Casa Serrano MEETS Tillie Lewis and ME May 5th, 2018

May 05, 2018

Tillie Lewis loved the Spanish style of Monterey that we find in the Old Adobes such as this one owned by Don Florencio Serrano at 412 Pacific Street in Monterey (1845) where I'll be sharing historical California tales for the American Association of University Women May 5th. The photo above is a smidgen of me near Tillie's Palm Springs nearly 2 acre compound in Palm Springs built in 1931. Tillie's mansions were all over 7,000 sq. ft. slightly larger than CASA SERRANO here in Monterey, Ca.  Don

Some Darn GOOD Art is Happening at Mahlerfineart.com

Apr 09, 2018

Even John Steinbeck commiserated about "Starving writers and overlooked artists." It is an issue in the Bohemian world of creativity & passion vs. having a "REAL" job. I write and my husband "MAHLER" paints. While we're not starving or overlooked, being looked over more often is always a good thing.  Our home is a profusion of paragraphs on reams of paper and the PC downstairs and light filtering into the great room/atelier upstairs wall to wall & floor to ceiling art. From bright and shiny

When Shutting Up Is THE Best Option

Aug 22, 2017

It's the day after the funeral.  It wasn't my dearly beloved. It was a friend's teenage daughter. Car accident. Horrible. The family could not properly say their goodbyes because the minister decided to make this moment, HIS  INFOMERCIAL, for his Church of HELLfire, Brimstone, and Da-a-a-a-a-a-m-nation to any sinners present who hadn't been to church in a while. He missed that eloquent opportunity to sell his ideas in 3 minutes, or less, then graciously turn the podium over to those who could