Today, December 21, 2014 is the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year north of the Equator. Tonight will be the longest night of the year. This year’s winter solstice will begin at 6:03 p.m. EST (3:03 P.M. PST). When the sun is exactly overhead the Tropic of Capricorn tonight, it will happen at […]
California Writers Club Tri-Valley Branch Meeting
I was able to take off a few hours from work this afternoon to attend the California Writers Club, Tri-Valley Branch Meeting. Lani Longshore led a hands-on mini workshop called “Someone, Something, Somewhere: Short Stories Made Simple.” We wrote for five minutes with each of her prompts that involved, character, thing, place, inciting incident, story […]
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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Comment on Preservation of Grand Central Station
In 1968, Penn Central presented plans for a tower to be built over Grand Central but the facade or the main waiting room would not be preserved. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was among the people who opposed the plan. She said,” Is it not cruel to let our city die by degrees, stripped of all her […]
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Grand Central Station
I spent three days in New York to attend a relative’s wedding. We stayed at the Grand Hyatt on 42nd Street with easy access to Grand Central Station. The shops, bakeries, and crowds extended down corridors that turned into a maze if one didn’t remember how to return to the hotel. Christmas shoppers increased the […]
Collaborative Story Dock One
(End of collaborative story from previous posts.) Marian felt like an outsider while her father and Gen reunited with her mother. She gazed at the sparkling lights on the dazzling landmark. From the dock to the tower was what she had wanted, but she never expected the dangerous way to arrive there. “Marian, join us,” […]