California Watermelon Festival
A week ago, I didn’t even know there was a watermelon festival. But a friend of ours, Frank, not only told us about it, but paid for our admission. Thank you, Frank! This was out by Hansen Dam in Los …
Star Wars Video, Nothing but Star Wars Video…
As promised last week, here is video from the Star Wars Celebration. There was a lot to see in one day. This is just about nine minutes of it. May the Force be with you. Dennis Amador Cherry 114th blog …
Just Yesterday in a County Nearby
This weekend, after a two-year absence, Star Wars Celebration returned. This is a convention that moves around the country and for it’s return it came back to the Anaheim Convention Center. Again on a limited budget, we only had tickets …
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 …
This is a test of the Wannabe Broadcast System
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. …
The Birds and the Bugs
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 …
LATFoB
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 …
My life is complete, now.
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!
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 …
Back to the Future
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 …