Book Tour, Persimmons and a Birthday that Ends in Five
Back in Calabasas I’m back home again after my 10-day road trip to northern California, featuring book readings, good times with friends, several bags of persimmons, and my 75th birthday. It was a great trip. Here are the Highlights: Because my first stop was...
Pumpkin Patches, Pumpkin Pie and Pumpkin Seeds
Pumpkin Patch Traditions Long-time readers know that when I lived in Santa Cruz my oldest granddaughter and I enjoyed visiting a pumpkin patch each October. As the years passed, I watched little Bean progress in her relationship with the pumpkins. At first, she just...
Starting Over – Again
Starting Over – Again I am so grateful for all the readers who responded to my last post, some by private email. So many suggestions for how to fill the hole left when I was no longer taking daily care of my infant granddaughter. By far the most common, and...Becoming a Grandma-Again!
A New Grandchild My first thought when my oldest daughter told me she was expecting my first grandchild was “at last!” I was sixty-four years old, with four adult children more focused on their careers than on starting families. Most of my friends were already...
Shopping for Salad at the Calabasas Farmers’ Market
Explore Your Local Market In the last decade, millions of people have altered their buying habits and now purchase some food from CSAs, farmers’ markets, and grocery stores that specialize in locally grown, unsprayed, and unprocessed produce and grains, sustainable...
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