Author Archives: Penelope Gordon
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Tweet The J. Paul Getty Museum has two locations: Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Dr, Los Angeles; and Getty Villa, 17985 Pacific Coast Hwy, Pacific Palisades. The Huntington, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino (near Pasadena); library, art collections, and botanical gardens.
Tweet Cats suffer from Type II diabetes but not Type I. A small percentage develop insulin resistance. Rapid weight loss, increased thirst and urination, dehydration, dizziness, vomiting, and staggering are all symptoms which may be associated with diabetes. A blood test at the vet’s will determine if diabetes is the cause or if further testing […]
Tweet Marie, Dancing by Carolyn Meyer and performed by Carine Montbertrand was a very engaging story around the model for Edgar Degas’s famous statue La Petite Danseuse de Quatorze Ans (Little Dancer of Fourteen Years). Degas and his friend and collaborator Mary Cassatt (often in the company of her sister Lydia) are depicted painting some […]
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Tweet The Cake Therapist Judith Fertig’s first venture into fiction stays well within the realm of baking: the protagonist is an innovative baker who uses her somewhat mystical ability to associate flavor preferences with emotions and experiences to evoke transformative responses in those who eat her confections. The story shuttles between a contemporary timeline with […]
Tweet Sherry Thomas s The Fitzhugh Trilogy Ravishing the Heiress by Sherry Thomas is the second book in an intertwined trilogy telling the stories of twins Fitz and Helena and their older sister Venetia over a period of more than eight years. In this book 19-year old Fitz, Eton student turned impoverished earl, marries 16-year […]
Tweet Cross My Heart Cross My Heart is a contemporary romance with skullduggery and redemption to drive along the plot. The reading by Marie Caliendo works well for the central couples but is a little off for the older characters, especially the mothers. The hero and heroine have been emotionally static since they were separated […]
Tweet Darkest London series Regency romance thrillers with paranormal elements. Firelight I liked the story – but I would have preferred the heroine to be a little less invincible and a little more trusting; and the hero to be a little less like Beast. Callihan makes creative use of the restrictions of the couple’s secrets […]
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