For this second installment of PDP’s Saturday Bookmarks series, I’d like to introduce you to author Anita Seymour, aka Anita Davison. I met Anita due to our mutual admiration for The Brimstone Butterfly, Caro Riikonen. Caro blogged about and posted photos of the great British houses and castles she toured. She was a private person [...]
The guy on the radio said we might have frost on our windshields tomorrow morning. 32 degrees is our predicted overnight low. That’s considered freezing on the Fahrenheit scale. Frost. Pasadena. For yesterday’s dog walk, John wore a woolen scarf around his neck. He also wore shorts, but still, something’s not right. These old houses–okay, [...]
I thought I was brave to snap this photo with a car coming. Now that I upload it, the car looks far away. One thing I love about January: I can take night shots and still be home by 6:30. I tempt fate! I brave the night! I will stay out until 6:45! 7:00 maybe! [...]
“Suzie! Time for dinner!” “Okay!” Scuffle scuffle run run run blam! In the chair. “Did you wash your hands?” “Aw, Mom, I’m hungry!” “I don’t care, wash your hands.” “Mom…” “Wash.” Chair scooch. Stomp stomp stomp. Splash. “Good. Did you pick up your toys?” “……..” Towel flip. “……..Yup.” ”Fine. Let’s eat.” Read the Full [...]
Tara Samuel and my husband John Sandel finalized plans yesterday for the screenwriting class the two of them will begin teaching in–wow–just over a week. We’re pretty excited around here. Script Kitchen will include 7 students in 6 weekly classes, “focusing on story structure and how the hero determines the tale.” John and Tara [...]
I’m sorry we skipped our Zen last week. It was New Year’s Day, or Halloween or something, and I forgot. Regarding today’s photo, I was bummed that my camera focused on the background instead of the important information about Hell. Then I discovered the neighborhood had been plastered with these bits of litter paper, so [...]
The other day I enjoyed the company of:Sierra Madre,Bean Town coffee,andAdele,not necessarily in that order. Adele is the host/writer/photographer/historian at Seeing Sierra Madre: One Photo at a Time. She and I met at Bean Town for a cup, then headed north on Baldwin Avenue with our cameras. Right away, we came to this cute shop [...]
The Battery Books and Music, South Pasadena Today I begin a regular Saturday feature on writing, reading, and books. Not just my books, but also guest authors, libraries, book shops, ideas, writing tips, and fun stuff. I’m just busting to talk about this stuff. I’m calling it “Bookmarks,” and I welcome your suggestions. I won’t [...]
I said I was going to do a “best of 2012″ retrospective and promptly forgot, so I’m a couple of days late. Judging from comments, this shot, 2/1 Theme Day: Animals, was the hands-down favorite. It took it during a mid-January sunset at Hahamongna Watershed Park. Some of these are my favorites, some were favorites [...]
Here’s another photo from the archives. These vines grow (or grew) up the backsides of what used to be Madre’s restaurant on Granite Park Place. I like the backsides of things. Don’t take that the wrong way. I don’t know what it the building houses now. I haven’t been getting out much lately. I could [...]
