Swarming
I got a nice picture today of a flock of bee swarming. They were on a Palo Verde tree just off the Mount Wilson Toll...
Category: Simon Says
Why I Blog
On the way back from Santa Fe last month I dismissed writing letters to the editor with the old laugh line "writing...
Spring
This photo was sent to Nurit by her friend Betty P. from Salem, Oregon. She wrote: "I've attached a picture of two...
Accepting Help Graciously
Here are a few more tips for aging well. Or at least not to badly. Accept help graciously. When people offer...
Code Words
Our comfortable middle class world is full of caring groups that want to for instance: stop genocide in Darfur without...
Happy Cab
Lillian saw this one in San Diego: The fares are the same as the "Grumpy...
Low Expectations Revised
I have often said that: "The Key to Happiness is Low Expectations." It is an excellent conversation starter and a...
Better than Google
Google is great for finding stuff. But it has gotten commercial and is being manipulated by special interests. Try...
May 19, 2009 Maxim
We are all something, but none of us are everything. Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) From The Birthright Lottery by Ayelet...
Social Capital
My Father-in-law is still in a nursing home and so I'm still learning about aging. It turns out that almost as...
