Sacramento Connect

On Wednesday, March 6, two popular local food writers, Chris Macias, food and wine writer for the Sacramento Bee, and Hank Shaw, author of Hunter Angler Gardener Cook, will conduct a reading at Bows & Arrows. Macias and Shaw will each read their pieces which were selected for Da Capo’s Best Food Writing 2012....

What I want to know is, do you still play with your food, like I do? OK, that’s not really why I called you here today. Remember in my last post how I told you I was producing a show called Listen to Your Mother? So, the other day, my co-producer (Nichole) texted me...

Local author pairs up with Sacramento Connect's reading series to share a chapter from her recently completed narrative non-fiction AN ANGEL FOR HEAVEN, A True Story of a Guardian Angel

Sacramento Connect Presents: Words Aloud  A lively evening of prose and socializing Wednesday, February 6 at Bows & Arrows!   Join us at Bows and Arrows on Wednesday, February 6 for the launch of Sacramento Connect’s monthly reading series featuring local bloggers, writers and reporters sharing their prose. The premiere event will feature two...

The print edition of today’s Sacramento Bee comes with their 2013 Gardening Guide. In addition to a planting planner for the entire year, practical advice from Sacramento area pros, and other useful information for gardeners, it also includes a profi...

The Sacramento Bee created a gallery called “The Faces of Epilepsy” based on some of the interviews done here during Epilepsy Awareness Month.  This thrills me no end since you’ve heard me say I cannot let Epilepsy Awareness be confined...

Clawssical Music Concert By Elena M. Macaluso Mira Loma High School junior Betty Yimeng Teng is completing a big endeavor this coming Friday, June 15. She organized and will perform a piano recital, with proceeds benefiting the Folsom City Zoo Sanctuary and Happy Tails Pet Sanctuary. “Clawssical Music Concert” takes place at Folsom Lake...

This blog is now on Sacramento Connect, a network of Sacramento-area blogs and community news.  Sacramento Connect operates in partnership with The Sacramento Bee, a newspaper that has served northern California since 1857.***

Writing Workshop: Germinating Ideas for Your Blog, Wed. Jan. 25 Sacramento Bee reporter Debbie Arrington, who has covered everything from food to gardening to sports (including NASCAR), will be giving a workshop at The Bee on Wednesday, January 25 from 5:30-7:00 p.m. Using her many years of experience as a writer, she’ll share tips...

Want your blog (and readership) to grow? Writers and gardeners need food for inspiration, but where do you find those seeds for thought? Right in your own backyard, of course. But we’ll also go further afield in this lively, hands-on discussion of gardening, food and writing. Debbie Arrington, The Bee’s Home & Garden writer...