When I was about five years old, we lived in nice little place. It was small though for an expanding family. Upstairs were two very small rooms each with a dormer window looking over the front yard. When my 2nd little brother was born, I was moved upstairs to sleep in one of the dormer [...]

Dear You, Two hours left here for March 2021. Still walking every day. Have walked at least 10,000 steps a day since January 1st. Still have a goal of 5 million steps in 2021 along with trying to walk 50 miles in one day this year - when I am physically ready to do so. [...]

A guitar and a little imagination... Verse One It don't matter if you're dark or light Maybe kind of tall, maybe kind of wide It don't matter if you have three dogs a couple of chickens, and a big ole hog It don't matter... there is plenty of blues to go around Verse Two It [...]

Took a quick trip today for a change of scenery. The valley is great for gardening and all, but sometimes I miss the dimensions of the mountains. Fortunately, by driving north for 30 minutes and then driving east for 60 minutes, we are able to enter a wonderfully different world in Lassen Volcanic National Park. [...]

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 [...]