It was a family trip to San Diego. One of my sons, a 7th Fleet Sailor like me, was getting married to a lovely woman with a marvelous family on Point Loma, whose cliff are the last sight of America to tens of thousands of us who rode those proud ships. That is one reason […]

(Dr. James Lovelock, medical and climate expert, and one of the oldest white guys you will run into. Photo 2005). I got a couple quick knocks upside my cogitating noggin this morning. Splash was predictably loud about it. Rocket and Loma had slow smiles but no comment. DeMille was doing to some figuring in his […]

It is gray out there, and gusting. Nature is showering us with moisture edged with dank chill to signify that the last of the warmth of this season is being chased out, and cold reality will reconfigure our placid farm from the last of the green to bare branches and cold wind. That fit the […]

(This image is of Chairman Socotra attempting to beat back malaise during the Carter Administration in Rangoon, or Yangon, or whatever they are calling Burma at the moment. It worked! Well, we think it worked. The bat has to hit the bell at left. We think it did.) I don’t know if you saw it, […]

A major milestone is passed- a joyful cross-country adventure to attend a marvelous wedding. It signified so much on so many levels, so much emotion. On the purely personal level, it was an exercise in putting the pandemic behind us. Finally. A celebration of life and creation of a new family. The uplift of spirits […]