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Stuck inside with bad weather? Now's the time to start making cookies. Fire up the mixer and get going. Butterscotch pecan cookies White...

Carmi, at Written, Inc. , posts a weekly photographic challenge, based on a theme. But this time, it's different. To wrap up the year...

Carmi, at Written, Inc. , posts a weekly photographic challenge, based on a theme. But this time, it's different. To wrap up the year, ...

When I recently visited the Million Dollar Theatre, Sid Grauman's pioneering movie palace in downtown Los Angeles, I knew from a previou...

Sorry for the long absence. I suppose I should call it Monthly Jack. But - here's Jack! Jack has a secret vice. He loves peanuts. This d...

Tenor saxophonist James Moody died on December 9, 2010 at the age of 85. In 1949 Moody improvised a solo to the jazz standard "I'm...

I suppose it's not too bad to be under the weather when the weather is like this. Here in Topanga, we've enjoyed sunlight and mild t...

A bowl of fingerling potatoes, oven roasted, rolled in a spicy chili oil. How much simpler can you get? The bite-sized little spuds were c...

Well, it hit me like a ton of bricks, Saturday afternoon. Fever, chills. Headache. That tickle in the back of the throat, that uncomfortable...