Newt supporters. But, I have found that if we stay off the topics of religion and politics, most people are nice. Some of them are even wonderful.

My thought is that the workers of the world are gradually understanding that they do have more power than they realize and will continue to work towards a more equitable society for all. I am optimistic.

Robin, I live in a great beach community on a barrier island. Just off the island is America's oldest city, a charming European-like town that dates back to 1650. I know many kind and lovely people, and there is much I love about living here. But most people are Southern conservative evangelicals, and the narrow mindedness does get to you. It's tough to be an old hippie here! We would have moved back to California years ago, but my husband's dad lives about 4 hours south of here, so we can visit easily on a regular basis to check up on him.

Hi Toni. I could put up with almost anything to live at the beach. I grew up down in L.A. and my friends and I were always at the beach. I have the ruined skin to show for it.

What type of climate do you have? I love hot, hot, hot with high humidity. I love it when it feels as if you have to part the air with your hands in order to walk.

Your community sounds lovely. I live about ten miles east of Berkeley, CA. It is a beautiful little place but it lacks a beach. The beaches up here are too cold and treacherous for swimming, sadly.

Robin, when we first moved to Florida we were down south, where it is hot and humid year round. Up here on the northeast coast, we actually have a little bit of a variation - mostly hot and humid, but a few weeks of actual spring and a very short winter that is usually in the 60s, but that has been know to throw a few freezing nights our way. Today, it's 84 degrees.

I was raised in Manhattan, spent a couple of years in London, and lived in L.A. longer than I have ever lived anywhere, so I consider it "home" - at least it's the place I'm so homesick for it hurts sometimes! Can you imagine? Homesick for traffic and Valley girls!

I was lived in the San Fernando Valley right before Valley Girls came into being in a big way. I left in 1975. I lived in Granada Hills during my childhood and in Sepulveda as a teenager. Fun times!

I have fond memories of those L.A. summers. Do you remember Marianne Faithful's "Summer Nights"? Ahhh, I played that song and dreamed of love until the little record became too scratched to play.