tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980835024192190867Sun, 29 Jan 2012 05:16:57 +0000calendarnewsfirefightersmovieswebseminarsgadgetsvacationsbookstrollspokerelectionsshoppinggardenhepatitiseventsartShasta Collegeconsumer interestcandleslibraryBloodSourceProp Hatetravelchocolatetaxespersonalitynew mediafront doorschoolsgascelebrityfamilyyouthinexplicablesuperstitionsveteransworkpalinlocal businesscontestanewscafe.comsunsetBella Vista FarmsReddingcustomer servicepublic healthNorthern CaliforniablogherEnjoyChic MillergrowthlanguageDoni GreenbergJim DyarShort Notice Supper Clubsex scandallink lovelaughterconstruction"Lonely Street"photopublic recordwildfiresmarijuanaholidaysWords to live byRedding City Councilms. fix-itinsurancedesigneditingcelebrationsflowersShastabloggingCity Halldowntownanimalsmediateen suicideBodies Revealedmedical careapplianceschangeElvisfiresBenton Dog ParkenvironmentSteve BrewerwineEmmersonpublic speakingcowboyscensorshipbankingCascade TheatrepoliceleadershipRedding City Hallphone servicethank youcreativitygrammargreenbirthdaysyogaSaw it comingmccainwaterFirst Amendmentcrimecharitynew yearRotaryNew MexicoheavensBella Vista Farmranchdrivingbillionaireswindoverheardhardwaremiraclesfriendsrestaurantsagvisionhatwomenagricultureradiopublic serviceeveryday reddingPresident BushrageemployeespoliticsCaliforniaShasta High SchoolProp 8musichelpingmuseumsweekendspiritualitywall streetpublishingnewspapersHergerwordsdroughtfoodStillwatertwitterhealthcareplayhoneybeeshousepoetrywelfaremencoffeepublic policyhatscurfewtyposteahealthwritingredding caBooks, Authors, Writing, Editing,<br> Movies, News, Politics and Persnicketaehttp://pinkhollyhock.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (~ kjb)Blogger566125http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/PinkHollyhockhttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980835024192190867.post-8403289585354044672Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:50:00 +00002012-01-10T21:52:28.306-08:00(Hat tip to Amanda) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~3/bOiJD00-7No/secret-life-of-books.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (~ kjb)1<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6bw2CY7CpQWSQmHHgDEjSfzfRuA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6bw2CY7CpQWSQmHHgDEjSfzfRuA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6bw2CY7CpQWSQmHHgDEjSfzfRuA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6bw2CY7CpQWSQmHHgDEjSfzfRuA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~4/bOiJD00-7No" height="1" width="1"/>http://pinkhollyhock.blogspot.com/2012/01/secret-life-of-books.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980835024192190867.post-5852802149262993091Fri, 30 Dec 2011 23:20:00 +00002011-12-30T15:20:29.637-08:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~3/hL_sU1D-tp4/sweeter-new-years-eve-duet-ive-never.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (~ kjb)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/I5YS-AJmZkVwhEyVC1fa1lrUyhw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/I5YS-AJmZkVwhEyVC1fa1lrUyhw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/I5YS-AJmZkVwhEyVC1fa1lrUyhw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/I5YS-AJmZkVwhEyVC1fa1lrUyhw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~4/hL_sU1D-tp4" height="1" width="1"/>http://pinkhollyhock.blogspot.com/2011/12/sweeter-new-years-eve-duet-ive-never.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980835024192190867.post-3705581283722922723Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:30:00 +00002011-08-21T17:30:39.126-07:00booksRarely have I rooted for someone's comeuppance as enthusiastically as I did in MICE. But then, I don't think much of bullies in any form. People who are deliberately cruel deserve whatever happens to them. After a string of attacks and humiliations, young Shelley and her mother take care of a bully in the only way they have. It's almost impossible not to take their side. Author Gordon Reecehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~3/VqMdr4T5gD4/book-review-mice-gordon-reece.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (~ kjb)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fvYpWrbj_Np8It6LoCeFcKkqgcE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fvYpWrbj_Np8It6LoCeFcKkqgcE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fvYpWrbj_Np8It6LoCeFcKkqgcE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fvYpWrbj_Np8It6LoCeFcKkqgcE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~4/VqMdr4T5gD4" height="1" width="1"/>http://pinkhollyhock.blogspot.com/2011/08/book-review-mice-gordon-reece.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980835024192190867.post-2984747908226482121Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:29:00 +00002011-08-21T17:31:28.339-07:00booksBullying is a significant and growing problem in the United States. What is the situation like in the other countries where you've lived? I think bullying is a growing and significant problem in many, many countries. When I researched girl-on-girl bullying, all the cases I looked at were from the UK, but when I moved to Spain I saw the same thing there. I remember seeing harrowing mobile phone http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~3/fJpfuImsenM/conversation-with-gordon-reece-author.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (~ kjb)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/24TOBqyhgmv-BkXnJz6g5Ncj9ls/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/24TOBqyhgmv-BkXnJz6g5Ncj9ls/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/24TOBqyhgmv-BkXnJz6g5Ncj9ls/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/24TOBqyhgmv-BkXnJz6g5Ncj9ls/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~4/fJpfuImsenM" height="1" width="1"/>http://pinkhollyhock.blogspot.com/2011/08/conversation-with-gordon-reece-author.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980835024192190867.post-3145519958304293665Sun, 14 Aug 2011 22:55:00 +00002011-08-14T15:55:52.452-07:00I loved every single thing about this book - Henrietta, her family, author/journalist Rebecca Skloot, the amazing science of the story and how one obscure woman contributed so incredibly much to modern medicine. Everyone should know a little bit about Henrietta, or HeLa, and overall, the story is so readable that no one would feel intimidated. Literary Corner Cafe reviewed the book, and http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~3/-lX8Cpxw-80/book-review-immortal-life-of-henrietta.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (~ kjb)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LQbQaWRB-ismRCFVk54CktXjCes/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LQbQaWRB-ismRCFVk54CktXjCes/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LQbQaWRB-ismRCFVk54CktXjCes/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LQbQaWRB-ismRCFVk54CktXjCes/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~4/-lX8Cpxw-80" height="1" width="1"/>http://pinkhollyhock.blogspot.com/2011/08/book-review-immortal-life-of-henrietta.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980835024192190867.post-5491711625588331242Thu, 11 Aug 2011 11:39:00 +00002011-08-11T05:14:59.328-07:00books| Click image to find out more. It's a new indie book from Steve Brewer: High jinks in the medical marijuana trade of California's Emerald Triangle. Only $2.99 on Kindle or any e-reader app. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~3/uHMXQkEkcJA/big-wink-whos-zooming-who-in-emerald.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (~ kjb)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4A0G16NtGq1jvf5hLgDcys-NSA4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4A0G16NtGq1jvf5hLgDcys-NSA4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4A0G16NtGq1jvf5hLgDcys-NSA4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4A0G16NtGq1jvf5hLgDcys-NSA4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~4/uHMXQkEkcJA" height="1" width="1"/>http://pinkhollyhock.blogspot.com/2011/08/big-wink-whos-zooming-who-in-emerald.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980835024192190867.post-4274666808615283481Mon, 08 Aug 2011 17:35:00 +00002011-08-08T10:42:25.305-07:00booksIt starts with a rich, seductive voice that is both creepy and compelling.  The narrator, Tristan Mourault, is following a 15-year-old girl. Had no one told her she shouldn't be alone on the pier as the sun starts to fall? She was perhaps five feet tall, a waif with a cagey stance. The girlish curves I'd memorized that day in the park were hidden now beneath thrift-store jeans and an oversize http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~3/yz4wGLVM8Ww/book-review-in-malice-quite-close.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (~ kjb)2<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ztHHL6zqqWbirWnvEBTa0Bbb73A/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ztHHL6zqqWbirWnvEBTa0Bbb73A/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ztHHL6zqqWbirWnvEBTa0Bbb73A/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ztHHL6zqqWbirWnvEBTa0Bbb73A/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~4/yz4wGLVM8Ww" height="1" width="1"/>http://pinkhollyhock.blogspot.com/2011/08/book-review-in-malice-quite-close.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980835024192190867.post-714860681334441176Mon, 08 Aug 2011 17:35:00 +00002011-08-08T10:35:33.117-07:00books IN MALICE, QUITE CLOSEBy Brandi Lynn Ryder Published August 8, 2011 by Viking Penguin Tour dates and more 1.) Like your character Karen Miller, you dreamed of being a writer since childhood. What other traits of Karen Miller/Gisèle Mourault do you see in yourself? I’m often asked if my characters and stories are autobiographical. Given the nature of some of my characters, I http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~3/maBkoVMJ6ZE/conversation-with-author-brandi-lynn.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (~ kjb)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LFCKX3VjTQU3_hF1WTWHXldWBFc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LFCKX3VjTQU3_hF1WTWHXldWBFc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LFCKX3VjTQU3_hF1WTWHXldWBFc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LFCKX3VjTQU3_hF1WTWHXldWBFc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~4/maBkoVMJ6ZE" height="1" width="1"/>http://pinkhollyhock.blogspot.com/2011/08/conversation-with-author-brandi-lynn.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980835024192190867.post-7115399831057368168Sun, 07 Aug 2011 20:24:00 +00002011-08-07T13:25:05.916-07:00foodEvery New Mexican has a green chile stew recipe, and each is a little different. Here's mine, which is easy, forgiving and variable. Serves 4 to 8. 1-2 cups roasted, peeled, chopped green chile (Add or subtract, depending on your heat tolerance. For me, the hotta the betta.) 1-2 pounds cubed or ground pork, well browned. (Chicken, beef or turkey is good too.) 1-2 onions, chopped and browned http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~3/IV8UppZFVCs/green-chile-stew.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (~ kjb)5<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dNjSIqCnKzKgfWpR7X5xON2t7-c/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dNjSIqCnKzKgfWpR7X5xON2t7-c/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dNjSIqCnKzKgfWpR7X5xON2t7-c/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dNjSIqCnKzKgfWpR7X5xON2t7-c/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~4/IV8UppZFVCs" height="1" width="1"/>http://pinkhollyhock.blogspot.com/2011/08/green-chile-stew.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980835024192190867.post-1956516696756177801Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:00:00 +00002011-07-25T06:00:20.230-07:00books| Debut novelist Amor Towles has written a captivating love letter to  Manhattan of the late 1930s. The story starts in a jazz club on the last night of 1937, centering on Katey and Eve, boardinghouse roommates, and follows through the next year of events and decisions that will shape the rest of their lives. That New Year's, we started the evening with a plan of stretching three dollars as http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~3/XjMjjS-YD7k/book-review-rules-of-civility-amor.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (~ kjb)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3YMSxeOVAP4gbW3yPNb0QDKIILg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3YMSxeOVAP4gbW3yPNb0QDKIILg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3YMSxeOVAP4gbW3yPNb0QDKIILg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3YMSxeOVAP4gbW3yPNb0QDKIILg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~4/XjMjjS-YD7k" height="1" width="1"/>http://pinkhollyhock.blogspot.com/2011/07/book-review-rules-of-civility-amor.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980835024192190867.post-8343614848502090418Fri, 08 Jul 2011 01:27:00 +00002011-07-13T17:55:25.733-07:00booksHaving read and enjoyed bestselling author Anne Rivers Siddons' novels for decades, I looked forward to "Burnt Mountain" like a good visit with an old friend. It's a story that starts with a wealthy Southern family and its secrets and heartaches. Younger daughter Thayer Wentworth grows into her adulthood with scars and an early maturity, and marries a beguiling Irishman. Then her beloved http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~3/CHDJ10IpTIU/book-review-burnt-mountain-by-anne.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (~ kjb)10<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/C6Wnb-7HdAfPv8S37PXeLSsDKHk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/C6Wnb-7HdAfPv8S37PXeLSsDKHk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/C6Wnb-7HdAfPv8S37PXeLSsDKHk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/C6Wnb-7HdAfPv8S37PXeLSsDKHk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~4/CHDJ10IpTIU" height="1" width="1"/>http://pinkhollyhock.blogspot.com/2011/07/book-review-burnt-mountain-by-anne.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980835024192190867.post-6669677869291635208Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:01:00 +00002011-07-13T17:58:01.918-07:00librarybooksIf you had to, how would you raise a child alone to the age of 5 in one locked room? "Room" explores the story of a little boy growing up in confinement. It's an astonishing tale told from his viewpoint, completely believable and amazingly well written. I started reading it at bedtime last night and read the first chapter, then got up early today and read the rest straight through for five http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~3/jwmOmXoz0AA/book-review-room-by-emma-donoghue.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (~ kjb)2<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5FdjIZj-EMxFOVw0stsAicoKAg0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5FdjIZj-EMxFOVw0stsAicoKAg0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5FdjIZj-EMxFOVw0stsAicoKAg0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5FdjIZj-EMxFOVw0stsAicoKAg0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~4/jwmOmXoz0AA" height="1" width="1"/>http://pinkhollyhock.blogspot.com/2011/06/book-review-room-by-emma-donoghue.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980835024192190867.post-8285296426562315190Sun, 29 May 2011 17:00:00 +00002011-05-29T10:01:07.284-07:00 Right outside my office window. Smells beautiful, too. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~3/g_Pd4Roozco/rose-like-flame.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (~ kjb)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/poFRoLT01x4zPIG4JLU2jyn03Fs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/poFRoLT01x4zPIG4JLU2jyn03Fs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/poFRoLT01x4zPIG4JLU2jyn03Fs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/poFRoLT01x4zPIG4JLU2jyn03Fs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~4/g_Pd4Roozco" height="1" width="1"/>http://pinkhollyhock.blogspot.com/2011/05/rose-like-flame.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980835024192190867.post-8296227777273413148Mon, 16 May 2011 13:44:00 +00002011-08-10T19:23:42.810-07:00booksViking Penguin has sent a copy of "Alice Bliss," by Laura Harrington, a lovely novel I blogged about a few weeks ago. It's a first edition hardback. I'll ship it free to the first person who sends a mailing address to my email address on the Pink Hollyhock homepage.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~3/7ICiwUn4JIs/free-book.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (~ kjb)2<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lh4FVqGEyrRSNqIpO0GZf___Nyg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lh4FVqGEyrRSNqIpO0GZf___Nyg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lh4FVqGEyrRSNqIpO0GZf___Nyg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lh4FVqGEyrRSNqIpO0GZf___Nyg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~4/7ICiwUn4JIs" height="1" width="1"/>http://pinkhollyhock.blogspot.com/2011/05/free-book.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980835024192190867.post-7737005394865272992Sat, 30 Apr 2011 15:37:00 +00002011-04-30T08:37:18.381-07:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~3/fOaMYx3ae-A/dont-bungee-jump-naked.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (~ kjb)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2qaUHve2L3vNjUELb3wl1fC4R-8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2qaUHve2L3vNjUELb3wl1fC4R-8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2qaUHve2L3vNjUELb3wl1fC4R-8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2qaUHve2L3vNjUELb3wl1fC4R-8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~4/fOaMYx3ae-A" height="1" width="1"/>http://pinkhollyhock.blogspot.com/2011/04/dont-bungee-jump-naked.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980835024192190867.post-8322342693456309451Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:11:00 +00002011-04-12T06:34:29.894-07:00It was Monday, lunchtime, and I was sitting in my blue Honda hybrid, about to move it out of its convenient two-hour-limit downtown Santa Cruz parking meter space into a different convenient time-limit space, listening to Cokie Roberts talk on NPR about mixed-religion families and looking down at my iPhone app, where I inform the parking gods I am finishing here and moving elsewhere, when --   Chttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~3/8MVsgpkKoLA/lunch-crunch-fender-bender.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (~ kjb)12<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JpdZyt_H1-En-8n4tqEp3cjHi7M/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JpdZyt_H1-En-8n4tqEp3cjHi7M/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JpdZyt_H1-En-8n4tqEp3cjHi7M/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JpdZyt_H1-En-8n4tqEp3cjHi7M/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~4/8MVsgpkKoLA" height="1" width="1"/>http://pinkhollyhock.blogspot.com/2011/04/lunch-crunch-fender-bender.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980835024192190867.post-5342622380482377451Wed, 06 Apr 2011 14:12:00 +00002011-07-13T18:01:03.155-07:00Who is Alice Bliss? Alice Bliss is a 15-year-old girl in 10th grade, living in upstate New York, deeply connected to her dad, who is serving in Iraq with his Reserve unit. "Alice Bliss" the book grew out of Alice Unwrapped, a musical. What was the inspiration for the musical, and how did it evolve into a book? The musical was a commission, actually, and the creation of a new form in music http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~3/-f_nINXnxf0/conversations-with-laura-harrington.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (~ kjb)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_n9OuK4K-3lUQeOLFFIdzwIWRyk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_n9OuK4K-3lUQeOLFFIdzwIWRyk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_n9OuK4K-3lUQeOLFFIdzwIWRyk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_n9OuK4K-3lUQeOLFFIdzwIWRyk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~4/-f_nINXnxf0" height="1" width="1"/>http://pinkhollyhock.blogspot.com/2011/04/conversations-with-laura-harrington.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980835024192190867.post-4498389129263041082Tue, 08 Mar 2011 21:02:00 +00002011-07-13T18:01:42.165-07:00bookswriting A standing-room-only crowd greeted T. Coraghessan Boyle at a recent promotional appearance in a Santa-Cruz-area indie bookstore, Capitola Book Cafe. No surprise, of course. The prolific author, who has written 22 books of fiction and is touring for his newest, has a devoted following and is very engaged with his readers. His website offers not only the expected books-and-background information http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~3/VVRUum6z8r8/evening-with-tc-boyle-author-when.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (~ kjb)6<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uDIlCDlGd-0v504s_kXwi7JDMB0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uDIlCDlGd-0v504s_kXwi7JDMB0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uDIlCDlGd-0v504s_kXwi7JDMB0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uDIlCDlGd-0v504s_kXwi7JDMB0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~4/VVRUum6z8r8" height="1" width="1"/>http://pinkhollyhock.blogspot.com/2011/03/evening-with-tc-boyle-author-when.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980835024192190867.post-7650210026170301219Thu, 17 Feb 2011 19:29:00 +00002011-02-17T11:33:38.860-08:00 My beautiful friend the hat maker and I were strolling around Berkeley after a sushi lunch recently when she pointed out an impressive new place on the corner of Allston Way and Fulton Street, The David Brower Center, the greenest building in Berkeley. We lingered in front, admiring. Did we have business in the building? No. Did we have an invitation? No. Know anybody inside? No. Have any http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~3/Er72-k2DLBs/4-reminders-about-curiosity-creativity.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (~ kjb)2<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/m5MkQtfavu712yKgw2HpJHMWo4k/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/m5MkQtfavu712yKgw2HpJHMWo4k/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/m5MkQtfavu712yKgw2HpJHMWo4k/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/m5MkQtfavu712yKgw2HpJHMWo4k/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~4/Er72-k2DLBs" height="1" width="1"/>http://pinkhollyhock.blogspot.com/2011/02/4-reminders-about-curiosity-creativity.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980835024192190867.post-6437753890013499Sat, 29 Jan 2011 21:06:00 +00002011-07-13T18:02:12.815-07:00bookswriting Rising literary star Siobhan Fallon appeared at a reading/signing this week at my one of my favorite nearby indie bookstores, Capitola Book Cafe. The reading area was packed. Fallon read in a clear, steady voice from her debut book, "You Know When the Men Are Gone," a stunning new collection of linked short stories about life, love, marriage and families on a military base. Fallon lived in http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~3/7OaR2oJUlEo/conversation-with-author-siobhan-fallon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (~ kjb)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vgDPhYAhkd47HWwqUXGWkC0Gd1k/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vgDPhYAhkd47HWwqUXGWkC0Gd1k/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vgDPhYAhkd47HWwqUXGWkC0Gd1k/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vgDPhYAhkd47HWwqUXGWkC0Gd1k/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~4/7OaR2oJUlEo" height="1" width="1"/>http://pinkhollyhock.blogspot.com/2011/01/conversation-with-author-siobhan-fallon.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980835024192190867.post-516402613177769749Wed, 12 Jan 2011 21:47:00 +00002011-01-12T13:47:22.889-08:00 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~3/0xyW4ajJjQ0/succulents-at-dawn.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (~ kjb)4<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FcazO-4Vkigza-jtm88XCAPEXYQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FcazO-4Vkigza-jtm88XCAPEXYQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FcazO-4Vkigza-jtm88XCAPEXYQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FcazO-4Vkigza-jtm88XCAPEXYQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~4/0xyW4ajJjQ0" height="1" width="1"/>http://pinkhollyhock.blogspot.com/2011/01/succulents-at-dawn.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980835024192190867.post-356302638196938106Sat, 08 Jan 2011 00:41:00 +00002011-01-07T17:04:51.664-08:00I love my sunny laundry-room-slash-dressing-area.  It's bright and airy, and the natural light is great for make-up.  The room already has good storage.  But above the washer and dryer is all that emptiness, and I long to make use of it.   Going to start looking around at creative ways to add (unattached) storage above the appliances. Ideas, suggestions, recommendations are welcome. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~3/_cCTOp03UTs/laundry-room-cabinet-ideas-wanted.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (~ kjb)2<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FuHJsdpv1H4ZojsFj9Iz4KozW7I/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FuHJsdpv1H4ZojsFj9Iz4KozW7I/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FuHJsdpv1H4ZojsFj9Iz4KozW7I/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FuHJsdpv1H4ZojsFj9Iz4KozW7I/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~4/_cCTOp03UTs" height="1" width="1"/>http://pinkhollyhock.blogspot.com/2011/01/laundry-room-cabinet-ideas-wanted.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980835024192190867.post-2811975489349903909Tue, 30 Nov 2010 20:10:00 +00002010-11-30T12:38:04.581-08:00Verification is the first thing you learn in J-school, and it's why journalists used to be trusted. From Day 1, it was hammered into you to take nothing on faith or at face value. "When in doubt, check it out. Even if your mother says she loves you, check it out." Everything you wrote for publication had to be independently verified, fact-checked, double-checked and cq'd, either by you orhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~3/HFdNG6UU6jM/if-your-mother-says-she-loves-you-check.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (~ kjb)7<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HrcfBO2hjbLmLtNKsDs9l1H6Pzk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HrcfBO2hjbLmLtNKsDs9l1H6Pzk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HrcfBO2hjbLmLtNKsDs9l1H6Pzk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HrcfBO2hjbLmLtNKsDs9l1H6Pzk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~4/HFdNG6UU6jM" height="1" width="1"/>http://pinkhollyhock.blogspot.com/2010/11/if-your-mother-says-she-loves-you-check.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980835024192190867.post-3341419362022371906Sat, 27 Nov 2010 16:48:00 +00002010-11-27T08:47:40.914-08:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~3/4UJ6aQIdiMU/thanksgiving-sunset.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (~ kjb)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Fo3TE0UFyOwLp0kjMn3EUAM54HI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Fo3TE0UFyOwLp0kjMn3EUAM54HI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Fo3TE0UFyOwLp0kjMn3EUAM54HI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Fo3TE0UFyOwLp0kjMn3EUAM54HI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~4/4UJ6aQIdiMU" height="1" width="1"/>http://pinkhollyhock.blogspot.com/2010/11/thanksgiving-sunset.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980835024192190867.post-359520342110826187Mon, 22 Nov 2010 01:10:00 +00002010-11-21T17:10:35.217-08:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~3/twwVW5pDvX0/after-storm.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (~ kjb)2<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/E-4ehZpGDh6pBp3f7vOF6x0oaUc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/E-4ehZpGDh6pBp3f7vOF6x0oaUc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/E-4ehZpGDh6pBp3f7vOF6x0oaUc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/E-4ehZpGDh6pBp3f7vOF6x0oaUc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~4/twwVW5pDvX0" height="1" width="1"/>http://pinkhollyhock.blogspot.com/2010/11/after-storm.html