Into each day: Put equal parts of… Faith Patience Courage Work Hope Fidelity Charity Kindness Rest Prayer Meditation Remember to add one teaspoonful of… Good Spirits a Dash of Fun a Pinch of Folly (after all, we are human and not angels) and always, always, top off with a Sprinkle of Play and a Generous • Read More »
Archives: Jeanne Ferris
Eyes are you SEA WORLD!
November 22, 2013 | By Jeanne Ferris | No Comments | Filed in: Jeanne Ferris.With all that we now know about dolphins and whales—it is time for Sea World to catch up with the new information and set aside its archaic way of making money. The damage control on the public relations part of rescuing pelicans, seals, and other hurt animals doesn’t make up for intentionally putting humans (Orca • Read More »
Tags: "Free Tilly", boycott, Dawn Brancheau, Sea World
Festing at San Diego Film Festival
October 7, 2013 | By Jeanne Ferris | No Comments | Filed in: Jeanne Ferris.Hello! Festing at San Diego Film Festival (SDFF) felt like I took a vacation in my own town. I got to: preview a big Oscar contender, the harrowing and exhausting “12 Years as a Slave” (hated it but appreciated its objective) spoke with Judd Apatow, a very funny director—I asked him if Brick (a character • Read More »
Tags: actors, Jeffrey Lyons, Judd Apatow, San Diego Film Festival, Sundance, Tribecca
Rest in Peace, Pops
June 24, 2013 | By Jeanne Ferris | No Comments | Filed in: Jeanne Ferris.April 20, 1920 ~ June 24, 2013 Your love of life, dance and family will be missed dearly at all gatherings. We love you up to God. See you in heaven. We know the angels are happy to have you back. j
Tags: God, pops, rest in peace
Happy Summer Solstice
June 21, 2013 | By Jeanne Ferris | No Comments | Filed in: Jeanne Ferris.One of my favorite seasons for fruits and dining. Everything feels lighter–sunnier. My plums are just now ripening although late this year. Everything seems later. The butterflies have not been so prolific but the hummingbirds have been quite busy. The world spins and the tides continue. Been waiting for: The “hit song” of summer. A • Read More »
Tags: heaven, monarch, summer solstice
TWO WORDS…
May 10, 2013 | By Jeanne Ferris | No Comments | Filed in: Jeanne Ferris.A COVER-UP! One more word: “Benghazigate.” Who’s looking out for us in Washington when they are too busy looking out for themselves? j
Tags: Benghazi, Obama administration
Hillary Needs to Hang it Up. Really.
May 7, 2013 | By Jeanne Ferris | No Comments | Filed in: Jeanne Ferris.Okay. Tomorrow is the big day when the magnifying glass is held up on Obama and Clinton regarding the death of the Libyan ambassador and three other Americans. And why the complete lack of protection and security at the consulate. If Ambassador Chris Stevens were my husband, I would bring a wrongful death lawsuit against • Read More »
Tags: Hillary Clinton, Libya, President Obama
Governor Brown’s 35 mile “twin tunnels”
April 17, 2013 | By Jeanne Ferris | No Comments | Filed in: Jeanne Ferris.It’s bad enough we live at the other end of California buying overpriced truckloads of water to supplement our reservoir from the Goliath: Metropolitan Water District who themselves sucked Owen Valley dry…now we (David) are going to get taxed for sucking the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta dry. Hmm. I wonder who’s going to pay for it? • Read More »
Tags: fresh drinking water, Governor Brown, Sacramento/Delta River, twin tunnels
Ahh…pockets full of posies
April 2, 2013 | By Jeanne Ferris | No Comments | Filed in: Jeanne Ferris.Don’t you just love spring? The ravens have been flying overhead with pine needles in their beaks for nests and yellow daisies have been emerging in full bloom. On the other hand, my dog needs her itchy medicine (allergies) and the cats have been crazy like banshees with spring fever. Even the parakeet has been • Read More »
An Irish Blessing
March 13, 2013 | By Jeanne Ferris | Comments Off on An Irish Blessing | Filed in: Jeanne Ferris.May the road rise to meet you. May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face, the rain fall soft upon your fields. And until we meet again, may God continue to hold you in the palm of his hand. No, I haven’t joined a nunnery…but sometimes a • Read More »