On the Cutting Room Floor You know how Directors often appreciate being able to include the Deleted Scenes in the Bonus Features sections of the DVDs of their films? It’s because they loved those scenes—the acting, the setting, the lighting, the music…but in editing, where final decisions have to be
Category: Blindness
For the past two years, Lake County has made the national news filling TV screens with the fiercest fires in California’s recent history. We were edgy and nervous when, this summer, we started getting red flag warnings of conditions for highest risk of fires. We did have a few, but
Master Painter Milford Zornes was a friend of my family for more than fifty years, but my own adult friendship with him didn’t happen until he and his wife Pat moved back to Claremont, CA. in 2001. We started working on a book together, so I was with him at
I had a shot in mind—arms of a puppy caretaker holding a rainbow of tiny, sleepy, snuggly, adorable, very young puppies. I wanted Labs of each color and a golden retriever—the breeds most often used for service dogs. I thought it would make a delightful cover for my new book,
Quite a bit has changed in the past few months. An update is in order. 1. Hedy’s scratching I used medicated shampoo that the vet at Guide Dogs for the Blind gave me. That helped. Her furious scratching seems to be connected to temperature and moisture in the air as