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Groveland’s New Dog Park in the Works
A few years ago I remember signing some sort of petition in support of building a dog park (or maybe showing an interest in it, I can’t remember now). Nonetheless, I did not hear about it again until last November. As I was doing my final SMT delivery of […]
I hope you’re keeping your New Year’s resolution(s). One of mine is to learn guitar before I turn 55, May 1st. I’ve never had any success with music lessons. Mom put me into piano lessons when I was eight, and I lasted only three weeks. But through the decades I’ve admired guitarists like Jeff Beck, […]
Lovely Films
Lovely Bones (Rated PG-13) 149 mins.
Gladiator (Rated R) 158 mins.
It only took three years and about a million setbacks, but this week Peter Jackson’s The Lovely Bones finally graced the big screen, and boy, is it nice to see the master director back in action.
Based upon the bestselling novel by Alice Sebold, The Lovely […]
Chicken Cacciatore
Sometimes a favorite family recipe comes with a story. In 1966 my future sister-in-law and I found a recipe for Chicken Cacciatore in our local paper, the Redwood City Tribune. We decided to surprise our guys with a great meal on their return home from National Guard Summer Camp. The dinner was a definite […]
Gifting
We’ve just finished the biggest ‘gifting’ part of the year and I have to admit to loving it.
Shopping for just the right gift to give to just the right person is an art that I feel I’ve mastered over the years. I just always hope the recipients agree with me.
My Christmas shopping starts whenever I […]
