You know how when you haven’t had a whole lot of sleep and you’re in a break from your routine and things sometimes seem weird and spacey? Like getting up at 5 AM to get to the airport and standing … Continue reading →

I admit to good spatial awareness. I constantly rotate images of things in my brain without any real conscious thought. It’s probably why I rarely get lost. I remember when I first saw the “up & up” Target brand logo, … Continue reading →

I got the following in my email inbox today. I must say I have never heard of “Club Bing” let alone know whether I was a member of it or not. I will take a rare opportunity to make a … Continue reading →

The impact that Brian Wilson made on popular music is undeniable, although I wasn’t really aware of its reach until I recently listened through most the catalog of the Beach Boy’s studio recordings. I come away with a sense of … Continue reading →

Here’s a winter favorite called Chicken and Vegetable Soup Romano from the cookbook “Two At The Table” (cover pic and link below). In addition to diced cooked chicken and pasta shells, it has tons of vegetables: onion, celery, green pepper, … Continue reading →

Last weekend we got a reprieve from our dreary winter. My dad turned 88 on Sunday and I took the ferry from Edmonds (north of Seattle) over to Kingston on the Kitsap peninsula. Here is a view from the Kingston … Continue reading →

Our house, along with the other houses in our development, features a “greenhouse” window off the dining room. We have had some issues with leaks in heavy rainstorms and we’re probably losing a lot of heat as well. The other … Continue reading →

Chrysler ran a cool ad at Super Bowl halftime yesterday which was a 2-minute voiceover by Clint Eastwood. There are many “free market” pundits who thought that we should have just let the automakers fail a few years ago. But … Continue reading →

These days, there are SO many options for putting your music on a Facebook “fan” page, it is hard to know which one is best. And I’ll tell you that I haven’t figured it out yet. So that means I … Continue reading →

The famous groundhog saw his shadow today, so six more weeks of winter. As dreary and dark as it gets here this time of year, I thought I’d post some pictures of last Spring as a reminder that it will … Continue reading →