Tuesday night I watched the last of the PBS series, The War . I will catch the beginning when I can sit and think about it all again. It is ...

McCain got it started again, with his recent comment how he'd prefer a Christian for president, but it's been in the wind for some ...

Because I watch very little 'regular' television and my TV reception comes through the dish where I have now paid to receive network...

Okay, maybe all gardeners aren't but, in my experience, it has seemed they are. There is just something about those who grow plants that...

Friday night I watched, as usual when it is on, Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO. United States Representative Rahm Emanuel was one of the g...

Winston from Nobody Asked really nailed something I had debated writing about but am glad I put off because he said it better and with a lo...

Despite my interest in who will be the Democrat's nominee for president in 2008, I had not watched any debates until this week. This was...

Having recently been on the Oregon beach and now this California one, south of San Francisco, then reading the blog of a friend regarding sa...

On the first day of autumn, I was on my way south, riding along with the farm boss as he changed hats for business meetings in the bay area....

When I decided to write and photograph sarongs, something kept coming to my mind-- the view of the sarong on the hanger and then on the body...

Sarongs are ancient and easy to wear garments, worn by men as well as women. For older Americans, a certain style of sarong has been equated...

Finally. New York Times has put an end to blocking web readers from getting some of the best columnists out there. Beginning Wednesday there...

Basically I am not a person who wants to spend a lot of time shopping, figuring out what to wear each morning, doing special make-up, or foo...

Generally, I do not write about my family nor share their photographs here to protect their privacy. I have two grown children, their spouse...

At some point, after seeing them in my daughter-in-law's flower beds, out hiking, or somewhere without a date or a specific event, drago...

Wildflowers, even along the creek where it is always moist, are toward the end of their blooming season as our nights are cooling off. Some...

A friend sent me this simple test, and I thought it was fun. It is not guaranteeing how old you will get to be but looking at the events in ...

"Pogo: We have met the enemy and he is us." I listened to some of General Petraeus's report which was supposed to be unbiased-...

What you do not want to see on the horizon when you live on a farm, is smoke. It always requires evaluating. Are the loggers burning slash? ...

The gifts that come from living along a creek are endless. Once in awhile (think 100-year flood s) there are some prices to be paid also. Ge...