Here are my latest efforts in my ceramics class. I will have about six pots before I finish next week. Tonight, I worked all evening on a bowl, only to scrap it in the end. I made the sides too thin so the clay dried up and began cracking. I haven’t had an iota of…
Category: Los Angeles
Intersections
Jacob Peterson stared at the tall taupe vase with its intricate pattern of circles and lines that held a bouquet of purple and white lilacs. He loved that vase that he had made with his own two hands; the pattern on it reminded him that life had dozens of lines and intersections, places to connect…
Learning A Bit About Israel’s History
One of my UCLA students and I have been working all afternoon on a research paper which focuses on the central question, “What impact did the 1967 Six Day War have on Israel’s political, social and security policies?” My student just left after six hours. He will be returning very early in the morning to…
An Afternoon and Evening at the Getty
Ray and I joined our friend, David Bode, up at the Getty Museum today to see the Turner exhibit. (Ray and I took in a photography exhibit before David joined us.) We then had dinner together in the restaurant up there. This was to celebrate Ray’s upcoming birthday on March 18, Wednesday. What an absolutely…
FaceTime with Luna
I have officially moved into the modern age. I used FaceTime for the first time tonight to communicate with my almost two-year-old granddaughter, Luna. Well, actually, my son-in-law arranged the call and my daughter, Sarah, officiated, but Luna spent at least 20 minutes showing me all her toys and books via the telephone screen. This…
Welcome Home for Ray: Honey-Sweetened Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Ray is flying in from Texas tonight after a 5 day trip. I know that he appreciates something sweet, so I baked up some homemade oatmeal raisin cookies for him. We don’t eat refined sugar so these are sweetened with honey and agave. I think he will appreciate my efforts. Below is a 4-Star recipe…
Two of My Completed Pots from Ceramics Class
Here are two of the products of my ceramics class. On is a coil pot and the other is from a slab of clay that I decorated before it was glazed. The coil pot: The decorated slab: I am having lots of fun. I have no expectation for myself, which makes everything just like…
A Visit to Chapman University, Fowler School of Law
Today, Rachael, Luna and I traveled to the City of Orange to visit Fowler School of Law at Chapman University. This is the school that has offered Rachael a full scholarship. Neither of us had been to Chapman before so we didn’t know what to expect. The gist: the admissions officer knew exactly who Rachael…
Mahler at Disney Hall
Ray and I went to Disney Hall tonight to hear the LA Phil perform Mahler’s Sixth Symphony. This is Ray’s favorite and also a favorite of mine, so having Gustavo Dudamel conduct it without the need of a score was fairly thrilling. The LA Phil proved once again that it is filled to overflowing with…
One Poem from Billy Collins
I love Billy Collins’s poetry. Here is one of his poems below to just get you thinking about how it is possible to view other people and oneself using a different lens. I love several of these images, but most especially “the evening paper blowing down an alley” and “the moon in the trees.” See…
20 Minutes a Day 