I am sitting outside my back door in a small alcove that we’ve furnished with two chairs, a bench and three small glass-topped tables. There is a lemon tree to my right filled with Meyer lemons, a wonderful variety that is sweeter and has a thinner skin than regular lemons. The dogs are out back…
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Two Weeks Since Luna’s Birth – What I’ve Learned
I have been a grandmother for a little over two weeks now. This is what I know in this very short amount of time: 1) I have not felt this sort of feeling for 22 years since my youngest child, Rachael, was born. 2) Babies have the softest skin imaginable. 3) Luna turned and somehow…
Jury Duty, a Beautiful Park, and Boston
It is 11:17 pm and I better hurry if I’m going to honor my commitment of writing for a minimum of 20 minutes a day. Ah, but what to write? I am on jury duty for what will be 7 to 10 days. I can tell you that much, but no more. We received very…
Jury Selection and Rachael’s Birthday
I have been selected to serve on a jury in a civil case. The judge said we can expect the trial to go from 7 – 10 days. We had jury selection today and we begin tomorrow. I am happy to do my civic duty though the timing could have been better. Ray and I…
A Happy Day at the Getty
My niece, Katie Leatherwood, and her friend, John Allen, are visiting us from Texas for the next few days. They have been to Coachella to the music festival and have come to LA before heading up Pacific Coast Highway to San Francisco. (One of the prettiest drives anywhere in the world!) Anyway, today we headed…
The Worst and the Best
A sad day indeed when people watching a marathon are injured or die from a bomb blast. Worse yet, when children are hurt or killed, or their parents fall victim right in front of their kids’ eyes. A joyous occasion turns tragic in an instant While the world watches from their television sets. Part of the…
Kubrick: An Exhibition NOT to Miss
We just returned from the Stanley Kubrick exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). This was part of Rachael’s 22nd birthday celebration – a trip that she and her dad cooked up. This exhibit is fabulous and could be revisited many times in order to fully experience it. They have clips from…
A Busy Day and a Good Movie
I have had a long day. We had the Breakfast Club this morning, then we attended a requiem mass for our friend, Barry Norcross, who died in January. After that, I had four hours of students and editing before we headed over to the Arc Light in Hollywood for dinner and a movie. Any one…
Honey-Sweetened Lemon Coconut Almond Cookies
My great-nephew Eli, a fellow non-eater of refined sugar, came up with this delicious and nutritious recipe for a cake-like lemon cookie sweetened with honey or agave. This is one of those recipes that you can count on. The cookies are perfect every time in taste and texture. Today I went out and pulled a…
The Time is Now
We know a Mexican family with four fine sons. Two were born in the United States; two in Mexico. All four boys have lived here their entire lives save for a year or two when they were babies. Now the two boys – the “Mexican” citizens – have been given two glorious years to live…
20 Minutes a Day 