No sooner did I get back from the Oregon trip with my daughter, elder son and three grandchildren, than Rick and I packed and headed off with a couple from our Bible study to see Philadelphia and Gettysburg. We’d been planning this trip for almost two years, eager to get a taste of history …
Yesterday, I emailed my third and final scene to my editor. She has already completed the deletions and sent me the “clean copy” and will be dropping the new scene in when I’ve finished my read-through. I must admit, when I saw the small pile of work, I gulped. Is that all that’s left of …
When my children were young, I took them up to Brookings-Harbor, Oregon each summer to visit with my parents who lived up the hill and across the highway from Whaleshead Beach. We usually spent 7-10 days. Mom always had “stone soup” waiting for our arrival – and a fresh batch of chocolate chip cookies. …
“Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is a process; working together is success.” Henry Ford “Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and cheer and give strength to body and soul alike.” John Muir “God bless America. Let’s save some of it.” Edward Abbey
A number of years ago, environmental groups went to war with the lumber industry over the plight of the snowy owl. It nests in redwoods, and people wanted its habitat protected. People climbed and camped in trees. Some chained themselves to redwoods. Eventually, they won and lumber mills were shut down in northern California. Some …
“We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.” Winston Churchill “The power to tax is the power to destroy.” John Marshall
No one likes paying taxes, but they’re necessary to keep the country going. However, the last thing we want to see is a bunch of IRS workers doing line dances and dressing up as Trekkies on taxpayer money at conferences that tally up to $50M. And we don’t want to hear the IRS targeting any …
“When you come to a fork in the road, take it.” Yogi Berra “Thanks to the interstate highway system, it is now possible to travel from coast to coast without seeing anything.” Dave Barry
Over the years, Rick and I have played tourist wherever we’ve lived. Sonoma County is no different, except that people come from around the world to visit the wine country, redwoods and Pacific coast, and we have it close at hand. When I’m neck-deep in a project, I don’t have time to wander too far …
“A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.” Colin Powell “Out of clutter, find simplicity.” Albert Einstein “Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.” J.M. Barrie