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…
Tag: Writing 20 Minutes a Day
Pure Love
I am in love with the LA Phil. Absolutely in love. I love going to the hour-long talks before the concert where we learn all about what we’re about to listen to, including aspects of the composer’s life which may have contributed to the writing of the piece. I love the free cough drops by…
Now I Am Really Finished!
You know when I said the Scholastic entries were all ready? Well, it turned out that they were not since one of my students ended up submitting five more entries. (This is a good thing.) However, between getting the Scholastic paper work done (read: ridiculous redundancies) and squeezing in a Fedex trip while working on…
Scholastic Submissions Ready!
It’s 11:47 pm and I am just finishing my Scholastic Artists and Writers submission packet for my students, grades 7 – 12. I will be sending this off tomorrow, right after one more student gets one more story to me before I head off to the FedEx office. I am happy to have this submission…
Our Texas Home: A Step into the Past
Here is our Texas home. It is a Queen Anne Victorian that was a derelict building when we bought it; everything of value robbed – mantles, light fixtures, etc. – and the wall stripped down to the lath. My camera is not very good, and there are more rooms that are not included because I…
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