So Yeah, I Joined Twitter

Our social media expert at work offered us some workshop opportunities this week. The workshop will be about how we can get the most out of our Twitter Account. Especially in a business sense.

Being I did not really delve into the world of Twitter, when I was in school (and note, I probably should have), I thought this sounded right up my alley.

Unfortunately, to learn, I needed to join.

So here I am, 6 years late, learning how to Tweet. :-)

If you are interested, or want to follow me on Twitter, you can always find the link, way way down on the right side of my blog.

Otherwise, just click HERE.

The Harbor Restaurant

My Water Post For Today.

For my new Twitter Followers, I just wanted to bring you up to speed on my Monday Water Posts.

Every Monday for the past 6 1/2 years, I have highlighted a water scene. You can see my first one, HERE. The person whose idea it was, lives in Las Vegas and she said she could use the views of calming water in her life. It sounded good to me, too.

I got the ball rolling and have managed to find a photo of something to do with water, every week since. As a matter of fact, when I spent 4 months in Oswego, New York working on my Graduate Certificate in Integrated Media and Social Networks in the Fall of 2013, I used both Monday and Wednesday for water posts. I had so very many of Lake Ontario and the surrounding area. An abundance of riches, that I wanted to share with my readers.

Today I go back to January of this year and the Santa Barbara area. We will be visiting in a few weeks, so to get me in the mood, here is a photo of the Harbor Restaurant on the pier. A fun fact, we went to dinner there on my sister's 30th birthday (29 years ago this month). :-)

It is a lovely restaurant and of course, the scenery can't be beat.

I hope you enjoy.

Angel Face

Yes, I am in a Springtime mood this week.

We cut our roses each January and so these past 2 weeks have been a show of new growth, on most of my roses.

I seem to have lost one in my back yard, due to the ongoing drought, but that's life out here right now.

One of the ones that was blooming last week, was the one placed in the ground, in honor of me.

It is called Angel Face and if you remember, I wrote about the story of many of my roses HERE.

It started out innocently and grew from there. This one was one of the last ones planted by me and it is not in the most desirable place, but it holds on and look at how pretty it is this year.

I love my little Angel Face.

A Mission Bell In Downtown LA

When were were walking around the Downtown LA area, we passed Angel's Flight.

I must have missed it, the other times I visited because I was surprised when I saw a California Mission Bell, over on the side of the track. The railway is not on El Camino Real (the 101 Freeway is about a mile away from it), but it must be there to indicate the place Angel's Flight holds in the history of Los Angeles.

I did not shoot the entire shepard's staff (which holds the Mission Bell), because I loved the bougainvillaea right behind it. So this photo is just of the bell itself.

Seeing a flowering plant, was an unexpected pleasure.

Beauty and history, all in one spot.

Enjoy.

Irish Soda Buns

Normally, I can find any recipe on the Internet. In this case, relish.com which is where I got this recipe, (via their print "throw away" magazine that came in my newspaper), did not connect to the online version.

I had to type this in, so any mistakes are mine...sigh.

Irish Soda Buns

Irish soda bread is usually made in a free-form round. By making individual rolls, the baking time has been halved.

Make an X on top, to help each roll open up and rise fully, in the oven.

1 2/3 Cups of all-purpose flour
2/3 cup whole wheat flour
1/4 cup sugar
1 1/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
4 tbsp unsalted butter, softened, cut into small pieces
1/2 cup golden raisins
1 tsp caraway seeds
3/4 cup plus 3 tbsp buttermilk

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Coat a 9-inch round cake pan with cooking spray.

2. In a large bowl, whisk flours, sugar, baking soda and salt. With fingers or pastry blender, cut in butter until mixture resembles course crumbs. Stir in raisins and caraway seeds. Pour buttermilk over top, and stir with fork until mixture holds together. If necessary, add more buttermilk, a little at a time.

3. Transfer to a lightly floured surface and knead about 20 times or until smooth. With lightly floured hands, shape into 10 balls. Place in pan. With small, sharp knife, cut an X on the top of each ball.

4. Bake 25 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pan and let cool on wire rack.

Makes 10 buns.

Red Light Cameras Bite The Dust...Finally!

Many years ago, I wrote an article about the Red Light Cameras that the City of Santa Clarita put up. It was December of 2007, when I wrote that post...which you can view, HERE.

The article seems to indicate we had them for quite a while before I wrote the post...so we had them for at least 8 or more years. One article mentioned that the City began looking into getting them, in 2002. Yikes!

Well, Tuesday night the City Council FINALLY decided that the cameras were not worth it anymore. It took them that long? Seriously?

I couldn't believe how they voted "yes, let's keep them", each time the contract came up for renewal.

One of the facts that came out a while ago, was that they had the left turn lights set at 3.5 seconds, instead of 4.5, in order to catch more people. That finally got changed a little while ago and guess what? There weren't many tickets anymore and so it was not paying for itself and the City wasn't making any money either.

I just shake my head at the stupidity, that went on for so darn long.

You can read the City Council's decision, HERE.

King Eddy Saloon

My guy tells the story of his father coming all the way out to Los Angeles, back in the day. He was young and was visiting one of his father's brothers. The man had a bar somewhere in the Downtown LA area. His name, was Edward. Well, my husband has put both those things together, in his mind at least, and has come up with the King Eddy Saloon.

Being he "Liked" the bar, on Facebook and being we were walking around the general area, I asked him if he wanted to try to approach the place (carefully) and see it for ourselves.

Our problems were twofold.

1. It is right on the edge of Skid Row in Downtown LA.
2. It was 3PM and the bar doesn't open until 5PM.

We decided to approach it via the Ronald Reagan Office building, figuring that sounded safe. As a matter of fact, very safe. There was a Disney shoot going on and so there were cops all around the area. Win!

The neighborhood did indeed get a bit grittier, but from what I read about the history of the place, they have trained the "residents" of Skid Row to stay away from the immediate area of the bar. So as you can see in the photo, my Husband now has a photo taken out front of The Kind Eddy Saloon.

My personal thoughts are that being the man was Jewish, the bar was probably around the area, just to the East of Downtown. Now called Caesar Chavez Ave, but back then known as Brooklyn Ave. Where it intersected Soto Street, was a big Jewish neighborhood in the early 1900's. Now days, it is mostly inhabited by people of Hispanic background. If it had ever been there, it is very gone, now days.

Glad we made it in and out safely.

Asian-Inspired Mustard Greens

Here I am, with 3 kinds of greens. Collard, Mustard and Sea Kale and I am totally at a loss as to what to do.

I decided to see what Mustard Greens brought up, recipe wise and this is what I found...All Recipes to the rescue, again.

Asian-Inspired Mustard Greens

Ingredients:
1 tablespoon sesame seeds (optional)
1 teaspoon Asian (toasted) sesame oil
6 cups washed and chopped mustard greens
1/4 cup water
1 teaspoon minced garlic, or to taste

1 tablespoon soy sauce
2 teaspoons Japanese rice wine (mirin)vinegar
1 teaspoon sake (optional)
1 teaspoon white sugar

Directions:

1. Place the sesame seeds into a large skillet over medium heat, and cook and stir constantly until the seeds are toasted a golden brown and make a continuous crackling noise, 1 to 2 minutes. Transfer the seeds immediately to a bowl to stop the cooking process. Set seeds aside.

2. Place sesame oil in the hot skillet, and heat until it just begins to smoke (this should happen very fast). Place mustard greens into the hot oil, and pour in water. With a spatula, gently toss the greens until they are wilted and reduced in quantity, about 2 minutes. Mix in garlic, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, sake, and sugar.

3. Bring the mixture to a boil, stir until sugar has dissolved, and cover the skillet. Reduce heat to a simmer, and cook until the greens are tender, 10 to 15 minutes. If a thicker sauce is desired, remove greens with a slotted spoon, and cook the liquid down to desired thickness; return greens to the skillet, toss in the pan juices, and sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds.

How did it come out? Well, the greens are bitter, but the sweetness definitely helped make it a little less bitter. I think I would add another teaspoon of sugar next time.

Otherwise, good.

The Falls Of Fallingwater

My Water Post For Today.

This is Part 2 of my two part mini visit to Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater. In case you missed it, part 1 is HERE.

Again, I want to mention that this is an outdoor photo, so I am OK to share it with you.

I have several photos of this view of the house and falls, but this one is a close up on the falls themselves.

Obviously, little plants get in the view, but I still think it is lovely.

Enjoy.

Live From Beautiful Downtown Burbank

I have shown countless photos of my building in Burbank, over the past almost 3 years.

Recently, I have given up my parking pass and so I park out on Bob Hope Dr.

The thing I did not know, was that in certain locations, you get a great photo of the satellite dishes on top of the building.

All of which are ours. :-)

I bet our owner loves the fact that those dishes are up on top of his building.

He shows off that fact that he has a television station there...unfortunately, he won't let us put our name up there.

Happiness For Another Mother

I don't know if it is the fact that my son turns 25 this October and so everything is coming up on that 25th anniversary, but I have been watching a blog I found, back in September. It is called Inconceivable, and it has been a roller coaster ride over the past 7 months.

The main part of her problem, minus needing to have eggs transferred, was the fact that shortly after that happened, she began bleeding...like all the time. Talk about a major heart attack, every day.

After that finally calmed down a bit, she leaked her amniotic fluid and off to the hospital she went and prepared herself to lose her baby.

I was heartbroken for her...but something kept telling me that she was going to make it. What was that, you might ask?

My son had leaked fluid for a week and amazingly, he came out just fine.

So even though she was much earlier in her pregnancy, I prayed and hoped for a miracle.

No word for weeks on end...

Then suddenly she came on and told us that she was 28 weeks and somehow, the baby was still holding on. I was so happy, but I knew from what she was saying that it was almost the moment of decision. Was the baby better in...or out.

Well, 2 nights ago, 5 days after I saw the other post, I got my answer. They went in for her the next morning, Sunday March 15th. Yes, this unknown woman has an Ides of March baby, as you can read up above in the photo, or on her blog post.

I did pray for her and her baby and though I have no idea what time zone she lives in, maybe that helped...just a little.

Yay!

CVT Softserve Celebrates 1 Year

Happy First Day of Spring! Enjoy the change of season. The East has definitely had enough snow this winter.

Today I just want to congratulate some East Coast people who saw a need in Los Angeles and for the past year, have tried to fill it. I wrote about them, HERE.

They found out that we have crappy soft serve ice cream out here and they got an old Mister Softee truck and made it into "Charlie".

The man goes around to many places and we are on his list twice a month, so I get soft serve, at least 2 times a month. Yay.

It is CVT (Chocolate Vanilla Twist) Softserve and you can see their webpage HERE.

Happy Anniversary...and many more.

You have nowhere else to go, but up. :-)

Subway Terminal Building

Another place I visited, while playing hooky from work last Thursday.

If you remember, my Husband and I met at my workplace. I drove us over to the subway in North Hollywood and off we went. We rode most of its length, from NOHO to Pershing Square (just 2 stops from the end) and immediately began to walk toward Grand Central Market.

We had originally had the idea to find a decent booth there and have some lunch, but since we were running late, we ate in Burbank and then headed out.

Since we had no idea of what restaurants had been added to Grand Central Market, we wanted to look around.

So as we were walking up the street, we saw this building with a beautiful mural on it. I immediately realized that this building, which I had heard of before, was the Subway Terminal Building.

As a matter of fact, Huell Howser shot a program about it, back in the day. You can see that HERE.

What I didn't know, is that the Subway Terminal Building had been restored and made into pricy apartments called Metro 417.

They kept the beautiful mural and the outside shell of the building, that once housed the first subway station in Los Angeles. The underground subway was closed in 1955, as cars became the preferred mode of transportation. The tunnel still exists, but is missing a piece, where a downtown building dug down far enough to take it out.

In case you care, the tunnel began in the area just to the east of Downtown, near Westlake. The dead end street where it is located, is called Toluca Street and it is located at the back of the property, up against a hill. There are now apartments in front of the tunnel entrance, so it is tough to see.

A fun, unexpected thing to find, on our journey.

Vermont And Beverly Station

I was actually caught up at work last week and so I decided to take off a half day.

My Hubby met me at work and off we went on a subway adventure. We love riding the subway, as long time readers know.

I asked him if we could stop at Vermont and Beverly Station, on the way home, so I could get some photos of the boulders that grace the subway platform.

He agreed to the 10 minute delay and off the subway we went.

We couldn't get all the way up to the top, because we would have had to swipe our passes again, but these two photos show off the boulders well.

The upper level has photos of angels on it (I can't believe I missed that!)

You can also see the very top of the station, in those photos, too. There is a cactus garden adjacent to the entrance...how cool is that?

I am so sorry I have had absolutely no business that takes me to that station.

It is really nice.

A Trip To The Vet 2015 Edition

Makenna had her yearly vet exam on Saturday.

Last month, the vet had a 40% off sale for Valentine's Day and we called, but just missed the last open appointment on that date. They said that they would honor the price on our 3/14 appointment and they kept their word. It ended up paying for her Rabies shot. Win!

Otherwise, she gained a tiny bit of weight and we were told to decrease her dry stuff to 1/6 of a cup. Down from a 1/4 cup. Poor kitty.

Her teeth are looking good this time around. That's 2 years in a row.

I love when my kitty aces her exam. :-)

Fallingwater Pool With Statue

My Water Post For Today.

It's another outside shot of Fallingwater and so I am OK to show it. :-)

This photo shows off the pool off the living area and the lovely bronze statue called Mother and Child, created by Jacques Lipchitz in 1941 and 1942.

The sculpture depicts a mother with a child hugging her back. The mother looks up to the sky with hands raised.

The pool is the one that you can take stairs down from the main living room area. The water flows through it and then drops making one of the waterfalls.

It is a beautiful area of the house.

I hope you enjoy.
(Part 2 next week)

My 13th Order From Abundant Harvest Organics

It has been 3 weeks and I have no real produce left in the house...minus the 10 oranges that still congregate around here. I just can't get rid of them fast enough! Here's what we got.

3 Apples

1 Bunch of Asparagus

1 HUGE Head Cauliflower

1 Bunch Collard Greens

1 nice sized Daikon Radish

Bunch of Dill

Red and Green Lettuce

1 bunch Mustard Greens

5 Oranges

1 Bunch Sea Kale (?)

4 Sweet Potatoes

3 Lemons (not on the official list)

I have greens up the wazoo, this time around. Mustard, Collard and something called Sea Kale (which looks just like collard greens, except it grows by the shore. Once again, not sure what I am going to do with these things, except cook them the same way I did the collard greens last time, I guess.

The cauliflower is massive and tastes great in salad. We both had some with our lunch the same day we got it. It will not be a problem eating it. Ate about 1/3rd of the lettuce at the same time. I guess absence makes the heart grow fonder, I have not had their lettuce in months.

The Daikon Radish may be made into chips, like I did the last time I made it. My son adored them.

Truly happy to have another order of Dill. I want to buy some salmon and it goes so well with that.

4 baby sweet potatoes will be no problem and to top it off, they last a while, so I can wait a week or 2 to make them.

I am going to cook the asparagus (very young and tender ones) this weekend. I love asparagus.

Apples are no problem, when I make a new batch of mixed fruit.

That's it, see you next time.

River Village Park's Footprints

Remember I mentioned in my first post about River Village Park, that I had more photos?

Here are two more. They showcase the footprints that are all over the area by the children's play area.

The first photo is of a magnificent tree that they managed to save and they added benches for the parents to watch the children play. A very serene part of the area and yes, look at those bird prints all over the sidewalk! :-)

Here is a close up of the footprints of a bear.

Bears, like the one that graces the flag of the Great State of California, used to roam in these very hills.

Ask any child in 3rd grade about it and they can tell you that the "Monarch" bear was killed in in the Angeles National Forest, south of Vasquez Rocks.

It was brought up to San Francisco and then eventually the Sacramento area. It was used as the model for our flag.

I hope you can feel the cheerfulness that the footprints bring to the area and the bright primary and desert earth colors bring.

Someone was really thinking of both bright colors and earth tones, when they made this play area.

Well done, in my humble opinion.

River Village Park, Valencia

It is our newest park. It is called River Village and it is small, but it gets a lot of things into its small space.

I only had a few minutes to walk around, but in that time I visited:

A parking lot that directly connects it to the river trail. That trail will eventually cross the river and connect to miles of bike paths, that go in every direction through Santa Clarita. Especially since the park is "Centrally" located.

A path that winds its way up the canyon and hill, to eventually bring you to the back end of Santa Clarita's Central Park (happy Shawn?) As a matter of fact, that part is for the Cross Country teams to use. So this will give them more area to run in. I am sure they must get tired of running on the streets of Saugus.

Next up, this wonderful children's play area. They use footprints of animals on the surfaces in the area and that gives it a cheerful feeling. You can just see some of the prints on the concrete, at the far left of the photo.

Next to the children's play area is a covered picnic structure where families can feed their children picnic lunches, or maybe even barbecue (don't quote me on that). The area is behind the play area and you can watch your children, while sitting at the tables.

I may post a few more photos, another day. I hope you enjoy it, so far.

Happy Birthday To My Always Wonderful Sister

A lot of this post was written 5 years ago, but it is what is in my heart this day. Oh and that winery photo is a personal favorite.

Happy Birthday to my baby sister!

Yes, I am the oldest...but she is only 13 months behind me, in age, so that makes her only 59 this year. Lucky girl...still in her 50's. :-)

She is my twin in all ways, except in fact. Being she grew taller then me, by quite a bit, we spent much of our childhood as twins. Dressed the same, called the wrong names. Whatever it is twins deal with, we basically did it. We went through school together and to a certain degree, even shared friends.

Probably the hardest thing about living my life in LA, is that we don't get to see each other much, but we try to connect more and this blog has helped with that. As a matter of fact, I hope to spend some time with her this summer, if we can get a roadtrip going. We both look forward to that.

We may not have loved each other every minute during the years, as this photo can attest, but I can safely say, that we do now.

I love you and I miss you.

Happy Birthday, sis.

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Photos
The first one is at the Hudson
Winery. To say the least, we
got sloshed that day.
The second one was taken at Westdale
Girl Scout Camp. Note that we are
dressed alike. the story of
our lives.

A Verdict In The Trial For Sarah

A few weeks ago, it was the one year anniversary of the passing of Sarah Elizabeth Jones, on a movie set. I posted about this sad story, HERE.

The trial for the man accused of her murder, has been going on for the past month.

The verdict is in and he pleaded guilty to involunterary manslaughter. He gets a total of 2 years in jail and 8 years probation. The thought is that he will be let out in 1 year and do the rest on probation.

Many in the industry are mad because they feel that this is just a slap on the wrist, but I didn't think he would be found guilty at all. What made the difference, was that he did the plea bargain to keep his wife from also being charged. That way, someone was home to raise their children.

Does it feel like enough? I am happy that someone was held accountable, because safety is an issue. Especially the long hours and the cutting corners, due to lack of money and time.

May her untimely death be for something.

You can read more on the response on social media, HERE.

Cinderella Has...A Tat?

Sorry for the poor quality of the photo, but it was taken at a bus shelter, so there is all sorts of extraneous reflections going on. The main thing though, is the butterfly that appears to be on Cinderella's skin. In order to see it, you must click the photo.

I have been passing this poster for a few days and it took me that long to realize that there are butterflies all over the top of her neckline. This one must be another one, or a reflection of one, but why do I feel like it was deliberate.

Disney can't have a princess with tats, so they went with the next best thing, the appearance of a tat. They can obviously say, hey, it's just a butterfly on her neckline and be done with it...but I feel there is intent here.

Moving Cinderella into the 21st century, I guess.

The movie opens on Friday.

Santa Barbara Shoreline

My Water Post For Today.

Santa Barbara! My favorite place, by the water. I love Ventura, too, but, for pure tourist love, Santa Barbara is the place.

This photo is taken from the pier, just as we hit the water line. I love the sun's reflection on the water and the boats in the marina, off in the distance.

I believe we have a few sandpipers foraging, at the edge of the shore. Looking for something yummy to eat.

Peaceful and stunningly beautiful.

I hope you enjoy.

My Desk 3,000 Miles Away

Being that my main computer had a bit of trouble a week ago, we brought my laptop over to the main desk in the Family Room. Well a few days after getting my main computer back, my Husband needed to do something and he went over to my other (school) desk, to work on the laptop that he now felt comfortable with.

We have that set up in the Living Room and it brought me great joy, to see it being used, exactly as I used it in school.

As a matter of fact, I needed it too and I brought the chair over. The moment I sat down, it all came back to me. Especially since I spent about 99% of my waking time, on that chair and computer.

Great memories of life in another place.

Green Grass

This is another photo I took last week.

It is the back side of Central Park and it always looks like a meadow, to me.

I can imagine sheep or goats grazing on the land, like in Upstate New York.

It's a nice change from our usual.

Oh, don't forget to move your clocks forward 1 hour tonight.

Wheat Grass For My Cat

I was taking some photos the other day and I glance into the dining room and there is my cat, watching everything I was doing...from behind her wheat grass.

I don't know if any of my readers buy wheat grass, but it is inexpensive out here ($1.99) and lasts about 2 weeks. So for $4 a month, my cat has green grass to eat.

As a matter of fact, when we return home from our Saturday shopping excursion, she is there, in the dining room, waiting to see if new grass is coming her way. It is very cute.

This particular container of grass I got at Albertsons and it was very large. The cat has had some challenges eating the grass, but she has persevered and managed to make it successfully happen.

One warning, the cat does occasionally end up throwing up some of it. It is a natural part of the process and even though it doesn't thrill me, I clean it up.

A Throw Back Thursday Photo: Solvang

Many social media sites have something called Throwback Thursday. Usually I don't partake in this practice, but since I have been dealing with re-establishing my computer, I have seen many more photos than normal.

This one was taken in Solvang, back in 2007. We picked up our son from JROTC Camp at Fort Hunter Ligget and on our way home, we stopped for a small side trip.

If you are ever in the area of lower central California, the entire area is wonderful. Solvang is a Danish town and you park and walk around, checking out things like windmills and food like Abeleskivers.

In between all the walking, we found this wonderful chair and so we had our photo taken.

May I say that my hair was so much longer then!

I hope you enjoy.

A View Of A River

I was out getting gas and shopping the other day. My Husband decided he didn't need to tag along and so I decided to take a little detour, over to our newest city park. While I was there, I parked in a lot that is right by the Santa Clara River. This is the river that runs right through the middle of our city. Running from the Acton area, all the way to the sea, in Ventura.

It has been empty for years now and I was hoping to see something, but alas, no water.

The clouds were lovely and so was the green on the hills, in spite of not much rain, the hills are enjoying the water we have had.

I think it's a lovely photo of the City I live in.

Collard Greens: Take 2

Here I am, the person who was totally not happy with her collard greens, back at the beginning of my Abundant Harvest Organics life. You can see them, HERE. I really believe I did not like the taste of the ham hock...so that is why I chose this recipe.

It asked for trusty old bacon. Just 3 slices of bacon, as it ended up. I also decided to cook them on the stove, instead of the crock pot. I don't know if that would make much of a difference, but I thought I would give it a try. They say that the longer you cook the collard greens, the better they are. Well, we shall see, won't we. :-)

Here is today's recipe. (click the link below)

Kicking Collard Greens

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon olive oil
3 slices bacon
1 large onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon pepper
3 cups chicken broth
1 pinch red pepper flakes
1 pound fresh collard greens, cut into 2-inch pieces

Directions:

1. Heat oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add bacon, and cook until crisp. Remove bacon from pan, crumble and return to the pan. Add onion, and cook until tender, about 5 minutes. Add garlic, and cook until just fragrant. Add collard greens, and fry until they start to wilt.

2. Pour in chicken broth, and season with salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer for 45 minutes, or until greens are tender.

Many of the comments told people to add brown sugar (1 Tbl) and Red Cider Vinegar (a splash). When I looked at my original recipe, I saw that those were ingredients in it. So bottom line, I went with it again.

Update: We ate them for dinner the next evening and they were good. Success!

Rocks & Boulders

My Water Post For Today.

Rocks by the water is the subject of today's post.

Yes, this was another photo that I found when I looked at my photos from Oswego. If you remember, I posted a photo of the boat on top of the Gales of November monument, a few weeks ago.

I grabbed this photo just to show off the detail of the shore itself. There are many stones just like these and as a matter of fact, I used three of them to keep my closet door open, when I was Upstate.

Now days those same 3 stones are glued together and sit in my living room in a small stack. Just so I don't forget living by the lake.

When I was at school, the shore did not look like this. I believe the shoreline has receded over the decades and so you see more rock.

It is beautiful and I hope you enjoy.

Leonard Nimoy

I am sure that by now you are tired of hearing about Leonard Nimoy's passing. I am sorry this took a few days to get going, I have had computer problems that involved a hard drive replacement. Trust me, life is not fabulous right now, but I am happy to be alive and sad to live in a world without Leonard.

From what I am hearing on social media, they will be following Jewish tradition. That is that you bury your dead ASAP. Being he could not be buried on the Sabbath, it will fall on this Sunday, instead.

Leonard was more than just an actor. In his later years, he made a substantial contribution to the rebuilding of our Griffith Observatory. In honor of that fact, they named the theatre after Leonard Nimoy.

In college, I was what is called, a Trekkie (we preferred the less derogatory term, Trekker, btw). Our club visited the Air and Space Museum to see the Starship Enterprise one time and we went to Star Trek Conventions.

Here is the cover of the convention booklet, from that long ago time. I am pretty sure we did not see Leonard that week, but we probably saw some of the lesser cast and probably Gene Roddenberry. None of us remember much. :-)

One of the things I had was a record that Shatner and Nimoy made and my favorite song from that recording is called Cotton Candy. You can listen it it by clicking the link.

As soon as I heard about Leonard being sent to the hospital, that song took root in my brain and wouldn't leave. I truly believe my subconscious mind knew more than my conscious one. It was totally not surprised to hear of his passing.

He always embodied what was good and right, making the world a better place. He did it not only in his life outside acting, but as his character of almost 50 years, Mr. Spock.

Sir, you will be missed by me.