The Forty-Five

 One of the interesting stories in the book Superbloom  by Nicholas Carr is how a superbloom of flowers in California caused a bit of a cris...

  ( Source ) The older I get, the more I embrace whimsy. I embrace it because - as I continue to discover - my interests and passions are in...

( Source ) Friendship is an odd thing - as more than one person has said, it can sometimes seem like walking down an aisle, randomly grabbin...

One of things going on in the (very far) background is the fact that I continue to using Brave as my main browser (sadly, Blogger no longer ...

( Source ) We never know when or where our small light will make a difference. That is why it is always important to shine.  

  One Sunday a few weeks ago prior to church, I found that I needed to take the trash out prior to leaving.  Having dressed already (but not...

Back on 13 August, Patrice at Rural Revolution  wrote a post called " Calling Fall ".  It is a subject that she has written on in ...

Æ lfric of Eyesham (A.D. 955-1010) was a late 10th century/ early 11th century monk and author in Anglo-Saxon England.  A Benedictine monk (...

About two weeks ago on an early Sunday morning, I took a sort of Japanese stroll. Most people are familiar with the kimono , the robe-like c...

 When I was growing up, the only access to books we had was our local library. Annually of course, we had that greatest of events, the Schol...

"To those who said to Diogenes the Cynic, 'You are an old man, take your rest', 'What?'  he replied.  'If I were ru...

 This past week I was asked to speak to the Summer Interns. I was a bit of a last minute substitution:  the original speaker (a member of th...

This past weekend I went to visit my former boss who retired earlier this year. The drive was approximately 2 hours North/Northwest of New H...

  ( Source ) There is a place in the far Northwest of California the runs along the coast where at one time, military bunkers were installed...

The whole thing started in late May when I broke a tooth. I am a stress consumer of snacks and - conveniently - at work there is a large con...

This Saturday past, I hit a Personal Record weightlifting. Personal Records (PR) is a measurement tool used in probably every sport.  It is ...

  ( Source ) About a month ago, someone approached me after watching me speak for a bit.   "You shrink in when you speak"  they no...

( Source )  This past Friday at The Allotment, I drove bamboo stakes into the ground. Part of these were to shore up my tomato plants (11 of...

 This past week, with the purchase of a tripod for to use with my Computer In My Pocket for remote iaijutsu class (we do not always have acc...

  I know, another picture of and post about blackberries.  I can imagine what you are thinking:  "TB, have you ever seen a blackberry b...