The Empire Strips Back: a review: Last winter in San Diego, I came upon an ad for this show—apparently a Las Vegas styled theatrical ...

Says it all! If I get an accordion picture in next month, it is a trend!

Atlantic July 2025. John Tierney wrote an article regarding discredited Public Health institutions. I will present his argument in a...

Unusual things this month: We had to confront a serious cancer diagnosis My plan for us to be a one car family lasted three days—our...

I am not exactly a cagey negotiator. However, finding myself engaged with a small medical practice in a double-wide trailer and in the...

I have digested two European trips in the last month, at opposite ends of the experience spectrum. I have reflected a bit on why I remain...

Unusual things           Kern’s banking: 2 of her retirement accounts have the same last four numbers and when arranging for checks, the...

From Lisbon: Ride a bus in the harbor or tax the rich Cartagena street art Interesting signs in Cartagena. Scenes from Mayorca It speaks...

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...