Last night, Ray and I watched two movies to celebrate our 34th wedding anniversary. Since we are always on the move, true luxury for us is doing nothing. The old “chill out” remedy is most often the best for both of us since our daily routine doesn’t build in a lot of chill time. So,…
Year: 2014
Marriage Advice
The quote today is exactly what my mother told me about who to marry. Very good advice, indeed. Ray and I are going to settle in and watch a movie. This is our anniversary evening so it seems only fitting that we might just relax and enjoy our time together. I usually write in the…
Our 34th Wedding Anniversary Tomorrow
Tomorrow, Ray and I will celebrate our 34th wedding anniversary. Below are pictures of 2 of our three weddings. The first is our tiny wedding in Mountain View, Arkansas in the park there with a judge. We had planned on 7 people and 7 more crashed for a total of 14. We were basically eloping,…
My Writing Teacher Life…
I had students this afternoon, two of them, cousins, who are both sweet and well-mannered boys. One is going into 6th grade, the other is in college, and both need help with their writing. As it turns out, I have two more of their extended family I also see regularly, two older boys, one still…
Blue Highway Pictures
Up in Ojai for a couple of days for work and relaxation. This will be short since my internet connection is not the greatest. A blue highway is one that is blue on a map, a back road. Below are pictures on the back road from Santa Barbara to Ojai. We were driving through here this…
On the Topic of Balance
I don’t know much about balance. I either go full tilt or am dead-dog tired and there’s not much in-between. I want to know more about this concept; I put that word on most To Do lists, as if all I really have to do is schedule it in along with all the zillion other…
Thomas More’s Utopia and Me…
Today I have been learning about Utopia, which was a book published in 1516 about an imagined society by the political philosopher, Thomas More. He covers a few things that I find especially interesting since it’s been my contention for a while now that all troubled youth need to be taken out to the country…
Return to LA and Work
We have returned from our Montana jaunt. What fun that was! So impromptu. Last week we sold those bronzes and a few days later, we were off to Montana. This trip was so different from our usual life of schedules and lists and times to get this or that done. What a refreshing change of…
Proud to Be A Coal Miner’s Granddaughter
I am sitting in a cabin on the banks of a river in Montana. I don’t know the name of the river (it is a tributary to the Clark), but I am near the tiny town of Paradise and if this place is any indicator of the little town, then I would say it is…
In a Cabin by a River in Montana
Ray and I came to Montana on business. We were delivering two bronze sculptures we were selling via our fledgling art and antique consignment venture to a collector up here. After considering the price for shipping, we decided that we could drive up and enjoy a few days of vacation here rather than letting FedEx…
20 Minutes a Day 