Author name: judyann dutcher

One Last Thing

Johnathan Tropper’s One Last Thing Before I Go is an attempt to make you look at what’s important in life. The main character Silver is a washed up drummer of a one-hit wonder band. He’s made a mess out of his life by alienating his family of origin, abandoning his wife and daughter and not […]

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Yahoo Screen

Yahoo produces the occasional original mini-movie videos. The series is serialized and 6-10 minute episodes are released every daily over a period of days. Tom Hanks produced “Electric City” for Yahoo. It’s a post-apocalyptic animated series that featured an all-star line up for voice work: Tom Hanks, Holland Taylor, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Tara Stong (Twilight Sparkle

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Plenty-ful

Poached veggies with caper mayo Rating: 4Note: used poaching liquid the next dayto make rice Broiled vegetable soup Rating: 3Note: enough food to have leftovers If I have plans to be out of the house at dinner time, I usually prepare dinner for the family and give instruction on how to actually eat the meal.

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Arroyo Hondo Preserve

The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County works to protect important open space, wildlife habitat, farms and ranches. The 782-acre Arroyo Hondo Preserve is a wonderful canyon located west of Santa Barbara between Refugio State Beach and Gaviota State Park. Rancho Arroyo Hondo was part of the original 26,530-acre Rancho Nuestra Señora del Refugio Mexican

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Half Empty

David Rakoff’s 2010 Half Empty explores common places and events through Rakoff’s unique lens. Some topics for verbal discourse are the show/movie Rent, Disney’s Innoventions Dream House, Salt Lake City, a porn convention. Two topics of depth and feeling are those of his therapist dying of cancer and his own cancer progression. Here are some

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