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I AM… a Quarantine Survivor
ALL proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to Second Harvest, a food bank in Irvine, my home town, which is networked with other food banks across our troubled nation. During crises, all of us find a way to survive. That’s what humans are programmed to...
Facebook Live and Zoom inBloom
Examples of how Zoom, a social tool of COVID-culture, has connected us to the world in educational, information, and interactive ways. The fabric of society salvaged by technology. Praise!
Life as a Miracle: A Trio of Traffic-Colliding Events
The sad-but-true tale of tripled traffic on a southern California freeway, with a lost reward at the end… Oh, recompense!
Herding a Novel through COVID – Part One: The NY Agents
to NY Agent or not to NY Agent – the story of how I became my own book shepherd
Preview of The Jailbird’s Jackpot
Amy’s entrance in Traverse City, site of Travis’ bar, was not as quiet as she’d intended. The brakes of the truck in which she’d hitchhiked, screeched and its exhaust belched to foul the air. She felt like Sousa’s Band had announced her arrival.
Her entrance was arresting… Clandestine, in fact –
Her entrance was arresting… clandestine, in fact. She was fully dressed, head to toe, and wearing a parka worthy of Alaska.
Masks: Public Armor and Fashion Statement
No longer limited to Halloween and Carnivale, masks have become the preferred public interface protection. Their purpose: to prevent the inevitable droplets ejected from one’s mouth during coughing and/or talking from spreading the disease to others. Social distancing and frequent, significant hand-washing are not enough.
Life as a Miracle: Microwave Saved for Quarantine Meals
In early March, the early fright-filled days of COVID-19, our microwave lurched and stopped. Abrupt chirpy clicks and beeps emerged from its space among the kitchen cabinets. My husband and I were in the midst of morning coffee sips, attempting to ‘come to’ at 6:00 a.m., so we were startled.
How Casa Colando became the fly-by-night Hummingbird Hotel
the true tale of how our home, Casa Colando, converted into an airB&B for a resourceful hummingbird, so that we temporarily renamed our home, The Fly-by-Night Hummingbird Hotel
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