{"id":3183,"date":"2018-06-17T22:08:57","date_gmt":"2018-06-17T22:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/?page_id=3183"},"modified":"2026-07-03T07:22:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T14:22:15","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Cali&#8217;s Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3183_b15a46-63, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3183_b15a46-63[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3183_b15a46-63\"]{padding-bottom:0px;margin-bottom:20px;font-size:18px;line-height:1.3;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3183_b15a46-63 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3183_b15a46-63[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3183_b15a46-63\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3183_b15a46-63 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3183_b15a46-63[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3183_b15a46-63\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading3183_b15a46-63 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3183_b15a46-63\">There are millions of stories swirling around us &#8212; tales of <em>whoo-hoo! <\/em>&nbsp;Tales of <em>OMG-you-have-got-to-be-kidding&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3183_b3ec5f-17, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3183_b3ec5f-17[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3183_b3ec5f-17\"]{padding-bottom:0px;margin-bottom:20px;font-size:18px;line-height:1.3;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3183_b3ec5f-17 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3183_b3ec5f-17[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3183_b3ec5f-17\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3183_b3ec5f-17 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3183_b3ec5f-17[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3183_b3ec5f-17\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading3183_b3ec5f-17 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3183_b3ec5f-17\">All happening. &nbsp;At the same time. &nbsp;In this crazy world. &nbsp;Like feeling dumb-struck grateful for having two opposable thumbs. &nbsp;Or waking up at three o&#8217;clock in the morning with another blast of existential angst. The utter joy when a Gen Z cashier with tattoos, piercings and a beautific smile, bags my groceries at Trader Joe&#8217;s. &nbsp;That quick jolt of numbing cold when I get another notification on my phone from&#8230; well&#8230; the <em>bad news bears.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3183_858be6-e8, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3183_858be6-e8[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3183_858be6-e8\"]{padding-bottom:0px;margin-bottom:20px;font-size:18px;line-height:1.3;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3183_858be6-e8 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3183_858be6-e8[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3183_858be6-e8\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3183_858be6-e8 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3183_858be6-e8[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3183_858be6-e8\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading3183_858be6-e8 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3183_858be6-e8\">Stories about remembering &#8212; that good health is temporary. \u00a0So is every one. \u00a0Every thing. Every moment. Tales about holding on&#8230;for dear life. Letting go&#8230; for dear life. \u00a0With a sorta-open heart and kinda-unclenched hands. Thank you for sharing your personal bandwidth and precious time with me and may you find yourself in these stories too.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3183_3247f6-03, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3183_3247f6-03[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3183_3247f6-03\"]{padding-bottom:0px;margin-bottom:20px;font-size:18px;line-height:1.3;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3183_3247f6-03 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3183_3247f6-03[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3183_3247f6-03\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3183_3247f6-03 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3183_3247f6-03[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3183_3247f6-03\"] 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class=\"kt-blocks-meta-divider kt-blocks-meta-has-divider\">&#124;<\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-comments\"><a class=\"kt-blocks-post-comments-link\" href=\"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/collective-effervescence\/#comments\">1 Comment<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\">I am not a \u201csports\u201d person.&nbsp;&nbsp;But then something happens, like the&nbsp;local&nbsp;team does good or the&nbsp;underdogs&nbsp;do good or the entire world puts&nbsp;angst on hold and worships at the altar of G-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-L&nbsp; So I do the Google-Deep Dive:&nbsp;&nbsp;Who are these UCLA women basketball players?&nbsp;&nbsp;Who\u2019s this guy Jalen Brunson from the New York&#8230;<div class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore-wrap\"><a class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/collective-effervescence\/\">Read this post<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> COLLECTIVE EFFERVESCENCE<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><footer 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class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/livingwidekazoo-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/livingwidekazoo-1024x722.png 1024w, https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/livingwidekazoo-768x541.png 768w, https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/livingwidekazoo-1536x1083.png 1536w, https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/livingwidekazoo-2048x1444.png 2048w, https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/livingwidekazoo-scaled-520x366.png 520w, https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/livingwidekazoo-scaled-260x183.png 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner\"><header><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/living-wide\/\">LIVING WIDE<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-top-meta\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-date\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-date-pretext\">Posted on <\/span><time datetime=\"2026-06-02T15:22:54-07:00\" class=\"kt-blocks-post-date\">June 2, 2026<\/time><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-meta-divider kt-blocks-meta-has-divider\">&#124;<\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-comments\"><a class=\"kt-blocks-post-comments-link\" href=\"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/living-wide\/#comments\">5 Comments<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\">We don\u2019t all win the \u201cliving long\u201d lottery, but sometimes we can remember to live wide\u2026 I\u2019m calling him\u00a0Mister 95\u00a0because he\u2019s taken 95 spins around the sun.\u00a0\u00a0Well so far.\u00a0\u00a0That\u2019s 832,753 hours of playing in the sandbox and the school yard, falling in love, enlisting in the military, college, getting that&#8230;<div 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was not easy\u2026when you\u2019re out\u00a0there, you just want to get back to your families and friends.\u201d \u00a0 Astronaut Reid Wiseman After a glorious spin around the moon, four astronauts aboard Artemis II splash down in the Pacific, just a few miles west of San Diego. We are glued to&#8230;<div class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore-wrap\"><a class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/say-its-only-a-paper-moon\/\">Read this post<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> SAY IT&#8217;S ONLY A PAPER MOON<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-left\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-tags kt-blocks-post-footer-section\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-tags-icon\"><svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"kt-blocks-tag-svg\" width=\"36\" height=\"32\" fill=\"currentColor\" viewBox=\"0 0 36 32\"><title>Tags<\/title><path d=\"M34.939 19.939l-8.879-8.879c-0.583-0.583-1.736-1.061-2.561-1.061h-18c-0.825 0-1.5 0.675-1.5 1.5v19c0 0.825 0.675 1.5 1.5 1.5h18c0.825 0 1.977-0.477 2.561-1.061l8.879-8.879c0.583-0.583 0.583-1.538-0-2.121zM25 24c-1.657 0-3-1.343-3-3s1.343-3 3-3 3 1.343 3 3-1.343 3-3 3z\"><\/path><path d=\"M2 8h21l-0.939-0.939c-0.583-0.583-1.736-1.061-2.561-1.061h-18c-0.825 0-1.5 0.675-1.5 1.5v19c0 0.825 0.675 1.5 1.5 1.5h0.5v-20z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/tag\/apollo-13\/\" rel=\"tag\">Apollo 13<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/tag\/daddy-daughter\/\" rel=\"tag\">daddy-daughter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/tag\/space-program\/\" rel=\"tag\">Space Program<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/tag\/space-shuttles\/\" rel=\"tag\">Space Shuttles<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/tag\/sputnik\/\" rel=\"tag\">Sputnik<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-right\"><\/div><\/footer><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item post-11443 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blogentry tag-dehydration tag-drink-enough-water tag-take-sips-of-water-all-day\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner-wrap kt-feat-image-align-left kt-feat-image-mobile-align-top\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-intrisic kt-image-ratio-100\" style=\"padding-bottom:100%;\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-intrisic\"><a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" href=\"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/got-water\/\" aria-label=\"GOT WATER?\" class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"201\" height=\"251\" src=\"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/drink-water-youre-houseplant.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner\"><header><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/got-water\/\">GOT WATER?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-top-meta\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-date\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-date-pretext\">Posted on <\/span><time datetime=\"2026-04-05T14:38:44-07:00\" class=\"kt-blocks-post-date\">April 5, 2026<\/time><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-meta-divider kt-blocks-meta-has-divider\">&#124;<\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-comments\"><a class=\"kt-blocks-post-comments-link\" href=\"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/got-water\/#comments\">12 Comments<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\">We hear it all the time\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u201cHydrate!\u00a0\u00a0Hydrate!\u00a0\u00a0Hydrate!\u201d\u00a0\u00a0So do you? Staying on top of this\u00a0hydration business\u00a0makes sense, especially in the summertime.\u00a0\u00a0Sirens blaring, the paramedics have arrived at our ukulele jams or shows to rescue a player who has gone pale and slumped over in a heap.\u00a0\u00a0Thankfully this has only happened a few&#8230;<div class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore-wrap\"><a class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/got-water\/\">Read this post<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> GOT WATER?<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-left\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-tags kt-blocks-post-footer-section\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-tags-icon\"><svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"kt-blocks-tag-svg\" width=\"36\" height=\"32\" fill=\"currentColor\" viewBox=\"0 0 36 32\"><title>Tags<\/title><path d=\"M34.939 19.939l-8.879-8.879c-0.583-0.583-1.736-1.061-2.561-1.061h-18c-0.825 0-1.5 0.675-1.5 1.5v19c0 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tag-what-we-do-with-what-we-have-left\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner-wrap kt-feat-image-align-left kt-feat-image-mobile-align-top\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-intrisic kt-image-ratio-100\" style=\"padding-bottom:100%;\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-intrisic\"><a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" href=\"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/cali-rose-mini-blog-thanks-february-2026\/\" aria-label=\"CALI ROSE &#8211; MINI BLOG &#038; THANKS\" class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"279\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Itzhak-Perlman-joy-thank-you-279x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Itzhak-Perlman-joy-thank-you-279x300.jpeg 279w, 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The music thing is grabbing most of my personal bandwidth these days.\u00a0 But have I got a story to tell: &nbsp; Yesterday I couldn\u2019t see much of anything with my left eye\u2026 and today, I&#8230;<div class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore-wrap\"><a class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/fun-facts-and-cataracts\/\">Read this post<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> FUN FACTS AND CATARACTS<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-left\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-tags kt-blocks-post-footer-section\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-tags-icon\"><svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"kt-blocks-tag-svg\" width=\"36\" height=\"32\" fill=\"currentColor\" viewBox=\"0 0 36 32\"><title>Tags<\/title><path d=\"M34.939 19.939l-8.879-8.879c-0.583-0.583-1.736-1.061-2.561-1.061h-18c-0.825 0-1.5 0.675-1.5 1.5v19c0 0.825 0.675 1.5 1.5 1.5h18c0.825 0 1.977-0.477 2.561-1.061l8.879-8.879c0.583-0.583 0.583-1.538-0-2.121zM25 24c-1.657 0-3-1.343-3-3s1.343-3 3-3 3 1.343 3 3-1.343 3-3 3z\"><\/path><path d=\"M2 8h21l-0.939-0.939c-0.583-0.583-1.736-1.061-2.561-1.061h-18c-0.825 0-1.5 0.675-1.5 1.5v19c0 0.825 0.675 1.5 1.5 1.5h0.5v-20z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/tag\/cataract-surgery\/\" rel=\"tag\">cataract surgery<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/tag\/cataracts\/\" rel=\"tag\">cataracts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/tag\/metamorphopsia\/\" rel=\"tag\">metamorphopsia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/tag\/seeing-vertical-waves\/\" rel=\"tag\">seeing vertical waves<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-right\"><\/div><\/footer><\/div><\/div><\/article><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-page-nav\">\n\t<nav class=\"navigation pagination\" aria-label=\"Posts pagination\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"screen-reader-text\">Posts pagination<\/h2>\n\t\t<div class=\"nav-links\"><span aria-current=\"page\" class=\"page-numbers current\">1<\/span>\n<a class=\"page-numbers\" href=\"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3183\/page\/2\/\">2<\/a>\n<a class=\"page-numbers\" href=\"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3183\/page\/3\/\">3<\/a>\n<a class=\"page-numbers\" href=\"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3183\/page\/4\/\">4<\/a>\n<span class=\"page-numbers dots\">&hellip;<\/span>\n<a class=\"page-numbers\" href=\"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3183\/page\/24\/\">24<\/a>\n<a class=\"next page-numbers\" href=\"https:\/\/calirose.com\/wackyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3183\/page\/2\/\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Next Page<\/span><svg style=\"display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kt-blocks-pagination-right-svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 320 512\" height=\"14\" width=\"8\" fill=\"currentColor\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M285.476 272.971L91.132 467.314c-9.373 9.373-24.569 9.373-33.941 0l-22.667-22.667c-9.357-9.357-9.375-24.522-.04-33.901L188.505 256 34.484 101.255c-9.335-9.379-9.317-24.544.04-33.901l22.667-22.667c9.373-9.373 24.569-9.373 33.941 0L285.475 239.03c9.373 9.372 9.373 24.568.001 33.941z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/div>\n\t<\/nav><\/div><\/div><!-- .wp-block-kadence-postgrid -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are millions of stories swirling around us &#8212; tales of whoo-hoo! &nbsp;Tales of OMG-you-have-got-to-be-kidding&#8230; All happening. &nbsp;At the same time. &nbsp;In this crazy world. &nbsp;Like feeling dumb-struck grateful for having two opposable thumbs. &nbsp;Or waking up at three o&#8217;clock in the morning with another blast of existential angst. 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