Whenever we’d go back home to visit with our folks, my father would always walk me around the place to show all that he has done including what he had planted. Well, guess what I do when family and friends come over? They barely get out of the car and I am saying “ Hey, [...]

It was a good month, February was. I‘ve always wondered why the first “r” sound is dropped in February. I don’t drop the first “r” sound in library, but I guess many do. Out here where thousands of acres of almonds are still in blossom, they pronounce the word almond as “am-end” because they beat [...]

Psychoanalytic concepts that might help in life and on the spiritual path: repetition compulsion Repetition compulsion is best understood through …Psychoanalytic concepts that might help in life and on the spiritual path: repetition compulsion Gary: I thought this to be a rather brilliant short blog posting by Fiona Gardner including the piece by Portia Nelson. [...]

A couple of years ago, we went up to Sun Valley, Idaho while buzzing around the countryside. It was known as Ketchum, Idaho until a developer had other ideas and would bring the rich and famous to his newly named ski resort. Ernest Hemingway had a place up there along with a couple of his [...]

I started attending college at 17 years old and I was far from prepared for the experience. I quit after two years and did about 100 different jobs as we got married at 19 and had our first child when we were 20 years old. After having 3 children, one day I was fired from [...]

Nothing like thinking back on the good old days... My daughter had just completed playing in her junior varsity basketball game. She was a very good athlete and excelled in tennis and softball. For her, basketball was fun and she was a very good team player, usually passing to an open teammate. She played excellent [...]

About 15 minutes from our home is Black Butte Dam. I walked up on the dam and with a telephoto lens, while standing in one place, I took pictures in all directions. Here is what I saw. Northwest direction, the Trinity Alps- Looking northwards, Mount Shasta beyond a new vineyard- To the Northeast, Mount Lassen [...]

youtube.com/watch They say working with children is hard, try organizing a bird choir.

Not my favorite, January. Prefer more daylight in my day, but living on the 40 degree latitude, I really don’t have much to complain about in that regards! It was a good month though. I lost four more pounds! I have walked 10,000 steps or more for 31 consecutive days according to Fitbit. Actually walked [...]