…this land is your land, from California to the New York Island, from the redwood forest to the gulf stream wa-a-ters, this land was made for me and you. Sing along, go ahead I know you want to: as I was walking that ribbon of highway I saw above me and endless skyway I saw…
Maybe from my description you have already guessed that I am talking about skiing, or maybe you just think this is some sort of crazy torture thing that I’m in to. Both are kind of true I guess, at least when you break down the component parts. Let’s try that out and see what we…
I like to think I am not terribly vain, but that doesn’t mean I am not pleased by compliments or stung by rebuke. By not terribly vain I mean I don’t revolve around what other people think of me, or strive to receive compliments. I grew up around quite a bit of that and having…
Three times in my life I have felt uncomfortable walking around. I should start here by saying I love to walk, and I believe that walking is really the best way to get to know where you are, feel the vibe, experience the culture. I have walked all over. In cities across the US, in…
There is a thing about marketing, or advertising if you will, to get people excited and get them to act (by which most of us mean give money in some way) when you want them to, typically right now. And then there is a thing about telling the truth, being genuine and being trustworthy. The…
Maybe you have heard the good news? It’s not about Jesus so i’ll give you a hint: the genius that is Silicon Valley has invented something that has alluded humanity for millennia and will now save us from untold horrors – yippee! I’m willing to bet you didn’t even know you needed this but now…
A week or so ago I was intrigued by a headline that was a list of 10 vintage perfumes that should could back in style. As a wearer of a older perfume I was curious to see if my favorite made the list. It did. Shalimar is a classic but it is also totally unique…
I don’t like bananas. It’s the taste and the texture combination that always makes me gag a little. Riper bananas are the worst if you are eating them fresh. But a green banana is really no good either, at that point it basically has no flavor at all. I eat them at the middle stage,…
You can know your dog very well, you can trust them with your life really but there are just some things that you can’t predict in their behavior. You just never know what they are going to do. People say that a lot when it comes to general pit bull breeds. ‘Sure,’ they say, ‘you…
I write a lot about animals that I like, dogs and cats and in particular my dogs and cats because I have an active relationship with them. I know them well, I observe their behavior, we interact. I find them interesting and I love them, probably this is connected. But I live in a place…