Vicodin makes you stupid. It it a wonderful painkiller, but it makes you act stupid. It slows your reaction times and impairs your ability to consider alternatives. The warning says don’t ...Read More
My neighbor, Marta J, saw a Western Bluebird down by the Eaton Canyon golf course. Her friends doubted her. So she “found” a web site that proved she was correct: Birding in Pasadena...Read More
This is the link to the story about Gabion Baskets I wrote on The Mount WIlson Toll Road Informer This is the teaser picture: At least you got a new word out of it....Read More
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 Road almost at Henninger Flats. The noise of thousands of bees buzzing is amazing...Read More
On the way back from Santa Fe last month I dismissed writing letters to the editor with the old laugh line “writing letter to the editor is the first sign of senility.” My friend replied...Read More
This photo was sent to Nurit by her friend Betty P. from Salem, Oregon. She wrote: “I’ve attached a picture of two (well, three) new friends that live outside our kitchen window. It̵...Read More
Here are a few more tips for aging well. Or at least not to badly. Accept help graciously. When people offer accept. Say thank you. Learn to not try to do everything for yourself. Stop worrying ab...Read More
Our comfortable middle class world is full of caring groups that want to for instance: stop genocide in Darfur without armed intervention or end the use of animal testing in drug development. These ...Read More
I have often said that: “The Key to Happiness is Low Expectations.” It is an excellent conversation starter and a reasonably applicable mantra. Yesterday at LAX I said it to a Southwes...Read More