Resilience
As I sit at my laptop looking out on a Highland summer day that is alternately sunny and drizzly, I think of all of you and wonder what I can possibly write about in the aftermath of the Carr Fire… Continue Reading
Columns
Robert’s Reviews: My Top 5 Films of 2018 So Far
Hello Clever People! Welcome to my video on my personal top 5 films the that have been released so far in 2018. This year has been great for film up to this point, and in this video, I list my… Continue Reading
Two Tales of Youthful Misbehavior
I need a break from the news, and I’m hoping you need one, too. I’m Carr-fire exhausted. And I’m exhausted by politics—embarrassed for our country regarding the latest Trump news: the bruhaha with his fellow reality TV character, Omarosa. I… Continue Reading
Culinarily Yours: All in a Day’s Work
I simply couldn’t believe it, it was exactly two weeks to the day. This last Thursday, Chef Husband and I were on our way to Fall River to cater a four-day weekend retreat for a small group, about an hour… Continue Reading
Wildfire Insurance Help
This is the fourth time I have been evacuated from my home for possible fire danger. I have lived in the same home for almost 40 years. But this one is like no other. The reality of the Carr Fire… Continue Reading
Robert’s Reviews: Christopher Robin
Hello Clever People! Welcome to my review for the new Disney film Christopher Robin! This film follows the story of a grown up Christopher Robin returning to the hundred acre woods are reuniting with Pooh, Tiger, Piglet, and many others… Continue Reading
After Losing Everything, What Remains?
I live in Redding, Calif., where, along with a thousand of our neighbors, our home was rudely and suddenly consumed by a wall of fearless flame and summarily reduced to rambling heaps of sad ashes and shattered shards of her previous pride, scattered and strewn about carelessly in the solemn space that once comprised our ordered, routine and predictable life; Continue Reading
Carr Fire: The Grinch That Burned Christmas
There once was a Christmas house on Harlan Drive in Redding. Santa greeted everyone in the evenings. Hot chocolate and cookies were handed out to all visitors. But that ended when the Carr Fire swept along Harlan Drive last week,… Continue Reading
Robert’s Reviews – Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again
Hello Clever People! Welcome to my review for the brand new sequel musical Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again! This film follows the story of Sophia as she tries to continue the legacy of her mother by rebuilding her hotel,… Continue Reading
Mistress of the Mix: Up In Flames
I’m one of the lucky ones, and oh, how I know it. In fact I think most of us – the lucky ones – are suffering from a little bit of survivor’s guilt. We’re the ones whose homes didn’t burn… Continue Reading
