Word Seldom Seen: Asperity
Asperity Noun: Harshness of tone or manner. Example: "He criticized her with unnecessary asperity." ...
California Wildfires
This is a contributing factor to the fires currently plaguing California: "In 2016, then-governor Jerry Brown actually...
Maps Redeux
I was a map collector. In 2012 I donated the collection to The School of Transborder Studies at Arizona State...
Happy Halloween
“The farther we've gotten from the magic and mystery of our past, the more we've come to need Halloween.”...
Pumpkin Spice
In America in modern times you can eat or drink anything you’d like, along as it is pumpkin spiced. From a WSJ book...
Ronald Reagan
"I didn't leave the Democratic Party, the Party left me." Ronald Reagan Seen at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley,...
Voting
"If God had wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates." Jay Leno...
Promulgating Postcrossing
I've been a member of Postcrossing now for six years. I enjoy sending and receiving postcards from around the world....
Fashion
"Fashion is aspirational" I'm not sure what this means. Perhaps people chose things and experiences that illustrate...
Ten Years Ago: Fire on Wynn Rd
Nostalgia Post from October 2009 The house across the Street from us on Wynn Rd in Pasadena burned down ten years ago....
