“The President of Mexico and I have cancelled our meeting set for next week.” Wolf Blitzer and his Situation Room’s coverage of Donald Trump’s latest presidential decree caught River’s eye as she slid onto the bar stool nearest the TV. The president’s insistence that a wall would be built along the U.S./Mexican border and that […]
On the Road Beyond Cuckoo began as a rant, progressed to disbelief and evolved, or regressed, depending on your perspective, as research and plot development for a novel in progress. Jack Kerouac wrote his Beat fictional trip on one continuous scroll of paper ‘round and about the same year I was born. Some consider it […]
River cut through the orange orchard to save a few minutes. Perfect timing allowed her to dally at the library and still get home by 6:00 for dinner. It didn’t matter where she went, or what she did, as long as she hit her mark at the table when the first dishes came out of […]
Farm to Table It’s no secret that I love to cook, or that now I’ve retired, I’m officially Beyond Cuckoo. (Well, that part I’m still working on—but more about that soon.) This week, canvas bags in hand and like Ina Garten, husband in tow, I hit the Wednesday Santa Rosa Farmers Market. For those that […]
I stood behind the 8mm Brownie Movie Camera at the 1961 Macy’s Day Parade. My Dad had his finger on the trigger. I squirmed to the front for a better look. Nothin’ more to say–a caption attached to a moment in time and space.