Beach Category

Soft spots

I recently took an online class with Geo Rittenmyer on photography for stock sales. His portfolio was impressive but even more intriguing were the tips he gave us about taking photographs that might be sold for thousands of dollars. It is not what you would think. The trend is not to use expensive cameras and […]

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Rode to joy

You will be gratified to see that this is not a wordy post, for a change becauseĀ this has been a frenzied two weeks and the rest of the year portends to be no less harried. Time for updates. Autumn has finally arrived in Los Angeles, more or less. We had a scorching summer and the […]

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Summer Like it Hot

But not I! šŸ˜€ Since I put up my Winter travel recommendation sticky-post late, I am offsetting it with an early-ish Summer piece. Ā This is Part One. It is already summer here in Valencia this week, hovering around 100F, unhappily for me. The minute the weather turns sultry I begin dreaming of cooler climes.Ā If you […]

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Star of the See

Every time I sit down to write a post I think I have nothing much to say. And then, of course, my loquacious nature takes over. So, let’s see what happens. Ā I don’t plan my posts, they just write themselves. Thanks for putting up with them! Deanna and Al are moving to San Diego. They […]

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No woman is an island

Well, here I go again, apologizing. I meant to be more active on WP this last two weeks but the project got in the way. I am wrapping it up this week, so I should be back to normal shortly. I don’tĀ intendĀ to be absent, I have just been overwhelmed. There isn’t much new to report. […]

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