A waterfall makes noise but its power comes from its moving water. Likewise the noise coming from Washington is entertaining but the power is in the tax code. Photo of an old mill in Bayeux, France....Read More
“One of the problems with social networks is that it is getting harder and harder for others to complain about you behind your back.” From The Bed of Procrustes by Nassim Taleb...Read More
Why are you doing that? Because I have FoMO. What? You know Fear of Missing Out. FoMO is the acronym for a pretty common reason we do lots of things. Thanks and a hat tip to Debbie F for this very u...Read More
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee by David Treuer If you care about fairness and justice this is a disturbing book. It is also a book about hope. The Native Americans were totally defeated by 1900 their n...Read More
In France they smoke a lot more than in Arizona. And apparently their dogs also smoke more than ours. Photo taken in a tourist area of Lyon, France...Read More
The impetus for our trip to France was the Women’s World Cup finals in Lyon. Rebecca called last November and asked if we wanted to go and I said sure. We tacked on a few days Paris and a walkin...Read More
If you look carefully at the photo above near the center you can see the round towers of a Norman castle. The photo was taken from the patio of our wonderful rental house in Charnay. Here is the castl...Read More
Part Two: Markets The boulangerie in Charnay was wonderful. Amazing fresh baked bread and croissants twice a day. Of course I didn’t get a picture of it or the bread. But I did take some wonderf...Read More
Part One: Meals We ate a lot of good meals in France and I failed to take photos of most of them. Thanks to Gordon C. I have a few photos of food and I took some shots of the dining experiences. We at...Read More