Free Cornish Army by Chris Dolley A short memoir of a huge hoax. The true story of a student who, to publicise Plymouth Charities Week, created the Free Cornish Army and convinced the UK media that Cornwall had risen up … Continue reading
The acceptable garb of my former workplace was one step below “business casual”. No suits on either men or women; the Director and Assistant Director (both male) came closest to the suit thing by wearing shirts and slacks without ties. … Continue reading
I didn’t bring my Croc clogs on our most recent return to Seattle, but we did bring the dogs, and I decided I would write my blog about that trip. The trip was for a necessary return to the surgeon … Continue reading
Dear Auntie Deborah: Help! My characters have gone amok and won’t follow the plot of my book! What can I do to whip them into shape? — A Frustrated Author Dear Frustrated: The short (but brutal) answer is that your characters … Continue reading
These festive Day of the Dead Heads are easy to make. They take one day to make if you make the plaster heads up in the morning and decorate at night, or two days if you make the heads a day early, which is advisable since it guarantees the heads will be dry enough to decorate and display.
Continue readingWelcome to 5780. May it be a good and sweet year. Australia has been there for a day already and tested the waters, so check our news to find out what the early part of the year is like. Jewish … Continue reading
I personally feel that a person is ruled by their date of birth. Dynamics are in play that we never notice. Odd behaviors by one’s family are suddenly explained. Suggest that a baby is born on her sister’s third birthday. … Continue reading
We fall in love with houses. We can’t stop looking at them. We want to be with them all the time, and miss them horribly when we are away. Only we can’t Skype them to see them and tell them … Continue reading
Ahoy! Join Captain Thor and me as we launch our new pirate boat, RV (Recreational Vessel) Nereid. NOTE: I promise we will return to the sacred Greek island of Delos in next week’s blog post. “Life” just got a little … Continue reading
I’m sure you’ve heard about Seattle’s hot real estate market. So have my Tukwila neighbors. Our house in Tukwila, a Seattle suburb with a Seattle zipcode, is soon to be on the market. We’ve told people. Of course we’ve told … Continue reading
