LIGHTS! CAMERA! PICASSO! …and Me
Behind the scenes in the making of the movie Picasso Summer. Featuring Albert Finney and Yvette Mimieux in the south ofKeep reading »
I KNIT DISH CLOTHS • First in a Series of My Obsessions • Offered on a Regularly Irregular Schedule
This is all about my passion for knitting dish cloths and more.Keep reading »
My 11 Guilty Pleasures
Here is the list of my 11 guilty pleasures.Keep reading »
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Secrets Revealed
This is the true story from the producer of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan regarding the death of Spock and the threatsKeep reading »
When I Come Home – Honoring Our Service Men and Women
This moving video, “When I Come Home,” honors our service men, women and their families. Those who serve,Keep reading »
True Confessions: How I flunked making pasta in Italy.
Sandra takes you deep into cooking country with this fine and fanciful Duck Lasagna Recipe inspired by Giuliano BugialliKeep reading »
“Sandra, can you draw?”
My art gallery dealer, Marti Koplin : “Sandra, can you draw?” Sandy: “Uh, I don’t know. I haven’tKeep reading »
My Mother Escaped From Russia With Rags On Her Feet- Part Two
Continued from Part one Ninety years later, my husband and I sailed into St Petersburg harbor on a luxury ship. Now, IKeep reading »
My Mother Escaped From Russia With Rags On Her Feet – Part One
My mother escaped from Russia with rags on her feet. She left with her family In the middle of the winter of 1917 andKeep reading »
I Was Kissed By Wolves
That’s right, I was kissed by a pack of wolves! No, not the whistling kind. These were real wolves, wolves with rawKeep reading »
Shootin’ Newton
The Los Angeles Police Department honored my husband last night. Yes, the Commanding Officer, Police officers, PoliceKeep reading »
How to Succeed in Showbiz Without Really Trying – Part Two
Read Part One of How to Succeed in Showbiz Without Really Trying Fast forward. I’d graduated high school and wasKeep reading »
How to Succeed in Showbiz Without Really Trying – Part One
It was never anything I sought. I just think my creative interests accidentally paved the way for me to be inKeep reading »
Burlap and Buggies: A Remembrance of Christmas Past
A potato? A truck with bales of burlap bags?Keep reading »
A House Filled With Christmas
When I think of Christmas, I think of my dear friend, Sharon’s home here in Idaho. The Christmas feeling in herKeep reading »
Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow!
First thing I do when I wake in the morning up in the high mountains of Idaho is close the window. The window is on myKeep reading »
Words Fail Me
I could not write another post without addressing the horrific killings in Newtown Connecticut. I would feel negligentKeep reading »
World’s Ultimate Best, Without a Doubt, Potato Latkes!
Look no further. Don’t go to Martha’s site, not to Gourmet, not anywhere. Eureka, you’ve found itKeep reading »
When did you decide to become an artist?
After studying geology and learning about the three different kinds of rocks: igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic…Keep reading »
Easy Peasy Minestrone
My dear husband casually strolled into the kitchen, opened the refrigerator and declared, “Why, it looks like aKeep reading »
Boo!
Guess who…? …and guess what song I am? I’ll give you the answer at the end of this post. Gotta wait forKeep reading »
Is it the chicken or the egg thing?
Do I love reading because my father insisted that I get books from the library, or do I just love reading? In theKeep reading »
Did you always know you were an artist?
NO! NO! Not at all. My two sisters and I were each seven years apart in age. I was the youngest. One day, when I wasKeep reading »
…and chocolate chip cookies will heal you…
That was the only thing I could think of to help. You see, a relative was ill, really ill, been in theKeep reading »
Once upon a time…
…there were three Liriope MuscariKeep reading »

