Not by accident. In fact, intentionally. I am not plugged in; I am plugged out. Every day, I see my opposites, who confirm my choice.…
Posts tagged as “essays”
With President Biden experiencing a return of COVID symptoms, there has been a flurry of news reports on “COVID rebound”. Let’s look at what this…
In the first of the four volumes of Thomas Nugent’s Grand Tour of 1749, that hefty guidebook required of aristocratic British travelers to the continent,…
Seventy-five years ago, when bulldozers began to be used to log the redwoods, a common practice began of blading logging slash from a landing as…
No one seems to keep a tally of the exact number of storytellers in San Francisco, but there seem to be more of them, at…
Reading Ralph Bostrom’s interesting letter about sailing with the merchant marine service to Curacao, I was reminded of my own experiences with the Seamen's International…
There are trees found only on the coast of Mendocino County. And if that weren’t cool enough, there’s a whole forest of them that can…
If your summer funds or summer energy levels are running a little low this year consider vacationing at home (or almost at home) with a…
In late 2021, it was reported that just over half of all abortions in the United States were done via oral medications. Now these pills…