The USA attracts immigrants because, more than most countries, it rewards merit and forgives failure, it attempts to see all people as equal before the law and it is one of the best nations in the world at absorbing newcomers. Comparisons matter. If you compare the USA to perfection we come up short. There is lots that we need to work on. But if you compare the USA today to the USA 60 years ago we are improving. If you compare the USA to other… Read More »A Great Nation
New Years Day started auspiciously, we were going to walk about a mile down to the parade but our neighbors were driving down and offered us a ride. Never look a gift ride in the mouth. who are the “Odd Fellows?” we asked The parade was very excellent as usual. Ladies conducting and marching backwards The bands seemed more enthusiastic than usual. We see them at the end of the parade when they have been marching for 5 miles. The wonderful thing about the parade… Read More »2013 Rose Parade Acclaim
A Very Happy New Year to All Lillian, Rebecca, Nurit, Simon and Missy the Dog Click here to see our Holiday eCard slide show (like a Christmas letter only modern)
Okay people of Pasadena focus all of your attention on the good things that the Rose Parade does for us. The local pride, the publicity, the history, the sense of community, the awesome beauty of this popup event focused on floats covered with flowers. And don’t forget the schadenfreude we feel when people in Chicago see our weather on January 1. Stop all complaining about the Rose Parade. Don’t complain about the congestion, the parking, the noise, the inconvenience or the cost. Don’t complain because we… Read More »Stop Complaining
A few red leaves and tangerines Life is Good!
It is the curse of the henger. I was building a new wine rack for the hall closet and the nicely shaped maple pieces suddenly started talking to me. And what they were saying was “we are a henge.” And they became a henge. Then the spirits intervened (it is a wine rack after all) and the sunlight reflected of the car window shone directly through the southern trilithon. A clear message that the Mayans were wrong and the world will go on after the… Read More »Wine Rack Henge
My Thanksgiving Wish: “May you be surrounded by family and friends with whom you can disagree without animosity.” I’m mostly thankful for dessert. Oma’s Pink Stuff with apple pie and ice cream Oh my! Pecan Pie!
A giant band saw from a closed lumber mill in Northern California has become public art in front of a new Lumber Company on Colorado Blvd in East Pasadena. Congratulations Ganahl Lumber
We have seasons, crunching leaves and giant ferns in a Pasadena autumn scene It is worth the tax burden. So far.
“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet“ William Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliet The photo taken at the Huntington Library and Garden on Saturday is not of a rose.