Friday is known by the news media (mostly) as black Friday. Just because the stores want to make record sales and the news media wants us all in a state of frenzy, I refuse to go to sales. I refuse to buy anything on black Friday that has anything to...

I made the spicy cauliflower soup again. You'd be so proud! This was my second attempt making the soup from Alice Water's The Art of Simple Food. The first batch tasted delicious. I am not a big time cauliflower eater. Until I found this soup recipe -...

I'm leaving for the Sierra foothills. I am nearly finished with Eckhart Tolle's book A New Earth. It's very interesting, deep reading. You have to actually concentrate. If you're the kind of person who's into cars, chicks and beer for all your external...

Until we meet again, until we meet againThus sweet memories come back to meBringing fresh remembrance of the pastDearest one, yes, thou are mine ownFrom the true love shall ne'er depart Another shot of Bobby playing Creepy Doodoohead to my...

When I showed this photo to my sister, her comment was "That's about the time we really started going downhill, wasn't it?" Who's this "we" she's talking about!? (Look how serious my dad was? He's the man who taught me how to laugh though you wouldn't...