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.
Year: 2014
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…
Sick Day
Ray has the flu now. So, today, after returning from church, I have done nothing but sit upstairs and watch movie after movie with him. We saw a Doris Day/Rock Hudson movie called Lover Come Back, then a Katherine Hepburn/Spencer Tracy movie, Adam’s Rib, then two episodes of the new HBO series True Detective, one…
Comfort Food and the Best Honey-Sweetened Chocolate Cake Ever
When I need comfort, I cook. There’s nothing like chopping garlic and onions and starting them to saute in a pan with olive oil to make me feel a little more grounded. Today, I added carrots, celery, green pepper, yellow squash, zucchini squash, and fresh mushrooms, then sautéed them until they were coated with the…
Another Update: Missing
I spoke to the FBI today. This was a woman agent from New York State who was alerted to the disappearance of Michelle Sandoval by my friend, Charlotte Watson. I gave the agent the contact information for Elda and her daughter, Melissa, who is fluent in English. She said she would contact them. I do…
An Update on the Missing Girl
I have been emailing all day with Charlotte Watson and her group of very active folks and we have a plan of action to present to Elda’s family, which includes contacting the Missing and Exploited Children Hotline as well as Homeland Security and ICE, which is part of that organization. ICE has agents in Guatemala City,…
A Terrible Situation
Today our housekeeper, Elda, came to work crying. Her granddaughter, Michelle, disappeared on December 19th as she was leaving school for the winter holiday. She called ten days later to say that she was in Guatemala and that she had been taken there by a man she had gotten to know from her church. She…
20 Minutes a Day 