One Year Ago: Redwood City, California
March 23, 2019 at 7:59 pm (Uncategorized)
Tags: California, causes, memories, news, Redwood City, Saturday
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Smooth
February 27, 2019 at 8:57 pm (Food and Drink, Links, Places, Recommended, Traveling)
Tags: California, Cambridge, Cee Neuner, indulgences, literary festivals, London, restaurants
Self missed last week’s Fun Foto Challenge. But this week, the Challenge is SMOOTH.
Here are: a sidewalk near Fleet Street, London (smooth sidewalk); a canal in Cambridge (smooth, tranquil boat ride); and sweet potato fries and an assortment of (smooth) dips!
London, Near Fleet Street: 20 November 2018
And here’s Cambridge University, during last November’s Cambridge Literary Festival:
Cambridge, England: 25 November 2018
And here’s a dish from Coupa Cafe, whose owner might be Venezuelan because there are a number of Venezuelan items on the menu:
Sweet Potato Fries w/ an Assortment of Dips: Coupa Cafe, Los Altos, CA
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
Sunday, 10 February 2019: Currently Reading in Mendocino
February 11, 2019 at 4:06 am (Artists and Writers, Books, Places, Recommended, Sundays, Weather, Women Writers)
Tags: California, English writers, Mendocino, novel, reading lists
View from Main Street, Mendocino, Today (It rained all day yesterday but today was glorious)
“And hadn’t the Kraken been nothing but legend, until a giant squid pitched up on a Newfoundland beach, and was photographed in a tin bath by the Reverend Moses Harvey?”
— The Essex Serpent, by Sarah Perry, p. 144
This is self’s first Sarah Perry book. She’s quite enjoying it.
Black and White: Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge
January 25, 2019 at 5:41 pm (Artists and Writers, Filipino Writers, Links, short story collections, Women Writers, Writing)
Tags: California, Cee Neuner, Fridays, Hotel Amerika, Literary Magazines, teaching, TransGenre
Must be on a roll! Participated in two Fun Foto Challenges in one week!
The theme of this one is BLACK AND WHITE. Self took these pictures just a few minutes ago. Thanks to Cee Neuner for the always-wonderful prompts!
Self is teaching a three-day writing workshop in Mendocino in February. Here are some of the materials from the last time she taught this class, in 2016:
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Monotones (One Single Color)
January 4, 2019 at 11:48 pm (destinations, Links, Places, Traveling, Weather)
Tags: Annaghmakerrig, artists residency, California, Cee Neuner, Fridays, Garden, inspiration, Ireland, photography, Redwood City
Cee Neuner has very interesting prompts. This week’s is MONOTONES. Love it.
Lake Annagmakerrig: 4:30 a.m., 8 November 2018 (Just realized that it’s too light in the photograph for 4:30 a.m. DUH! The photo is time-stamped for California time, which is eight hours ahead of Ireland. The actual time in Ireland when self took the picture was 12:30 p.m.)
It amuses self to think about how the first color that usually comes to mind when one thinks of Ireland is green.
Clouds, Annaghmakerrig: 7:30 a.m. (California time, which means 3:30 p.m. in Ireland), 7 November 2018
Fatsia, Backyard, Redwood City: 11 a.m., 26 September 2018
Places People Live: Redwood City, California
November 1, 2018 at 10:10 am (destinations, Filipino Writers, Flowers, Links, Places)
Tags: California, Cee Neuner, Garden, Redwood City
It’s been several weeks since self has participated in Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge.
This week’s prompt is: PLACES PEOPLE LIVE.
Self has lived in Redwood City, California since 1992. Redwood City is halfway between San Francisco and San Jose.
She has flowers on her front porch, and shelves and shelves of books inside:
Front Porch, September 2018
A back room overlooks her deck:
Back Room: September 2018
Her backyard has a lot of trees, including three figs, an apple tree, and a laurel tree:
Backyard, August 2018
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Things People Play With
October 13, 2018 at 2:36 pm (destinations, Holidays, Links, Traveling)
Tags: California, Cee Neuner, London, parades, Redwood City, Stanford
It’s been several weeks since self participated in Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge, so she’s more than happy to participate today.
The prompt is: THINGS PEOPLE PLAY WITH
- The London Eye seen from Waterloo Bridge, 7 October 2018:
- The Leland Stanford, Jr. University Marching Band in the Annual 4th of July Parade, Downtown Redwood City: The band’s known for its goofiness.
- The Stanford Tree Leading the Leland Stanford, Jr. University Marching Band in the Annual 4th of July Parade in Downtown Redwood City. The Tree is an enduring emblem:
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
The Garden in August
August 17, 2018 at 7:59 pm (Flowers, Surprises)
Tags: California, Fridays, Garden, Redwood City, summer
Masses of these started blooming last week:
Self did a wee bit of watering:
Summer’s almost gone.
Stay tuned.
Redwood City Farmers Market: Piles and Stacks (2)
July 7, 2018 at 5:34 pm (Food and Drink)
Tags: California, Cee Neuner, farmers markets, Redwood City, Saturday, summer
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is PILES AND STACKS.
A few days ago, self showed stacks of books.
Today, since she was just at the Redwood City Farmers Market, she’s showing stacks of produce. Everything from cactus to organic chips.
Happy Fourth of July 2018 from Redwood City, California
July 4, 2018 at 11:51 pm (Holidays)
Tags: California, parades, Redwood City, Stanford
The parade is always fun. Afterwards, the Leland Stanford, Jr. University Marching Band and the UC Davis Marching Band hung around in Courthouse Square and gave a real show. Didn’t leave until the Stanford band played “All Right Now.”
