Summer is here but in Los Angeles, we are experiencing gloom. It’s rained so much this year we were more like Seattle than sunny LA. The sky has been overcast and it’s still chilly enough to wear a sweater. I was out in Malibu this weekend for a fundraiser benefiting Operation Smile and a little blue sky made its way through. Though it was still overcast, the event was … [Read more...]
Judith Krummeck: South African Writer and Classical Music DJ | Interview
Author and classical music DJ Judith Krummeck immigrated from South Africa during Apartheid to Baltimore, Maryland in the 1990s. At the time, she had a background in theater and quickly landed a job at classical music station WBJC where she has worked for the last 25 years. In recent years, she segued into writing and has a screenplay in development. Watch this … [Read more...]
Best of Boomer Blogs: A Conglomeration of Thoughts
This week our Best of Boomer Blogs writers and bloggers have been inspired to write about things that cause them to think and react. It's what we do every day. Life gives us a situation that requires an action and we respond to it or not. It's simple. What gives you the impetus to get off the couch and do something? Does it take a mouse to get you to jump or do words or … [Read more...]
Pursuing Joy in Writing at Just the Right Time
A few months ago, a photographer friend came to my house to take some high-quality shots of yours truly. I generally loathe having my photo taken and loathe even more looking at those photos. More often than not, what I think I’m projecting to the world doesn’t quite square with what has been captured with angles and light. It’s humbling. I took a little more time trying to … [Read more...]
Best of Boomer Blogs: Worried About the State of the World
It’s that time again! This week the Best of Boomer Blogs Blog posts are hosted on BabyBoomster.com. We rotate to each other's blogs once a week and have been doing so for years. It’s wonderful that our group has persisted while others have fallen off and gone on to do other things. This week a few of our members are experiencing stress about what is going on in the world … [Read more...]