Some random, off-topic thoughts about my country…
Off Topic
A quote from Teddy Roosevelt we should read and heed (but we probably won’t)…
Where do you go if you are stuck in Barcelona and you grow tired of that boring Mediterranean diet, the bakeries, and the fresh fish, fruit, and vegetables at the local market? Where do you go if you have a hankerin’ for some good ole Kellog’s Corn Flakes…?
If you live in the USA, you will probably just shake your head as you read this anecdote about health care in Spain. It’s just one data point, one story, but it makes you think about what could be in the US if we put our minds to it…
The late George Carlin was a genius with words, a deft dasher of conventional logic, and a master observer of American cultural paradoxes.
I don’t always agree with everything he says, but I listen…
Photography and our memories…ah, how intimate the relationship, no? Nostalgia. Auld lang syne…
In this blog, watch a short video of 94-year-old Marcel Remy on one of the most iconic rock climbs in Europe, the Miroir de l’Argentine in Switzerland. (No, that’s not him in the above picture–it’s me! But Marcel is certainly my inspiration. When I grow up I want to be like Marcel!) Take a look…
Sunsets…circles…sailors…Joni Mitchell…and Life…
Current environmental and political trends around the world do not bode well for our survival as a species. How’s that for a Halloween scare?…
Life is fun and funny…
Until it isn’t…
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