This is What Happiness Looks Like
Happiness Starts in the Morning This morning I awakened just before my alarm went off. I set an alarm for 6:00 a.m. Monday through Friday so I can join a Shut Up and Write Group that meets 6:45-8:30. We check in, say where we’re calling from, then write for 90...Book Tour, Persimmons and a Birthday that Ends in Five
Back in Calabasas I’m back home again after my 10-day road trip to northern California, featuring book readings, good times with friends, several bags of persimmons, and my 75th birthday. It was a great trip. Here are the Highlights: Because my first stop was...
Pumpkin Patches, Pumpkin Pie and Pumpkin Seeds
Pumpkin Patch Traditions Long-time readers know that when I lived in Santa Cruz my oldest granddaughter and I enjoyed visiting a pumpkin patch each October. As the years passed, I watched little Bean progress in her relationship with the pumpkins. At first, she just...
Eating During a Heat Wave
Adjusting to the Heat Southern California, along with much of the US and beyond, is experiencing a record-breaking heat wave. In my email this morning came this warning from the Weather Service: LOS ANGELES, CA — Punishing triple-digit heat continues to bear down on...
Shopping for Salad at the Calabasas Farmers’ Market
Explore Your Local Market In the last decade, millions of people have altered their buying habits and now purchase some food from CSAs, farmers’ markets, and grocery stores that specialize in locally grown, unsprayed, and unprocessed produce and grains, sustainable...
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