Counting calories is a glorious hobby. It can quickly consume all of your free time and then some. You can turn your weekly supermarket shop into a marathon of calculations and estimations. If you’d prefer to eat healthy than to start a new hobby, counting calories may not be the way to go and if […]
Drawing Tools and Tips for Beginners
Drawing is a relaxing and fun hobby for anyone willing to take the time to learn it, step by step. Just let yourself go and sketch, concentrating on what you’re drawing. It is important to think positively, and not be too hard on yourself. So many of my students have told me at first, “I […]
Pen Pal writing-the art of writing and learning about the world
Pen pal writing is one of the most prolific hobbies around. You can make a new friend or even find a new love through the art of exchanging letters. People who engage in this hobby usually find out new and interesting things about countries they’ve never been to and it’s like you’re getting exposure to […]
Successful Self Employment on a Budget for Artists and Other Freelancers
Being a business takes a lot of hard work, to put it mildly. Artists generally have experience in creating beauty, but are usually less than knowledgeable about the world of business and self-employment. It pays to work hard, to avoid that horrible starving artist cliche. Who needs to starve? By spending a lot of time […]
Whiling away the time at Redondo Beach
It is hard to resist the magic spell of a summer day at the Redondo Beach Pier. Surely, it is something that any mortal soul would look for at any given day. And it doesn’t matter at all if it is morning or afternoon because ultimately the choice is yours. From afar, the Pier juts […]
The FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR ALL OVER AGAIN
RE-ENACTORS FIGHT THE FIRST WORLD WAR AGAIN, AND AGAIN, AND AGAIN. In 1755 Europe was engulfed in what many consider the real First World War, pitting Britain and France and their respective allies for world dominance extending from the Eastern European plains to the wilderness of the North American continent. New York would play a […]