A Great Life

“I’ve had a great life. If I die today I would not feel cheated.” Rabbi Sam Karff From: Old Man CountryBy Thomas R Cole Photo is from the Mt. Baldy area in Southern California. There are hun... Read More

Dignity

“Death with dignity is mostly an oxymoron.” Rabbi Sam Karff From: Old Man CountryBy Thomas R Cole Photo is from a 2015 hike up My Baden Powell in the San Gabriel Mountains.... Read More

Nietzsche Nine

Without music, life would be a mistake. Friedrich Nietzsche Photo Credit: This is a New Mexican Locust, it is a flowering tree or shrub that grows throughout the SW. We encountered it on our Horton Cr... Read More

Oak Galls

I went hiking, with Peter and Jim, north of Cave Creek, Arizona last Sunday and one of the wonders we came across was an oak tree with oak galls on it. The ones pictured above are about a half inch in... Read More

Mimosa Tree

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This tree in our neighborhood has the same name as the orange juice and champagne drink and is beautiful when it flowers. It is unclear which came first the drink or the tree. They are roughly the sam... Read More