Friday, November 30, 2012

NaNoWriMo

I just finished my novel's first draft. The books is tentatively called Mr. and Mrs. Gumshoe and the case of A Death in Death Valley.

So now I can get by to my regularly scheduled life.

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Made in America

This post will also be found in Tehachapi's The Loop Newspaper.


This year for Thanksgiving we're going to try to serve foods that originally came from the Americas. Not as any kind of political statement, but as a reminder of how many of our foods came from America. For example turkey, that's fine since the wild turkey is a native North American bird. So what else should be include?

Saturday, November 10, 2012

Stuck in Lodi

This post will also be found in Tehachapi's The Loop Newspaper.


Being well away of the danger (thanks, Credence Clearwater Revival) I went to Lodi for the Sandhill Crane festival. They have had a festival for the Sandhill Crane for the last 16 years. Their goal is to bring awareness to this large but little known bird.