Here’s what we’ve been doing this evening: Photo credit goes to Richard Passmore. Let Lent begin!
Month: February 2017
Been Wearing My Editor’s Hat
I am just finishing editing a parenting book written by a psychologist I’ve known for a good long while now here in LA. We met when I was coordinating the parenting workshops for the Beverly Hills School District. He was one of our top speakers. This book is entitled, Five Secrets of Parenting by Dr. Mark…
Oscar Night!
We watched the Oscars tonight. Lots of fun. The lightest I’ve felt in a while. Jimmy Kimmel was genuinely funny. I loved seeing people truly moved when they won. I didn’t love Casey Affleck’s speech, but I thought he was amazing in Manchester by the Sea. A very tough movie with him playing an incredibly…
A Five Star Honey-Sweetened Lemon Bar Recipe
I plan to make these tomorrow. We have loads of lemons on our lemon trees and a healthy lemon bar is a definite treat. Here is the recipe. Let me know who it turns out for you. Filling: 3 whole eggs 1/4 cup honey (I found the smaller amount was perfectly sweetened enough – raw…
Working with College Students on Tough Subjects for Their Research Papers
I have been working since noon. One of my students has a 25 page paper on the Eugenics Movement. In case you don’t happen to know what that is, it was a movement in the early part of the 20th century that was based on two parts: positive eugenics = breeding people with Aryan features…
More Thoughts on Tennessee Williams and His Essay, “A Streetcar Named Success.”
On A Streetcar Named Success· by TENNESSEE WILLIAMS (This essay appeared in The New York Times Drama Section, November 30, 1947-four days before the New York opening of A Streetcar Named Desire.) Here is the link: Click to access streetstreet_text.pdf I woke up this morning, replaying in my mind, the abject honesty of the essay…
A Streetcar Named Desire
I just had the occasion to read out loud the last five scenes in A Streetcar Named Desire while working with a high school student and I must say that good ole Tennessee was adept at creating tension, presenting nuanced and multi-dimensional characters and providing a plot that didn’t shy away from any number of…
Grandbaby Day
My day in photos in reverse since the battery on my phone is about to die. Bath time tonight. A Cake Luna and I Made Luna Nico Taking a Nap
An Afternoon at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood
My youngest daughter, Rachael, took me to the Pantages Theater today to see a production called Circus, 1903, The Golden Age of Circus. According to the playbill: The producers of the world’s biggest magic show, The Illusionists have teamed up with the award winning puppeteers from War Horse to present a thrilling turn of the…