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Easter Dinner

By Pat as 'Food writer': Easter Dinner was so fabulous. Arlene had us over for an Easter dinner that wouldn’t quit! I have to describe the menu ~ delicious slow cooked, fall apart dark brown and juicy chuck roast, string beans all garlicy(sp), wonderful mashed potatoes and rich rich au jus gravy ~ omg like old times. Carol & I joined Arlene, AJ and ate hardy! I think we talked at the table, LOL. Carol added her coconut cake; I brought rolls, salad. Arlene had chocolate crème cake and Dubai Easter eggs too. We were too stuffed! Oh what fun & "MMMM mmm good". Thinking back, when I walked in, I immediately smelled a familiar aroma wafting throughout her house....

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Tour Pat's Work

A virtual tour of my photography collection showcasing the wide variety of subject material I love capturing.

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Solidarity Protest at Maxwell Park

On June 6, 200 residents from my Maxwell Park neighborhood, in Oakland, California came together for a solidarity protest in remembrance of George Floyd, a black man from Minneapolis who was brutally murdered by a policeman on March 25. Ours was a peaceful stand against the continued violence and inequality in minority communities. 

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