by Carolyn Bass | Mar 19, 2015 | Ovations
The thickest book on the shelf of Mrs. Varga’s fourth grade class was called The Golden Child, a hardcover that probably stretched all of 150 pages. I eyed that book each week during reading period, but class rules required students to complete a special reading...
by Carolyn Bass | Mar 17, 2015 | Ovations
Somewhere in my bloodline is a smattering of Irish (Mc Millin). Of course, everyone claims some Irish on St. Patrick’s Day.
by Carolyn Bass | Dec 31, 2014 | Ovations
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 | 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...
