Sunday, July 24, 2011

Scenes for my talk to the Beth Jacob Sisterhood in Beverly Hills






Sunday, July 17, 2011

Carmageddon -- A Traffic Jam in Search of Motorists

Thank goodness it was all for naught. Either all the dire warnings (stay in your home! Don't come anywhere near LA this weekend -- We're closed!) worked, or ... actually, I'm not sure what else it could be as on a 'normal' day, LA traffic is a white-knuckle nightmare.

But instead of this:

                                    We had this:

(Take a good look, since you'll never see an LA freeway look like that again).

So it seem I spent the weekend in Culver City for nothing...

Saturday, July 16, 2011

Well, That Was Dumb!

Last week I was in Florida to attend my nephew's bar mitzvah. I was there, but didn't make it.

Foolish me: I decided that I didn't want to miss my daily workout, and not having access to a gym, I figured that a walk would be a good alternative. I didn't walk fast, but long -- 1-1/2 hours. Unfortunately, I did this at the hottest time of day, though I didn't realize it was a problem at the time. But during this walk, I drank 3 bottles of water. When I returned to the house, I drank another bottle of water. I felt fine.

About 3-4 hours later, shortly before I needed to get dressed for the bar mitzvah, I stopped in at Best Buy in Aventura to buy a new power cord for my laptop, as my power cord was failing, and I knew I wouldn't make it home with access to my computer without it.

Suddenly, I felt very dizzy. It didn't help that the sales person I asked for assistance just pointed toward a wall and said "Over there." I headed for customer service, and by then I was ready to pass out. They weren't particularly interested, but one girl found a bottle of cold water and gave it to me. I drank it, but felt no better.

It was about an hour before I felt it was safe to stand up. During this time, I called my son, who was just leaving a job interview, to come get me. He drove up with food (that he made me eat even though I told him I had eaten and wasn't hungry) and a few more bottles of fluids. (He's very protective).

I was fine the next day, but I did miss the bar mitzvah... However I get to go back again next month for my niece's wedding, and I will NOT exert myself except under air-conditioned conditions!

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

A Ten Questions-Interview Appears in Today's La Jolla Light

Bryna Kranzler Returns to Her Writing Career with Book on Her Grandad

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Thank you to everyone who came to my book signing today

Friday, July 8, 2011

A Review from Last Year that I Never Knew About

So much for Google Alerts!

Read the review in the San Diego Jewish World

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Amazon Has Caught Up with the Temporary Discount

The price of The Accidental Anarchist ebook has been reduced to $1.99 for one week only, ending July 10. All ebook formats are available, either at Amazon.com, Smashwords.com or my website.

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Continuing in the Spirit of Freedom

July 4 over too soon for your tastes? Mine too. So I'm offering a discounted price of only $1.99 on the ebook of The Accidental Anarchist until July 10, only.

The paperback version of the book is always available at a 15% discount through my Facebook store.