I was thinking about how people perceive the world through sight, sound and physical interactivity and how much camaraderie versus disconnection occurs with mutual or different sensory experiences. For example, my husband, Ray, is hyper-visual and he notices all sorts of details – good and bad – in his surroundings. He might note how one…
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The Joy of Buying and Selling
Ray has been teaching me how to post antique items on eBay for sale. This is something he’s been doing for a while and something that I have not been doing at all. It is ironic in a way since I’m the one who sits at a computer all the time and is writing or…
All Souls’ Day
Today was All Soul’s Day. I served in church at the 8 am Mass and listened as the names of people who have died and been recorded in our parish’s Chantery Book were read out for the months of January through April. We were having three Masses so each time four months worth of names…
Just Accepted as a SCN National Writing Conference Presenter!
I am happy to announce that I will be a workshop presenter at Story Circle Network’s National Memoir Conference entitled “Stories of the Heart VII” in Austin April 11 – 13, 2014. I just received my notification yesterday that my proposal was accepted for an hour and a half workshop entitled, “How Writing 20 Minutes…
Natural Gifts – Embrace Them
Someone posted the dancing clip below. It is fun to watch: http://www.edisproduction.de/2013/10/20/man-with-awesome-dance-moves-will-amaze-you/ After seeing this young man with his agile body and ever-moving legs, I had to think, we’re all given natural gifts. This young man can dance. Others can sing. Others are especially kind, smart, generous, or have a natural gift for cooking, cleaning,…
Thanks to the Kindness of a Stranger
A few minutes ago, the dogs barked, alerting me to something unusual. I opened the backdoor only to discover that it is actually RAINING here. I can hear the thumping of raindrops on my outside furniture right now and it is a rare and welcome sound. On a completely different note, a man came to…
5 Star National Geographic Exhibit at the Annenberg in LA
I have just returned from the Annenberg Space for Photography in Century City, which is hosting an exhibit entitled: The Power of Photography: National Geographic 125 Years. This exhibit will be up until Sunday, April 27th, 2014, and is an absolute must-see. Here is the Annenberg, which always has free admission: The exhibit celebrates 125…
Previously Unseen Photos of My Beloved Brother, George
Today, one of my hometown friends posted some pictures of my brother, George, that were taken in the early 1970’s. That would make George about 21 or 22. These pictures are precious to me because they are the only ones I’ve seen of my brother during this time and you can see what a handsome…
A Busy November
This morning Ray and I have been setting our calendar for through the first of the year. We usually do this so we can plan when we’ll go to Texas and to Ojai so that we can make sure we stay on top of our projects there, but this time it is a bit more…
My Brother?
I was walking the other day in downtown Los Angeles when I saw him – a man in his mid-forties, slight of build, with a square jaw and dark eyes. My heart jumped in my chest, John! I wanted to shout out, but did not. My brother, you see, died back in 1994 and this…
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