by Melinda VanLone | Aug 3, 2015 | Thoughts |
The current trend toward pretending cauliflower is a potato. It’s not. It’s a vegetable, and a rather icky one at that. It does not now, nor will it ever, taste like a potato. If I liked cauliflower, then I’d just eat that, without the pretend. But I don’t. So I’m not...
by Melinda VanLone | Jul 8, 2013 | Photos, Thoughts |
Sometimes when I’m working I prefer absolute quiet, almost like I’m in a library. It helps me get into my own head so I can then get into a character’s head. When I was in school, I preferred to study that way, too. It drove my husband crazy. He...
by Melinda VanLone | May 20, 2013 | Thoughts |
Yesterday I dragged my husband out by his hair took the husband outside for fresh air, and ended up wandering into a big warehouse superstore. You know, the kind you need a “membership” to enter, which is just a really cutesy way of getting you to pay for...
by Melinda VanLone | Feb 25, 2013 | Photos, Thoughts |
As you might have figured out by now, Feb. 10th was the Chinese New Year. The Town Square here in Rockvill celebrated this last weekend with a parade and exhibits. I couldn’t resist going on Photo Safari because, well, how convenient is that? The parade passed...
by Melinda VanLone | Jan 30, 2013 | Photos, Thoughts |
It’s funny how ordinary things during the day can seem so out of the ordinary at night, or during a storm, or after a scary movie. The right lighting (or lack of it) can take a regular scene and turn it into something worthy of a horror film. I think the same is...
