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It doesn't sound quite logical does it, but the cute little shore bird with short legs and a short neck ...

The invitation came as a great surprise. Mr. Herbert W. Armstrong was inviting the 50 most influential women in California ...

What do you give your ex-husband for his birthday after you've been estranged for nearly 47 years? "Tis a puzzlement" ...

Suddenly there is an epidemic of auctions of major deceased film stars! Have all the families been hanging in there ...

Hundreds of blogs are appearing on our screens with spring 2012 fashion as our calendars only take us into first ...

I generally spend a great deal of time going through all the items in auctions of Chinese antiques. But recently I ...

It's no secret I'm a great enthusiast for polo. In the 1930's my mother, a fine horsewoman, used to take ...

My blog on "Irene" ran too long and I didn't get around to Typhoons I have known. So now that ...

My friend Nancy Duong is full of energy and enthusiasm. One of her projects is an art gallery she started, ...

We don't get much snow in Santa Barbara, California. We get earthquakes and forest fires and the possibility of tsunamis ...

Today is sort of movie legend day. I originally was going to tell you only about a secret concerning Rita ...

I'm driving home from the local Chinese restaurant with my station wagon filled with the lovely mixed fragrances of moo ...

As one thing generally does lead to another, it's not really surprising that my blog discussing the island Capri led ...

This blog was started as a way to promote my latest book The Beautiful Lady Was a Palace Eunuch but ...

Parker Ladd and Arnold Scassi's wedding in New York last week was a very happy occasion making international news. Following ...

Reading an obscure article on when women in Britain were not being allowed to wear trousers for other than sports ...

My friend David Patrick Columbia's New York Social Diary continually comes up with memory-stirring articles for me. Earlier this week ...

The invitation read: Moscow Polo Club vs. Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club Exhibition Polo Match 5:00 pm followed by ...

The last fan letter I wrote was to Orson Welles when I was about 12 years old. Actually it was ...

What a nice surprise when I went to the Post Office in upper Montecito Village today. Walking past Tecolote Book ...