Marilyn's Musings

Daughter-in-law and I went off on another adventure. This time to the town of Lemoore. This is the home of the Lemoore NAS. We had Mapquest directions, directions from the teacher who invited me to come to her class, and of course Mrs. Magellan to guide us. We still managed to not get off the freeway where we were supposed to and had to make a loop around to get back on track. We still got there about 10 minutes ahead of time. The campus of West Hill College is quite new--and beautiful. We went to the Administration Building where we were met by a student of the class and soon the teacher arrived. Together we all walked to the class. One thing I've noticed about colleges, they certainly want their students to be fit, nothing is close. This was a small class but it was obvious all the students wanted to be there. I'd been asked to speak about promotion--one of my favorite subjects. One of the students looked very familiar and after the class I asked her where I'd see...

Today hubby and I drive to Fresno to the monthly meeting of the San Joaquin Chapter of Sisters in Crime. The speaker will be Denny Griffin who has written several books, fiction and non-fiction. His fiction are mysteries set in Las Vegas. His non-fiction is about crime in Las Vegas. He's probably the most famous for writing the biography of Frank Culotta, big time gangster who turned state's evidence against other gangsters resulting in a shorter sentence--but also making him a target and putting him into the witness protecting program. We met Denny and his wife Faith (more commonly known as Bear) right after 9/11 when we flew to Orlando FL to what was the called The Police Writers Conference. Everyone was surprised to us there--guess they figured non-law enforcement folks would be afraid to fly. We figured that was probably one of the safest times. At that time, though I usually volunteered to give a presentation of some sort, I wasn't involved with any of the planning for...