You’ll know I’ve been kidnapped by alien creatures the day I serve a dessert bare, such as a plain-Jane portion of bread pudding or an uninspired square of gingerbread cake. Anyone who knows me knows I’d doll up either of those desserts… Continue Reading
With each season comes a new forum hosted by the Women’s Fund of the Shasta Regional Community Foundation. ” Foster Care: Who’s Raising Our Children?” was the subject of the Jan. 25 winter forum held at the Shasta County Library in Redding. The sold-out lunch-time forum… Continue Reading
My pink house is officially no longer pink, but rather, a gorgeous soft Tuscan yellow-gold exterior stucco, applied with expert care by Jim Croxton and his crew. Do you remember that week when it was so freezing-ass cold? That’s the kind of… Continue Reading
Please don’t think I’m a vain cook, but here’s one problem I have when I make up a recipe that turns into a crowd-pleasing keeper. People ask for the recipe, and then I get this look on my face (what the heck … I forgot… Continue Reading
Little Aiden Patrick Phen was the first baby born at Mercy Medical Center this year. He arrived at 12:37 a.m., and weighed in at 6 lbs. 1 ounce. He was welcomed by his proud Redding parents, Dr. Irene Kan, 31, and her husband,… Continue Reading
Jean Berlinghoff, a slim 15-year-old with long dark hair and large blue eyes framed by dark lashes, sat on a wooden bench outside her Redding home, where the lighting was better for television cameras, but where the winter air was chilly. She laughed… Continue Reading
The most wonderful thing happened since my last Pink House Chronicles: the birth of my grandson, Austin Alexander Domke (8 lbs., because I know you want to know.) Credit goes to his parents, Joshua and Kat Domke, for bringing  The Most Handsome Little… Continue Reading
First, Christmas came early Saturday afternoon for the family and friends of Jean Berlinghoff, the 15-year-old Redding teen who’d been missing for a month, when she was found safe and alive in San Francisco. The break came when one of Jean’s… Continue Reading
If Debbie Allen weren’t just an ordinary, flesh-and-blood mother, but one with magical powers, she could draw upon every ounce of her super-mother strength and roll back the clock two years – to before December 20, 2008. Once there, Allen could move heaven and earth to save… Continue Reading
The Pink House barely resembles the house I shared with you in Pink House Chronicles Part 2, and it’s a night-and-day difference from the place you saw in Pink House Chronicles Part 1. Interior walls have been peeled back to make way for new wires and windows and… Continue Reading
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