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photo by John Sandel Remember Zen Monday? This was #37  from 2009, a photo taken of me by my husband, John Sandel, at Hahamongna Water...

I have been living with my humans for a year now. They made today my birthday. I didn't tell them different because I don't know. ...

The Mount Wilson Observatory  was founded in 1904 by George Ellery Hale , who encouraged the likes of Edwin Hubble and who also had a gre...

I signed up for the bluefeet newsletter because I like it and I learn from it. Bluefeet was founded by Lilli Cloud "to help people a...

photo by John Sandel We have them, it's just that we have them in winter.

Summer, 2000 Before we got married, John and I had a date to the Huntington Library and Gardens. We asked a stranger to take our photo ...

photo by John Sandel Every year, the Pasadena Humane Society's Wiggle Waggle Walk unites families and dogs to raise funds in supp...

Act As If: Stumbling Though Hollywood With Headshot in Hand is my book of essays about the life of a journeyman actor in Hollywood, a ...

Over at our house, we've been making a movie. No, really. It's hard work. Plus when you're finished, you have to fill ...

Litfest Pasadena 2013 happened yesterday, May 11th, and a good time was had by all. Such a good time, in fact, that I'm too tired to wr...

I have two muses: Hahamongna Watershed Park, and Boz. For me and John, Hahamongna is a higher place above our petty concerns, a trail t...

The other day I promised I'd show you parts of Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum that most people don't see. Here's one o...

  "Suzie! Time for dinner!" "Okay!" Scuffle scuffle run run run blam! In the chair. "Did you wash yo...

UPDATE:  John and Tara report strong response to Script Kitchen, so they'll open a Sunday class soon. Date and time TBA. Quest...

John and crew have been shooting his short film, Strong Love , at our house. My job is "dog wrangler." During the two days of ...

It's not that I haven't been taking photos, but I couldn't resist posting another shot by a guest photographer: my husband, Jo...

I'm reading an excellent book by Ann Patchett called State of Wonder in which a doctor from Minnesota takes a trip (for which she is u...

I resist posting about Boz every week--even every day. He's one of my favorite subjects, so as soon as I think I've let enough time ...

Along about the time I started this blog (1/1/08) I was transitioning from an acting career into writing. I didn't know at the time why ...

Lately my multi-talented husband's been doing some drawing work (animation, logo design) and yesterday he had an on-camera job. No, he...