In early 1746, the parfumier and glovemaker Pierre Dumoulin left his native Lyon and headed north towards Germany. He was on his way to foreign lands to exhibit three remarkable objects constructed by the celebrated…
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As a first time visitor with only a week in France deciding where to spend your precious Paris hours is a serious challenge. There is just so much to see. As my cousin was treating…
Intoxicated by the mystical marijuana plants, rising from the heart of the earth, so resinous on the inhaled joint. Our DNA slowly turned to THC. Like seed turning to flower, On the fertile crescents of…
When I arrived in Ukiah I was a braindead airhead deadhead with little ambition and, thanks to hourly intakes of marijuana fumes, an IQ dropping faster than my ability to fill out paperwork to get…
With the New Cold War heating up, and American citizens under siege at home, it’s no small wonder that a Russian named Berlin can still claim to have composed this nation’s best-loved song. Born in…
Twelve hours of driving, 190 miles and $38.00 of gas provided my husband and I all we needed for a Sunday Drive over a road we hadn’t traversed in 40 years. A drive to Petrolia…
I’ve started walking my dog down the middle of the street because otherwise I wouldn’t walk my dog at all. Over the decades I’ve had half a dozen dogs, and this one, Sweetie, is the…
When my daughter was in high school she announced one day that she was getting a tattoo. I looked levelly at her over my coffee cup and told her that if she got a tattoo…
My cousin wanted to be in Paris for her 75th birthday, which falls on New Year’s Eve. Only six months apart in age we grew up together in Los Angeles. Part of a very close…