stories worth telling
“Thanks to the human heart by which we live, Thanks to its tenderness, its joys, and fears, To me the meanest flower that blows can give thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.” William Wordsworth I think I’m about to turn a corner in this run up to my Rambles with Ruby next […]
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In 2005 I spent 23 days in Eastern and Central Europe visiting Bulgaria, Romania, and Hungary with classmates in the California Agricultural Leadership Program. We met with US Embassy staff, Bulgarian mafia (not on purpose), school children, and bus drivers. We saw monasteries and castles and old stone churches. Lots of them. The trip was […]
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My first home with Don and Rosemary was on the Hopland Field Station. Dad worked there for the University of California’s Department of Animal Science. The Field Station was a great place for a young scientist with an inquiring mind, his wife, and an inquisitive daughter. Dad graduated from Bozeman in 1950 with an emphasis […]
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The best laid plans sometimes fall apart. Sometimes, Plan B is far better.
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“The era of procrastination, of half-measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays, is coming to a close. In its place we are entering a period of consequences.”
Winston Churchill (November, 1936)
Mini marts and fine dining don’t typically coexist in the same building. They do in Pocatello, Idaho. My typical mini mart meal consists of Cheetos and Diet Coke. Don’t tell anyone, but for road food they aren’t bad choices. I would never have dreamed there could be more. Tonight, in Pocatello for a few days […]
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Fear can keep us safe or mask opportunity and enjoyment. What are you askeerd of?
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