El Camino, the Northern route. The Camino de Compostela is a pilgrim’s route to the city and cathedral of Santiago in Northwest Spain. It...

My, "cell" at the Hotel Niza--taken from the bathroom door. It was fine.... May 1, AM May 1 parade Taking us back half a century or more...

UNUSUAL THINGS:         Rescued an elderly neighbor who fell in her family room.         I fllew to Spain which is in fact, unusual! I...

The West Olympia Group Health Clinic The origin story: I started working for Group Health Cooperative at the main Olympia clinic in...

Robert Sapolsky is a fascinating primatologist-researcher and looks at the world very differently than most of us. His Great Courses...

Teslas are a dime a dozen in San Diego but it is rich with humor with many versions of this surfacing. Of course, the irony gets to me:...

Shows:      Killing Eve on Netflix—Darkly Humorous, season one and two are superior and worth watching. We binged it. Podcasts:...

Throughout my life, my eye has been attracted to quotes by H L Mencken and when this book became available to me, I decided to learn just...

I knew a white middle class woman for decades in my practice starting when she was perhaps in her early thirties—a hard worker, nice...

SONGS: Walking in Memphis, Marc Cohn Song for a Deck Hand’s Daughter, John McMurtry Political Science, Randy Newman (who knew he composed...

There is a lot to take in here; happily, the car was parked UCSD will take a hit for this retrospective..... A good point but likely...

In 1968, I made a list of things I thought I wanted to accomplish. Both skydiving and scuba diving were on the list. In college, common...

BY Peter Block PREMISE: Why is it Western Democracies get lots of credit for forward thinking, innovation, and success, not to mention...

JOURNAL ARITICLES: From the January ATLANTIC-Walk on Air Against Your Better Judgment by Caitlin Flanagan—a favorite contributor of mine...

This caught my eye; but it turns out it is from a photo years ago and has been doctored to appeal to people who see benefit to allowing...

I reflect often on my good luck in life. A big struggle arose when daughter Amber, who aspired to get into medical school was not...

The Savage Continent by Keith Lowe I make fun of Trump for his excessive use of superlatives. When things seem bad they are broadcast as...

I loved this. I remember it well....... Thinking of US citizens raised in the US by illegal immigrants No, Mr. future President, in my...

On Savage Shores, by Caroline Dodds Pennock This book is written by an academic and was not an easy read. Amidst the details and...

My youngest daughter ,as a middle schooler, participated in a mock trial of Harry Truman for war crimes, specifically for the use of...