by Nan Rae | Oct 8, 2008 | Uncategorized
Yes, it’s true. On Monday we took Amtrak to San Juan Capistrano to lunch with out dear friends, Maj. Gen. Ray Cole and his lovely wife Gwen. Charles had asked me how I met the Cole’s and I said, “hmmmmm, I was flying back from Paris stopping to see...
by Nan Rae | Oct 8, 2008 | Uncategorized
We were delighted to hear that Charles Jr. was flying in from Houston for an ‘Investment Seminar’. The bonus round was that we’d take a day off just like that!Since Charles was staying in Santa Monica, we went to ‘Anisette’ a new French...
by Nan Rae | Oct 7, 2008 | Uncategorized
Last month, three people in the Calligraphy class gave their dynamic calligraphy to Shantien ‘Tom’ Chow, our Master Teacher, to have their work mounted onto Chinese scrolls. Saturday’s class was priviledged to see the results which are staggering....
by Nan Rae | Sep 21, 2008 | Uncategorized
It’s amazing, our master teacher, Shantien ‘Tom’ Chow demonstrated for us that a powerful energy is created when two people combine and together they create a powerful work of calligraphy. This ‘Synergy’ happens when Tom holds your hand...
by Nan Rae | Sep 9, 2008 | Uncategorized
“Not me” says the persistent little bird, determined to peck his way thru our glass window. Every morning and afternoon this little thing comes by and peck, peck, pecks away to no avail. We began to worry that he’d peck his little bird brains out so...
