Fins Over Feathers: A Fish-Giving Tale
March 2, 2019
While I get ready to teach my Spring UCLA Extension Writers’ Program Class Finding Your Voice, I offer you this holiday piece from last Fall’s Edible Ojai/Ventura. Enjoy! OR:… Continue reading »
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March 2, 2019
While I get ready to teach my Spring UCLA Extension Writers’ Program Class Finding Your Voice, I offer you this holiday piece from last Fall’s Edible Ojai/Ventura. Enjoy! OR:… Continue reading »
May 29, 2018
While working on the audio version of my novel Entertaining Disasters, getting ready for my summer class, Finding Your Voice, at UCLA Extension’s Writers’ Program, and… Continue reading »
February 9, 2018
The Broad blockbuster Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors closed January 1st. Did anyone notice? No one I knew who wanted a ticket, could get one…. Continue reading »
July 10, 2017
Hey, I’m busy, I just ran a 5K and marched in a Fourth of July Parade, with my dog, and my husband, and now I’ve got a class to teach… Continue reading »
June 21, 2017
It’s been a lovely spring after a great wet winter, turning the entire state into a bouncing floral bouquet. We drove through the Gold Country in March and were astonished… Continue reading »
May 15, 2017
What is eating us? By that I mean what is going on with food in restaurants, markets, homes, our mouths, these days? Why has fine restaurant dining become such… Continue reading »
December 9, 2016
I know a reprise of one of my darkly humorous fruitcake pieces might be more appropriate this time of year, but we’ve just been plunged into a future that is… Continue reading »
July 11, 2016
It’s a glorious day on PCH in Malibu when I spy a senior couple standing roadside, facing heavy traffic, the blue Pacific to their backs, smiling into their cell phone–or… Continue reading »
May 23, 2016
I know, you’ve never heard of The Sherman Oaks Review of Books (aka SORB). Nobody has, except the Rancho Cucamonga Review of Books, from which it split off a while… Continue reading »
July 3, 2015
This is Sadie enjoying the lawn about which I feel such guilt in this Los Angeles Times Opinion piece: Deprogramming the Southern California Lawn. While she looks particularly good lounging… Continue reading »