Something Completely Different: My Mystery Writing life
Unless you're a real mystery buff, it's most likely you've never been to a mystery writers conference. I'd like to tell you about the Left Coast Crime Conference I recently attended. There are many...
Things Can Change: Kettleman City Part IV
Kettleman City residents, especially those families touched by the tragedy of a child born with a birth defect, feel betrayed by health officials who failed to point the smoking gun at the...
The Country Is Falling Apart
The Future Interstate Highway Network? I'm just back from a two-week trip in a rented RV with my dog Lily to attend a murder mystery convention called Left Coast Crime in Santa Fe. Lot of driving....
Why Don’t The Polluters Pay Too? Oh, silly me.
It's good news that Boral Roofing in Stockton is manufacturing smog-eating tiles. I browsed around their website, tried out their energy calculator and learned that in California I could save...
The Battle of Warring Studies, Kettleman City – Part II
I'm sure it must cheer Kettleman City families that Kings County has been given $158, 000 to develop a program to improve birth outcomes using grant money from the company that runs the hazardous...
The Kettleman City Babies – Part I
A California Environmental Protection Agency and California Department of Public Health report has exonerated pesticides and herbicides, the contaminated water, fumes from diesel trucks, and most...
Down To The Very Last Drop
I've had water dreams lately, often tasting the lake water where I spent my childhood, feeling the silken rush of water skinny dipping in the moonlight, diving from the rocks into the cold depths of...
Just eat less, dear.
Our government has boldly stepped forward in their recent guidelines and told us what we all know. The answer to obesity is to eat less, less sodium, and more fruits and vegetables instead. But...
Frazier Mountain Communities 2010 Women of the Year Award
The big award lists have come out naming 2010 Women of the Year. Some surprises head the list: Lady Gaga, Sarah Palin (sigh), and Fergie. Fergie, for heaven's sake? On a more serious side, look...
