Birthday Haiku

Simon’s birthday dreamsYosemite Half Dome loomsFree Solo awaits Composed for me for my birthday by Bob K. Haiku-san We had an excellent trip to Yosemite. With lots of good company, hiking and stream... Read More

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

Nietzsche Eight

“Man does not strive after happiness; only the Englishman does that.” Friedrich Nietzsche It was nice to run across a Nietzsche quote that was both understandable and humorous or at least ironic. ... Read More