Baking at Christmas – A Family Tradition
Mom’s Christmas Pudding My favorite holiday tradition would have to be baking for Christmas. My mother would come home from church one Sunday and announce – “Right! it’s time to make Christmas Pudding.” I didn’t know for many years how my mother received...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...
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