Anniversary on a Budget
Yesterday was our 33rd wedding anniversary. In past years we’ve taken a week-long trip to Baycon or Fanime in San Jose, then a stop in SLO (San Luis Obispo). Or a couple of times just a weekend in SLO. This …
Yesterday was our 33rd wedding anniversary. In past years we’ve taken a week-long trip to Baycon or Fanime in San Jose, then a stop in SLO (San Luis Obispo). Or a couple of times just a weekend in SLO. This …
Back when Kris and I were in Quattro University, we did a 100-Day challenge where for 100 days we would put up a video on our website. That was a fun time, trying to come up with something every day. …
It was a quiet weekend. With the exception of a Zoom critique group meeting, I was pretty free, so we decided to do a little nature walking. We’ve been seeing dragonflies around, so on Saturday, we went to our favorite …
It’s been a week since the L.A. Times Festival of Books, and I’m recovered enough to write about it. Actually, it wasn’t that bad. The LATFoB had been canceled for the past two years because of Covid. This first year …
I saw Alton Brown in person at the Los Angeles Festival of Books. Well, almost complete. They sold out of “Good Eats 4” before I could buy a copy. More on the LATFoB and the GLAWS booth next week. Time …
Festival! Festival! No, I won’t be burning books, but I’ll be helping authors sell their books at the L. A. Times Festival of Books. https://www.facebook.com/latimesfob For specific information, check their website https://events.latimes.com/festivalofbooks/ It’s been three years and GLAWS is glad …
It seems like we were just at the L. Ron. Hubbard Writers and Illustrators of the Future Annual Achievement Awards. Oh, yes, it was last October when they combined the 36th and 37th annual awards. Now it is back on …
Well, it’s the end of the first quarter of 2022. Time to check on how I’m doing on my goals for the year: 2022 Goals – the expurgated version (the one without the gannet). For the full version see my …
It’s been a while since I gave blood. Thanksgiving weekend to be precise. I was going to give in January, but then, well, Covid. I am O Negative, the universal donor. I am also CMV Negative. CMV is a bacterium …
Back in May of last year, I had some disappointing jalapenos. First, we went to Topper’s Pizza (my favorite pizza place) and ordered a pizza with jalapenos on it. The jalapenos were disappointingly not hot. Then I made a …