by Carolyn Bass | Mar 30, 2015 | Ovations
I’m heading out to Asheville, NC today to see and hear Sara Gruen read from her newest novel, At the Water’s Edge at Malaprops Bookstore tomorrow night. This is particularly meaningful to me because I missed her first book tour back in 2007 when she swung...
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...
