The tree has fallen in California 

A recent storm has toppled the Pioneer Cabin Tree here in California. They say this tree may have stood for over 1000 years and was first tunneled to attract tourists to our Redwood forests.

Here my grandfather Charles Gillard, great grandparents and great Aunts rest for a picture. They went on to visit the hot springs and other outdoor jewels of California.

How to Teach Social Media #socialmedia #publicrelations #marketing


I’ve been out of The marketing world for a while… Although I feel I have jumped into social media as I am fascinated by this interactive media!

My daughter Karen started in the Internet as a child with a Val Kilmer fan site. Her site evolved into a site to display her achievements in Track and field… Landing Hera full college scholarship with a newsletter read all over the world.

Today, Karen teaches social media at the University of Louisville. Students have to go through an interview just to get into the class! It’s a lot of hard work and she wants her students to fully understand what they will be getting into!

Her students get jobs in social media…. Which is what it’s all about!

Her book is available on Amazon for $ 9.95.    CLICK HERE

Memories of Ireland: Soda Bread

  
Being American, we are a blend of nationalities and ethnicities that make ancestry truly fascinating. I’ve enjoyed making foods from all of my homelands and today it’s Soda Bread of Ireland.

Soda Bread like so many everyday inexpensive recipes has been upgraded to the point that some is hardly recognizable. Anything more – they say – than flour, water, buttermilk and soda is… A frivolity.

The author of the attached link … Views soda bread as a remembrance of humbler times and the time of the great famine. He suggests placing it among the other breads and cakes as a remembrance at family occasions.

My daughter Karen will be presenting in Dublin, her first time back and when we see her and before she leaves… We’ll ensure she has some Irish Soda Bread made as it was meant to be!