I made two recipes today that both used canned pineapple. That doesn’t sound all that good, but both were exceptionally tasty. One was a rice salad and the other was a maple and molasses-sweetened pineapple upside-down cake. Here are the recipes. Let me know if you try these. I think you’ll like them. California Rice…
Category: Writing
Waiting for Luna to Return
Friday night. Waiting for Rachael and Ariel to bring Luna back from their dinner together, “a date,” Rachael called it for the three of them. Luna spent the day with Grandma and Grandpa and is also spending the night because her mother Sarah has returned to work in her family medicine residency program and is…
Tired After a Good Day
I have been working all day today. I had students all morning and afternoon and then spent this evening communicating with students in my Story Circle Network online “Flash Fiction/Flash Memoir” class and also trading emails with potential teachers for the SCN Online Class program. I wrapped up the evening by finishing up a recommendation…
Repost: Great Quotes on Writing from Brenda Ueland
I have been reading several books in preparation for my presentation at Story Circle Network’s “Stories of the Heart” memoir conference coming up in Austin in a couple of weeks. One is If You Want to Write by Brenda Ueland. This is considered by many to be one of the very best books on writing…
Visit in Salt Lake City
We are in Salt Lake City visiting my sister Leslie’s son Jim, his wife, Karri, and their kids, Eli and Sophie. We also hope to see Leslie’s daughter Kevin and her husband Scott while we are here for this short visit. We went for a hike today, then to the U of Utah Utes baseball…
Blog Milestone: 125,000+ Views! Thank you, Readers.
I have been waiting to hit 125,000 views so that I could celebrate your support of my blog, my friends. Today, I have 125, 433 views of the 1530 posts I’ve written since I began blogging daily back in 2011. I have had over 65,000 visitors to my blog and over 4, 000 comments. I…
Tonight and Today
Scurrying this evening to get all the prep work done for the upcoming Story Circle Network classes that begin in mid-May. This is after a day up in Ojai taking care of estate-related business. The good news is I got a lot accomplished today and I feel much better knowing it’s done. Hooray. The weather…
Up in Ojai
We are up in Ojai tonight so we can handle some business tomorrow. The night is very quiet which is lovely because Ray and I have both had busy days. The dogs are with us. They are happy in general and especially happy here. Something about being outside alot running from one place to another….
Last Stained Glass Class at Barnsdall Art Center Tonight
Liz and I have enjoyed meeting every Tuesday night from 6:30 – 9:30 at the Barnsdall Art Center in Hollywood to learn about stained glass. The teachers, a sweet couple who buzzed around helping everyone, were kind, supportive and helpful. I’ve never done one thing with stained glass – have hardly done anything in an…
Repost: Elie Wiesel’s “Night” and Its Relevance Today
Today I worked with one of my UCLA students on a paper centered on Elie Wiesel’s book, Night. This is Wiesel’s first-hand account of being forced to leave his home in Transylvania (along with his entire village) and relocate first to Auschwitz and later to Buchenwald concentration camps during World War II. The volume is…
20 Minutes a Day 