Bud in Flight: Fair Use or Bad Karma?
I happened upon an article on yesterday’s AP wire by Anthony McCartney. It seems that Anheuser-Busch is upset because in the new blockbuster film “Flight,” pilot Denzel Washington is shown… Read more »
Category: Cape Seduction
National Lighthouse Day!
Serendipity…a happy coincidence! That’s what I thought when I sat down to write this blog and realized that today, August, 7th, is National Lighthouse Day! Can you imagine my delight?… Read more »
2012 Special Offer – Circle of Hope
Some of you know that besides my passion for serving education through the SCV Education Foundation and supporting the American Cancer Society through Relay For Life, I also serve of… Read more »
A Year in the Garden of Hope
That’s the theme for this year’s Circle of Hope Afternoon Tea and Champagne Reception, being held tomorrow, October 15, 2011. This is my first time going, and I can’t wait. Picking… Read more »
9th Annual Duarte Festival of Authors!
I really love this event. Very casual, laid-back, beautiful park grounds setting. It was here, a couple of years back, where my author pals and I met the venerable Ray… Read more »
Fall for a Good Mystery Author Panel
Barnes & Noble Valencia Author Event Sisters in Crime is back to host another up-close and personal chat with a panel of captivating mystery writers. This month we’ll be joined… Read more »
California’s Lighthouses: The History and the Mystery
January 12, 2011 – Santa Paula, CA – The earliest of California’s 35+ lighthouses have protected its coastal waters for over 160 years, and are thus a big part of… Read more »
Loretta Young: An Oscar and an Emmy
Born today, in 1913, was film and television star Loretta Young. As a child, I adored this beautiful, versatile actress, and faithfully watched her program, “The Loretta Young Show” (1953… Read more »
Another Auld Lang Syne
Happy New Year. Have been thinking about what to say, but I’m so late I’m afraid all the good topics have already been written. And it’s already the 4th; folks… Read more »
We Have Winners!
May I have a drum roll please? Contest time! Jeepers, I had a lot of entrants. Have written all the names down on tiny fortune-cookie-sized papers and folded them up…. Read more »