Just a piano player

Yesterday, one of my Facebook friends (a former co-worker) posted a link to a Conservative Facebook page that included this graphic, and a b...

Listening to the news this morning, I hear: disappointing monthly jobs number, disappointing monthly jobs number, disappointing monthly jo...

It's me again.  Can't help it - I've read too much history to convincingly portray myself otherwise. This piece in the New Yo...

Several times over the past few days, as NPR continues its 'balanced' approach to covering the Evangelical 'concern' (i.e. h...

No, I'm not talking about World War I and II, although these are conspicuous examples. Here's a thought I just had.  SOME White, C...

In this case, an Accolade Elm, planted this morning.  Check back in 10 years and it should be much taller! Many thanks to my good friend...

So, can we all agree that the Rich are able to pay absurdly and historically low rates of taxation, since clever lawyers (many of whom had a...

Yes, it's a reference to the classic Fats Waller song , but, today, I'm thinking of the ('classic' does not begin to describ...

Still here in Santa Cruz.  Drove up Graham Hill Road to the Cowell Redwoods State Park. Walked a couple of miles, down into a little canyo...

I drove a few miles north and stopped at a informal parking-area where there were three other cars.  Went for a nice walk (maybe 1 1/2 miles...

NBC Nightly News, last night.  Oops, they did it again. They devoted a couple of valuable minutes to the Big Question of the Day:  Does Pr...

I needed to fax some tax-credit documents to the Oregon Dept. of Energy in Salem.  Easy, right? I started dialing early this morning - bus...

Karen left town last night, for a few days of work and family in LA.  Just in time. I woke up this morning around 5 and it was clear the p...

World Peace and rational Public Policy is as distant as always, but at least my broadband has improved. Here are the metrics from my origi...

Received a political phone call this morning.  It was in support of the Obama re-election, and the script that the person read hit all the p...

I woke up this morning, and as on every morning, began to reconstruct the world.  Unless yesterday or the day before included an event of ...

I googled 'best sunset view in sedona' and several people said 'Airport Mesa'.  It's a shamefully easy drive to a little...

On our 2nd day, we hiked Doe Mountain . This is a detached mesa quite adjacent to Fay Canyon (yesterday's hike). Got started around 1...

On our first full day in Sedona, we hiked into Fay Canyon . Here's the entrance. A short side-trail led to this arch. Looking up i...

Half-way thru February, and the rhubarb is starting to come back! Here are the garlics that I planted last fall.  Also, see the chard t...