Posted in books, cooking, dogs, e-scrapbook, life, movies, pets, photography, thoughts, top of the world, travel, writing on November 16, 2014| 5 Comments »
It’s time. I’ve saved for years. I bought five extra years’ service with the state, bolstering my pension. I don’t have to work in the court system any more. The judicial process is painstaking, and as a citizen I appreciate the serious efforts of the courts to apply the law, to resolve conflicts, to get things right — at the same time, I don’t have to take those pains myself any more.
Posted in animals, humor, nature, politics, technology, top of the world on October 1, 2013| Leave a Comment »
There’s a vast continent-sized island of plastic debris floating in the Pacific. Meanwhile, the polar bears are drowning in the Arctic for lack of ice floes. I suppose it would be prohibitively expensive, but what if we could fuse a lot of that Pacific debris into plastic floes cast adrift in the Arctic for the desperate bears to clamber up on and catch their breath?
Posted in nature, photography, top of the world, walking on November 29, 2010| 4 Comments »
Every so often I catch the light just right. Just before the sun comes up, it hits the windows of the highrises in San Francisco, and they glow as if molten.
Posted in e-scrapbook, humor, life, top of the world, travel on October 6, 2010| 3 Comments »
One of the unexpected pleasures of this trip to Minnesota was connecting with people I hadn’t seen for years. While that connecting was a catalyst for the trip, it also involved a friend I’ll never see again. (more…)
Posted in animals, birding, e-scrapbook, nature, top of the world, travel on February 16, 2010| 2 Comments »
I drove down to Monterey Bay this Saturday to check out The Elkhorn Slough “Safari.” (more…)
Posted in animals, dogs, life, love, nature, pets, photography, top of the world, walking on November 30, 2009| 5 Comments »
Science has measured and discussed the positive and negative effects of ions for years. I’ve heard that the ocean shore carries a different ionic charge, which can be energizing for many critters, and as proof I give you our Edie girl:
Posted in animals, books, dogs, e-scrapbook, entertainment, photography, top of the world, travel, walking on June 14, 2009| 5 Comments »
