My First Time at L.A. Auto Show
I have known that there is such a thing as an automobile show. Apparently it is a big thing. But seeing as I don't drive and have limited interest in automobiles (unless they are painted in an artist...
View ArticlePershing Square Downtown Los Angeles 2014
I was feeling blah so I went for a walk. Which means I hopped a bus, a bit of a train and then I walked around downtown Los Angeles. So much has changed.There was a time when you walked quickly and...
View ArticleNot Gone But Distracted
I meant to go back to The Last Bookstore in downtown L.A. I didn't make it. I was seduced by the 99 Cents Only store. And Samy's Camera. More about that later.There was a moment when I looked at the...
View ArticleMicrobloging and Li'L Abner
Having trouble not writing in anger. So I don't write. And then I feel bad leading to worse. I'm stumbling around the 'Tubes and I see Mel's post about re-embracing our blogs by microblogging. Instead...
View ArticleAnother Tool to Battle the Inner Lil Hater
Struggling to write and create because of a lot of things. I know so many better people than myself and a kind of toxic "Don't you dare" took root. Fighting my way back by finding resources internal...
View ArticleFlops, Failures and Limited Success
I have not blogged for weeks. I've been working on a project. I'm in suck mode at the moment. Just when I think I have a glimmer I fall down. It is so frustrating!I'm trying to create short videos...
View ArticleRacking Up the Numbers
It was a good day. I had cake for breakfast. Once a year you should have cake for breakfast if you want. Or sushi. Or a smoothie. Maybe not at the same time.Yesterday I took photos. Walking around the...
View ArticleLos Angeles Bach in the Subway Day 2015
Yes I was a gal about town and it just so happens that I found myself at Union Station.Bach in Union Station 2015 from Gena Haskett on Vimeo.My other cameras were on life support and I had my trusty...
View ArticleStatus Report - The Fish Are Traveling
I'm still working on the not so secret project. I'm trying to create a limited series podcast on mental health and anxiety spectrum issues. I have everything I need but time. Actually, I have that too...
View ArticleLearning Something New and It Hurts
So I'm just about ready to launch the audio podcast. I've had to speed learn about audio production, distribution and making it good.My head hurts. It is like looking at the above highway sign. I know...
View ArticleJust About Ready to Launch
It has been a headache. A journey. A wallet cleaner. A commitment made and un-made. Just one more item I have to do and then it will be launch time.This is the podcast logo I'm going with at the...
View ArticleMy First Step Into The Void
This is the start of what I have been working on for about six months. It has changed forms. It will change again but I had to stop talking about it and do it.This is episode 000 of the Anxiety Road...
View ArticleWe All Rock at Different Speeds
I was on the bus and this man was verbally attacking a woman. Nothing new in that; seems to be an open sport now days. But you could tell that she had a problem, a mental health problem.Old boy thought...
View ArticleBonding with Tewt
Not too many animated cartoons got past me as a kid. I even watched the ones I didn't like just to be informed of how much I didn't like it. I was a shade too young to catch up with The Mighty...
View ArticleSay the Name and Accept Who We Are
I'm grinding down to a halt but I wanted to get this posted. There is a web site called Teaching Books.net. As I understand it it is a way to find authors for children and young adult books.The site...
View ArticleSo Tired Almost Forgot to Give the Post A Name
It is tough trying to be creative, productive and earn a living. I am tired. As in sleepy. I want to say a lot of things but there are too many people talking already. Most of them are pushing air out...
View ArticleFermenting and Maybe Letting Go
I do like the mini docs from the New York Times; quiet intimate views of real people trying to make their way in the world.I sometimes like to imagine that I would become a back to nature homesteader....
View ArticleKlownie Kar Follies Struck A Nerve
I generally shake my head and move on from the Klown Kar follies. I know what is being said but there is only so much verbal spewing that a person can stand.I should ignore it because in another two...
View ArticleThe Busyness of Life or Making Time for Life
I have been busy. We all have been busy. Doesn't mean that we are doing anything of high importance. It does mean that we are doing assigned and unassigned tasks that have repercussions if we don't get...
View ArticleBryan Stevenson at Zeitgeist 2015
I am leery about talking about problems without attempting to have space for ideas and solutions.I am weary of people finding excuses for damning other people to hell without having a slice of...
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