Today, 11th grader Cameron Victor learned that she had won a Silver Key for short story writing for the Western region of the United States through the Scholastic Artists and Writers contest. The western region is comprised of California, Colorado, Hawaii, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. This contest is the oldest and most prestigious…
Month: January 2014
Hallelujah for Michelle Sandoval
This is in honor of Michelle Sandoval’s return to safety. I think the words of the song say it best.
Happy, Happy News in Reference to Michelle Sandoval!
I have just learned Michelle is safe. She is in the home of her aunt a good eight hours away from the man who took her to Guatemala. She is not pregnant. Her aunt, a first cousin and another family member traveled across Guatemala over the weekend and presented themselves en masse on the doorstep…
Flash Fiction Prompts: Stock ticker; stained glass dragonfly lamp, Latin saying on parchment paper
Grace Chesterfield lay curled up on the overstuffed couch in her father’s office on Wall Street reading under the light of the green and red stained-glass dragonfly lamp. She snuggled under a cashmere throw, reading Wuthering Heights and dreaming of Heathcliff. The comforting clicking of the stock ticker on its handsome mahogany stand kept lulling…
Visitors from Texas
My niece, Katie Leatherwood, and her boyfriend, Nowell, are visiting this week. This is a treat for me since we don’t get lots of Texas visitors out here in LA. They are off right now at the Comedy Store watching Tim Allen do a show. This is after spending most of the day at the…
Interview with Stephen King from Youtube
Due to the return of chills, extremely stuffy nose and a low-grade fever, I am sharing a question and answer session with Stephen King for my blog this evening. It’s light-hearted and lots of fun. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtNmE28tgos
Flu for Three Days and Thoughts on Michelle
Hi folks, Sorry for my silence. The flu caught hold of me and has kept me down with chills, a fever, a cough and periodic nausea. I am definitely on the mend. I even saw one student today for two hours and cooked some lunch. At this point, it was clear that I had overstepped…
I Have Spoken to the LAPD about Michelle’s Disappearance
I spoke to Detective Ortega today and his supervisor at the Olympic police station. They were both forthcoming with details about this case. They said they have been speaking to both the wife of the man who took Michelle and also to Michelle’s mother. The gist: they believe that Michelle went voluntarily to Guatemala with…
Update on Trip to Police Station
I drove this morning to the Olympic Police Station to give the detective there all the information Michelle Sandoval’s family had provided since her disappearance on December 19th. The first officer I spoke to was very nice and attentive, said the detective was not in, but made a copy of the documents I brought and…
Editing, Cooking and Now Ready for Bed
My eyes are crossing. I have been busy today, particularly with editing. I feel as if I need to go to bed soon. Ray is better, but not totally out of the woods. He still has a slight temperature. I have cooked today for my birthday celebration tomorrow. Odd, you say? Well, I would prefer…
20 Minutes a Day 