Author Archives: silvermic
Six Decades of Nurturing Writers–and Counting
Did you know that Los Angeles has an award-winning writers’ group that’s been in existence since the late 1940s? Or that they have monthly speakers…publish an annual anthology, featuring members’ work…and included a certain Mr. Ray Bradbury among their members … Continue reading
Native Voices’ New Dialogues
This week marks an exciting annual event for Native Voices at the Autry. Their fifteenth annual Playwrights’ Retreat culminates, on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, May 29-31, in their Festival of New Plays. Each evening at 7:30, the troupe presents a … Continue reading
What Ducks Are Really Like
People call Carol Chrysong “The Duck Lady”. Carol founded Lucky Duck Rescue and Sanctuary in 1991. To this day, her nonprofit is the only one in California that’s devoted to rescuing abandoned and abused domesticated ducks. With Lucky Duck Rescue … Continue reading
Carol Chrysong Interview, Part Two
Carol discusses the ways our elementary schools are contributing to the plight of tame ducks, and her current efforts to find sanctuary for the mother duck and brood that showed up unexpectedly at Killian Elementary School, in Rowland Heights.