Cart Wheels

There are many reasons why people hate shopping at Walmart. My pet peeve is shown in the right hand side of the photo. Grab a cart (trolley) and start pushing it inside the store and how many times does it go “thump, thump, thump”. […]

Words Matter

In a moment of contemplation regarding the increase in my body weight I was observing each morning when I stepped on the scales, I told my wife I was going to limit myself to one glass of wine a day. Obviously she took me […]

California’s Central Valley

Since leaving the Sacramento area we have been driving through California’s Central Valley which produces more than half of the fruits, vegetables, and nuts grown in the United States. Miles and miles of orchards and vineyards border the highway, interspersed with a number of […]

Tea Time

My wife is a life long coffee drinker, while I prefer a wide variety of loose leaf teas. My usual method of brewing those delectable young leaves and leaf buds of Camellia sinensis is to weigh the tea out and steep them with a […]