by Carolyn Bass | Oct 16, 2014 | Ovations, Recipes
Tarragon Chicken Pie (Based on an English recipe by Dan Lepard at GoodFood) My friend Karen L sent me this luscious sounding recipe from a British website and I had to try it on this rainy cold October night. The original recipe by Dan Lepard called vermouth, but with...
by Carolyn Bass | May 26, 2014 | Ovations
When we lived in California we attended a Memorial Day observance service at a local cemetery. After the service BassMan, a Marine, would walk around the veteran’s section and salute all of the USMC graves. Our son, Jonathan, now in the Air Force, would follow...
by Carolyn Bass | Jan 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
A friend posted in Facebook how she needed an uplift. I had been feeling gloomy for a few days, but when I read her cry for encouragement, I drew this from my own need: We are sisters within spheres of light and darkness. My my light shines when yours is dim and your...
by Carolyn Bass | Nov 3, 2013 | Ovations
Before heading down for my writing residency at Weymouth, I spent the last week reading through the 23,000-plus words I’d already written in my WIP to re-familiarize myself with the storyline and to reenter the atmosphere of the draft. I was pleased with the...
by Carolyn Bass | Oct 30, 2013 | Ovations
It’s November. National Novel Writing Month, affectionately known as Nanowrimo. I’ve taken the Nanowrimo challenge this year to finish my long-neglected novel, Whispering Nights. And what a better way to get into the daily writing habit than a week-long...
