Obviously, I like to create pink abstract paintings. I also like the movie Pretty in Pink, and I’m exploring the 1980s (again) in the novel I’m writing. That’s right…I am working on this novel again. This week was the first time I opened the...
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Baby oil, boomboxes, and Betamax. For me, summer in the 80s meant being slathered in Coppertone or Bain de Soleil suntan oil (aka, not sunblock) or, I cringe to say this, Johnson’s Baby Oil. I spent most days beside or in a swimming pool, accompanied by a large...
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Stella Peregrine met the love of her life in Los Angeles when she was 37 years old. At age 39 he asked her to marry him. She said yes and went to sleep happy. The next morning she woke up in her high school bedroom in the small town she grew up in. No, her...
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When I was 33 a young woman who’d just entered college told me that I absolutely HAD to read The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. She was so certain that I would love it that she brought me her own copy and insisted that I start it right away. She...
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Asia/Joanna Gwis – Kavka Design I wish I can remember how I was first introduced to Kavka Design, but I have no idea. There’s a link in my Draft Blog Post folder on Springpad, but I didn’t write extra notes this time. Oh, brain! Asia (or Joanna) Gwis...
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