It is one thing to get your thumb caught in the car door. It is another thing to do something…
Birthday celebrations take can take many forms. Birthday celebrations can take place in many locations. This past week I had…
Have you ever had a scheduled appointment with someone, and the person does not show up? A no show! And…
If you want to get off the grid, a popular spot to do so is Slab City. Slab City sits…
Has anyone seen the movie Living? I saw it this evening. I must admit that it brought a tear to…
Yesterday I had an unusual experience. Yet, it started out as nothing particularly special. I stopped by my mailbox to…
Wow! Yesterday morning my houseboat was featured on the 3rd Hour of The Today Show. Admittedly it was a brief…
Yesterday Liz Andrusiak commented on my Argentine Tango post asking if I had energizer bunny batteries attached to me. Well,…
I am in the process of trying to learn the dance of Argentine Tango. It is the most difficult dance…
Yesterday I had the opportunity to get a picture taken with Wayne Gretzky. Such a special moment for me. When…
Once again I recently had the opportunity to experience how wonderful small town America can be. If you will recall…
When you go to a film festival you see some great movies, some mediocre ones, and once in awhile a…
Film festivals attract me. Over the years I have been to several – the film festivals in Toronto, Woods Hole,…
Over the Christmas and New Year’s holidays and celebrations I had the opportunity to spend some real time with a…
This may come as a surprise to my readers, but I take almost every shower outdoors! In fact, during the…
If you like fast food hamburgers, and for Californians in particular, the absolute favorite spot to go to is In-N-Out…
After my last blog, which was kind of a downer, I wanted to see if i could perk up myself…
Once in awhile one has a terrible evening. I had one this past Wednesday. I had hoped for a wonderful…
You can’t visit Florida and not have a piece of Key lime pie. It is the quintessential southern dessert. The…
Where are the Christmas lights? Where are all the Xmas lights on the houses and apartments in every town, countryside…
I had an experience this weekend that brought back a lot of memories. I rented a Ford Mustang convertible. Yes,…
How many of us have taken what are called red-eye flights? Flights that leave late in the evening, fly through…
My last blog post focused on the best pickleball players in the world. This blog post will focus on those…
Last week the National Championships of Pickleball were held in Indian Wells, California. I was able to attend 4 days…
Where in the entire United States is the best place to eat? Well, according to Yelp in 2018 the answer…
This past week sparked a thought that I wanted to share with you. On Tuesday in the US we had…
Today, for the first time ever, I purchased a Powerball ticket. Can you believe it? I have never done so…
Today is a such a special day. It has become one of the most important special days of the year. …
The noise was something that I have not heard before. When I started my car some two weeks ago, the…
This is my second post on homelessness. The first one appeared on September 30, 2022. The focus of the first…
I spent the better part of the last week in Mississippi, primarily in Jones County and mostly in the town…
What, you may ask, is a purple cow? It turns out that a purple cow is the mascot of my…
When was the last time you were on a trampoline? When was the last time you visited a trampoline park?…
How frustrating can this be? Walking, cycling, driving or just standing on a street corner on the streets of Seattle,…
My recent visit to Mackinac Island in Michigan rekindled my fascination with turtles. The legend of Mackinac Island recalls that…
Today I participated in a zoom session that was unusual, at least for me. The zoom meeting was called by…
At the same time I am watching the amazing ceremony surrounding the laying to rest of Queen Elizabeth II, I…
If you are like me, you have been transfixed by the coverage of the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. The…
Many of you have enjoyed some of my blogs about restaurants. Well, I have one more for you that I…
Yesterday I spent 6+ hours with 6 kids (5 girls and 1 boy) between the ages of 4 and 12. …
Slowing down is not really in my DNA. I love to be active. I love working on multiple things at…
The other night I had the opportunity to go to Cheney Stadium to see a Tacoma Rainiers baseball game. The…
We all know that dogs can be great friends. And, of course we know that for the owner of a…
Yesterday, September 3rd, was National Cinema Day. Tickets to movies in 3,000 theaters and 30,000 screens across the country were…
I know it is a little early to be talking about Halloween, but… I have stumbled across some news that…
My three-week road trip to America’s heartland has ended. I hope you have enjoyed my writings as much as I…
One of the shocking things to me during my three-week road trip in the Midwest is that I have not…
Today something happened that I have never seen before in a restaurant anywhere. But, first, a little bit of background…
Islands are something special. For me there is an allure to an island. I am drawn to them. I am…
On a road trip there is a period of time almost every day when you are in the car driving. …