From CBS: Medicaid cuts could devastate hundreds of rural hospitals in GOP states . Cuts to federal spending on Medicaid could affect hundre...

  Pardon the shadows but a picker sold me this interesting cubist work yesterday and I am hoping someone out there recognizes the curious id...

 I've been doing more cooking lately. And eating. Last night I made fresh berry puff pastry with RoxAnn's berries and some other bla...

  This is my first photo of red tailed hawks taken with my good camera and zoom this year. I took it in very low early morning light. This i...

John Moore - Getty Images All of the posturing on illegal immigration is beyond belief.  Unfortunately those that oppose the draconian respo...

The Seed of Life - Sacred Geometry A friend of mine asked me if I had taken any cool bird pictures this year. "Well no," I told hi...

I love to make chicken thighs but was searching for something different today and found this recipe online at America's Test Kitchen. I ...

I filed a CPUC complaint against SDGE today and sent this letter to their CEO, Caroline Winn. I have been getting these crazy estimated read...

The blog has been fitfully sleeping the last few months. But even in its somnambulant state it still moves by slow inertia under the weight ...

Whatever side of the political fence you might inhabit it never hurts to laugh, even at yourself. I don't need to name names but a coupl...

This clip ran across my YouTube algorithm the other day and I checked it out. I had forgotten how funny Tom Arnold was. Priceless! Blow out ...

  I have this terrible perennial problem with my Levi's jeans, which are pretty much all that I have worn during my adult life, which co...

  Come see the show before Palos Verdes falls into the ocean!

I know I'm on sabbatical but I have to get this off my chest.  Our current Commerce Secretary is an absolute imbecile.  Or maybe just a ...

I haven't watched this yet but I was there and it was a very enjoyable interview so here goes. Hope you like it.

kestrel yellow rumped warbler I made it out to San Jacinto yesterday, took my first pictures in months and had a nice walk.  It was dark and...

Now heading into my eighteenth year of the blast, I think it is time to finally ride into the sunset for a little while and take a break.  T...

 

Well, I wrote a depressing blog yesterday, and then took it down, not wanting to be a total bummer.  Roger wrote me and asked where it went ...