Marilynne's World

Linda Mau is a well-known clay artist in the San Francisco Bay area.  She has made some marvelously creative things.  You can see more of her very professional work at http://lmau.com .  Linda  is also my sister-in-law.  Her clay art is simply stunning. When Linda, allows me to own something she has created, I know [...]

I grew up in a Parsonage.  When we moved from Philadelphia on the East Coast to a small town on the West Coast, we moved away from the first piano.  I had been teaching myself  to play.  The cost of moving a piano from coast to coast was too much.  To my delight, the new [...]

Am I a true grouch or are the restaurants out to get me?  Yesterday I ate a quick light supper because I wanted to go to a Dana Stabenow book signing at Mysterious Galaxy.   It’s almost an hour’s drive from my home, but I thought it was worth the effort.  Dana is one of my [...]

NOTE:  I’ve added a new category here:  The Story Teller.  It’s for stories like this one:  Sun on Snow. There are times during a long cold snowy winter when the sun shines and everyone who can goes outside to enjoy it.  There are times when Spring is a breath of promise on one of those [...]