I was remiss in the last blog in not including this photo of a house in Willow Glen, a charming suburb of San Jose. Suzanne and I have traveled a…
We departed rural Petaluma and Marin County for San Jose; that relocation required us to contend with heavy San Francisco area traffic. This was a far cry from the rolling,…
I would like to thank Judson and Donna Emens of Tuscumbia, Alabama, for sending me this quote by Congressman William Jennings Bryan from a Memorial Day speech delivered at Arlington…
Having spent most of my youth in New Orleans, it came as a bit of a shock when, as a teenager, I spent a summer on a family dairy farm…
I would like to thank Loyal Reader and Go-To Flower Girl Colette Sasina back in Florida for identifying the two wildflowers in Saturday's blog post. The tiny red flowers are…
One of the nice things about staying in campgrounds is getting to eat outside (a) when the weather is nice and (b) when the CG provides a decent picnic table.…
While at Port Hueneme, we took advantage of nearby Big Sycamore Canyon near Point Mugu for a mountain bike ride. One of the folks we met along the trail mentioned…
I get a few unusual emails every now and then, but this one was, well, "interesting"... It read, "Hello dear, i am Sergeant Leigh Ann Hester, United States military Sergeant,…
I have always wanted to visit Nepal and see Mt. Everest and Kathmandu, but never made it happen. The recent tragic earthquake and avalanches which killed so many people and…