This is a free-standing kitchen and will have a stove, oven, fridge and a 3-sink unit placed in the kitchen counter. We spoke to the electrician today and will have electricity in 2 weeks. Side View Front View These are metal cabinets for critter-control and there’s the 3-sink unit. Obviously, nothing has been finished inside….
Month: June 2015
Lessons from a 35 Year Marriage
A few years back, I had lunch with an old family friend who I hadn’t seen in quite a long time. I mentioned in passing that my marriage had had some rough patches and she looked surprised. “But I thought you two had one of those near perfect marriages,” she said. “After all, you’ve been…
Then and Now
Here is what 35 years looks like: June 7, 1980 June 6, 2015 Tomorrow we celebrate our 35th wedding anniversary. I asked Ray tonight what he’s liked about our marriage. His response: “The fun.” Oh, yes, we have had fun. He added,”The kids, too.” Ah, yes, the kids. What could have been better? I am a…
5-Star Turkey Meatloaf Recipe Revisited
I made this meatloaf recipe yesterday and had forgotten just how good it is. This is one of the best tried and true recipes you’ll find for meatloaf and normally I don’t even LIKE meatloaf. Simply delicious. We had this yesterday and today for lunch. Both days we had a green salad. Today, I also…
Creating a Website
This will be a very short post since I have been working for at least three hours on creating a writing website and my eyes are crossing. The bad news is the first two hours were spent trying over and over to edit some copy I had already posted. Finally in that last hour I…
Novel Writing, Disappointments and Baby Steps
For those of you who don’t know, I am working on a novel. This is my second serious attempt at long fiction; the first completed manuscript is lying in the bottom of my desk drawer after not finding a home among publishers. The first is memoir turned fiction and is based partly on real-life events…
Texas Visitor
I had a visitor from Sherman, Texas today, Amy Hoffman – Shehan, who arrived in LA for a conference. I met her at the Torrance Marriott this afternoon and we drove down to Long Beach for a view of the ports, the Queen Mary and then dinner at Malarkey’s Grill and One Hell of an…
Sitting in the Ojai Kitchen
It is 8:30 in the evening, almost night, with what looks like a full moon rising, and I am sitting on the floor of our new kitchen. No finished walls yet, but a tin roof, a glass door and two windows. Also, electricity supplied from a very long extension cord plugged into the well house. Having…
20 Minutes a Day 