…..starting with Clara at the Music Center on the 29th………oh that feels like a century ago!  We had planned on The Marriage of Figaro which I didn’t mind going to for the second time as it was the very first opera Charles and I had gone to together.  Sentimental me....

If you’re with Carol Soucek King you know the event is going to be memorable and Friday evening was no exception.  The Los Angeles County Museum was hosting a reception for an extraordinary new exhibit in the  Pavilion for Japanese Art.   We checked in and were on our...

…..make that cymbals and assorted delightful instruments……and lovely little girls dressed in festive Iranian costumes. It’s all about Nowruz, the Iranian celebration welcoming spring and the New Year.  Our dear friend Reza Kahn is the Executive Director of Farhang...

Well, here I am, teaching Brush painting to adults…..over 3,000 at this point and most everyone that I’ve taught toils all week in left brain activity.  Don’t we desperately need some way of escape, some glimmer of respite from the slavery many of us find ourselves...

When I saw Kathabela last Saturday evening at the mixed media performance….. ‘Champagne Haiku Pour Deux’…..she invited me to a gathering of Tanka Poets on Site the following Monday.  If you thought Haiku was difficult, try writing Tanka.  Anyway, it was delightful...

……began with Sandie Girl picking me up at mom’s to begin our grand adventure.  Off we Went to Oxnard with a stop first  to see Melissa and Nicks home in Port Hueneme.   It was a beautiful drive….. Almost there….. I loved seeing my painting of Wisteria that  Sandie and...

A weekend visit…that’s what!  First let me explain something all you foodies out there will understand completely.  Sandie calls me  from Bristol Farms or Whole Foods on the weekend and I vicariously enjoy the Reilly menu plans for the week.  They’re always...

…..for Ralph Komai’s parents who are no longer with us.  They were Southern California pioneers in Bonsai and the Japanese Bonsai Garden at the Huntington Botanical Gardens would scarcely exist without them. To honor Kay and Khan Komai, a memorial bench had been...

…..starting off with a great Sunday spent with the awesome Tina Marie…..We totally went whole hog at Marston’s in Pasadena but it wasn’t too terribly bad as we split everything….and besides, I didn’t eat the potatoes! They coat the French Toast with Corn Flakes and...

….as I was leaving Beckman Auditorium last Saturday evening.  Terrible deep down chills and a fever and wondering if I could even make it home. The great report is that after major self medicating and lots of prayer I was pretty much myself the next day.  However, not...