Tag: California
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In-n-Out Burger Recipe
May is hamburger month in the U.S. I found this recipe that hits the spot every time. I’m not sure what tastes better, the secret sauce or the caramel onions, but I’ll let you decide. In California, a popular fast food restaurant is all the rave. In-n-Out Burger is famous for its ultimate double-double cheeseburger. ... -
Wildfire Season
If you are a Californian, you know what is coming. For Manhattan dwellers, it is Central Park strolls with the first nips in the air. For Michiganders, it is the leaves in every variation of red, orange, and yellow, a spell of seasonal transformation that lasts a few fleeting weeks. For most, it is the ... -
You Cannot Go Home Again
Author Thomas Wolfe wrote a novel titled, You Cannot Go Home Again. My sister, Tracy, and I learned the meaning of that when we visited our dad in Bremerton, Washington. We left Saturday morning, April 16th, and it was a gorgeous Arizona spring day. Perfect day for traveling, and that first day was uneventful. We ... -
California’s Elfin Forest
This week we are taking a trip to Elfin Forest. Haunted houses are spooky, but you can leave or move most of the time. Haunted forests and land are a whole different issue, plus San Diego County is less known for its haunted forest and more for its beaches and surfing unless you ask locals ... -
Snow Skins – Part 3
Read Part 2 My Face For The World To See by Alfred Hayes was an awful book in Deirdre’s opinion, but she kept reading it out of morbid curiosity. When she’d finally flipped the last page, thoroughly disgusted with the characters, it landed on Ian’s nightstand. “That was pointless,” she said, falling back onto the ... -
Snow Skins – Part 2
Read Snow Skins – Part 1 here. Trigger Warning: Mentions of Sex San Francisco, when she arrived, was terrifying and exciting. Moving in with her friend was less so. They’d known each other since elementary school, and his girlfriend, Sarah, was even easier to get along with. Deirdre got hired at a bakery called Bake ... -
Snow Skins – Part 1
It was an awful thing to give birth. To feel the blood escape while your body stretches around a thing that had been growing, living off of you, for months. Deirdre gripped the headboard of the bed. Three years ago, she’d never imagined this, would have laughed if you suggested it. But now, all she ... -
To Freelance Or Not To Freelance: Where Do I Go From Here
What was supposed to be a law protecting freelance and gig workers has become a nightmare for me. My dreams of becoming a freelance writer have begun to fade away. -
The Face Of Homelessness
2020 has been a difficult year for just about everyone. Whether it be a lot of a job, losing your home, or being infected with COVID 19, we have all struggled in some way. Our lives have changed in such drastic ways that there is only a small resemblance of what they were this time ...