yesterday was a long, wonderful day-”weather” and all! for us spoiled southern californians, any kind of moisture constitutes rain. after one of the warmest october’s for us on record-novemeber 1st, dia de los muertos, came in with a vengeance-sporadic thunderstorm’s throughout the day. this made for an interesting and challenging event at hollywood forever cemetery’s annual dia de los muertos [...]

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actaully-summer in southern ca is not quite over. we’re in somewhat of a heat wave. betty is the only one of the three girls who really enjoys the water. angie will sedately lay down on the middle step of the pool, zoey will have nothing to do with water at all (except her bath, of which she [...]

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i have very little willpower in some instance’s -kid’s & books being one.  so-when i was at the flea market this morning it was impossible to resist this treasure-a baby book.  robert henry was born on june 10th 1918 in waukau, wisconsin to gwendolyn & henry cantgler.   gorgeously illustrated by clara powers wilson & published by the reilly & [...]

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does mother’s day have a special meaning? a question that might give some pause- naturally all the veteran mom’s out there know the answer-it’s just another day. don’t misunderstand- in my mind that’s not a bad thing and after 29 yrs of being a mom-i still am enjoying my”momhood”.
i’ll close by sharing a story from an aquaintance of [...]

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i consider myself fortunate to have grown up in a time and neighborhood where childhood was a reality.  
 i was able to safely walk to elementry school (for those of you familiar with the san fernando valley- i walked up ventura blvd and down laurelcanyon - busy streets even back then.) we were out of the house by 9am on weekends- grabbing a [...]

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my husbands b-day is today-but last night he recieved the best present he could hope for.  two out of three of his  “twentysomething aged” children went to the movies with us last night.not only is it difficult to get everyone together, it’s almost impossible to have everyone agree on a movie.  we saw  julie taymor’s new [...]

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i dropped by my moms this morning with her trader joes groceries, and this realization sunk in. (not necessarily a bad thing-depending on the point of view.)
my mom will be 89 in nov- she still lives in the house i grew up in . with my oldest daughter  residing in the guest house, it works out wonderfully- [...]

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my passion for antique & vintage textiles are the focus of my art.  the history, beauty, & memories attatched to the smallest scrap of fabric intrigue & inspire my creative processes.  please visit my website: www.turkeyred.com
aside from my lovely traditional family consisting of a husband & 3  grown children -i’ve been rescuing great danes for over 30yrs, they [...]

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