Buy Organic and See an Arab Smile

Boy, that sounds like something a Republican would say. But I’m getting madder and madder at the retailers who are hopping on the organic bandwagon without a true social conscience. (Whole Foods, I’m talking to you.) Then there are the Food Nazis who are all holier-than-thou about buying organic, but are missing the big picture. Both these groups are what put a big smile...

Ye Jolly Olde Dickensian Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving has a different flavor in our house. But not as much of a different flavor as it would have if we let the Brits have their say. Their say? Why, of all holidays, should the British have ANYTHING to say about Thanksgiving? I ask myself that question every year. And every year, I conclude that it’s my fault for trying to spread the Gospel of Thanksgiving to a group who...

Our Poisoned Bay & A Modest Proposal

It’s taken me a few days to come to grips with the oil spill that occurred in San Francisco Bay last Wednesday. The City has worked so hard to clean up the Bay and keep it clean, that suddenly hearing 58,000 gallons of heavy fuel oil have just been dumped far into the Bay — where it can do the absolute most damage possible — has been just too hard to process.Seems a...

One of Our Tenants

They were seeding the pasture today with a grass clover mixture. And this magnificent buck showed up. I’ve seen him before around the property, but never been able to capture him on camera. Luckily our landscape gardener did!...

This Spin Cycle Brought to You By Oscar

Thanks to the biggest little wee and poo generator next to a racehorse, I find myself where I haven’t been for more than 20 years. At the laundromat. But when a bad little puppy decides to let loose on a down comforter, there’s no place that can handle it but a launderette equipped with those industrial-sized machines. Luckily, I’m in San Francisco and laundromats...

CoolPix SchmoolPix. Who Designed this Ca...

My on-going struggles with the Nikon CoolPix 5700 continue. Apparently, back in the early days of digital photography, this camera was designed as some sort of experiment. I guess it was developed about the time the camera companies were just cottoning on to the fact that digital wasn’t just a fad and maybe, just maybe, professionals and pro-sumers might want a high-end,...