by Patricia | Oct 9, 2022 | Life Experience
There were always pies. Pumpkin custard, of course, but also double-crusted apple. Lemon custard with a golden-tipped meringue (my mother’s favorite) might be added, though there were only six of us. If our Thanksgiving feast was going to be shared with relatives,...
by Patricia | Oct 9, 2022 | Life Experience
We climbed cement stairs to the porch of one of the row homes in our modest neighborhood and knocked enthusiastically, shouting “Trick or treat!” Our mother had created our simple costumes at minimal expense. Nevertheless, we thrilled at the opportunity to don another...
by Patricia | Oct 9, 2022 | Writing
Isabel Angélica Allende Llona, born in Lima, Peru, of Chilean heritage, has given us the gift of her magic realism novels that appear in both Spanish and English. She has lived in California since 1988 and has dual Chilean-American citizenship. She has been...
by Patricia | Sep 25, 2022 | blog
Daylight hours are becoming shorter. Autumn harvesting is done. It is a time to celebrate the season’s harvest and to transition into those darker days. You are part of the Celtic spiritual tradition of Samhain (a Gaelic word, pronounced SAH-win or SOW-in). It is time...
by Patricia | Sep 25, 2022 | blog
September 1st is World Letter Writing Day—established more than a decade after the world switched to using thumbs on tiny touchscreens to correspond in a new language called texting. On the WLWD website, the Day’s founder, Richard Simpkin of Australia, shares his...
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