California | Beth Byrnes

Phlooey!

Posted on March 21, 2020 10 Comments

You may rightfully wonder where I have been and why I would choose this of all moments to put up a new post. Well, like many of you, I have some extra time on my hands right now and I would rather be talking to you than sitting in front of the toob, feeling my […]

City gritty

Posted on July 31, 2018 6 Comments

All summer long I have been thinking of all of you and meaning to add a new post. I hope you have all been well. One of the things that has prompted this post is the fact that our best friends in the neighborhood, who arrived on our street when we did years back, are […]

The Un-y-mooners: the grand finale

Posted on June 1, 2018 26 Comments

Where did we leave off? I think we were in India, on the last day of our second Un-y-moon (the first being in Vermont in the winter) in August, the height of monsoon season. Here are the links to previous chapters in this series: https://bethanybyrnes.com/2014/07/23/the-un-y-moon/ https://bethanybyrnes.com/2014/07/26/the-un-y-moon-part-ii/ https://bethanybyrnes.com/2014/08/02/the-newly-wed/ https://bethanybyrnes.com/2015/05/22/the-newbie-wed-our-journey-continued/ After a wonderful whirl-wind trip with the […]

Hot saws

Posted on January 25, 2018 20 Comments

— Mexico has been in the news repeatedly for the past two years, and we all know why. A deranged toddler averred that Mexico has not been sending their best. Really? Has this clown ever been there? Has he been in the Southwestern United States much? One thing I appreciate about being in Southern California, […]

Tickling ivories

Posted on August 25, 2017 19 Comments

“Back up you creep. Get away from me. I know you love to intimidate women. But you can’t intimidate me. Back. Up!” I love that line. Wish she had said it during that debate. More on this in a minute. August flew by, didn’t it? It is my birthday month (yay) and I would always […]