Beautiful sunset tonight. The cicada are singing . August is their time. A frog joins them; another welcome voice as summer draws to a close...

Currently I'm sitting in the Fort Lauderdale airport waiting for our flight to Costa Rica. We'll be there for two weeks. We've ...

Wrong again. Why did I think life on Alligator Creek would always be the same? Nothing is ever the same. I'm not saying things always...

Reflections on Alligator Creek

Frieda Kahlo's palm tree is taller now. That's good news. Last time we were here it had been so neglected, I feared it would be dead...

Day five - Tallahassee to Alligator Creek - 340 mi. Swami watching the Ibis Good to be back on Alligator Creek. Sonny and his mom are...

Day four - Shreveport to Tallahassee  - 649 mi. Roadside pancakes for dinner Flat, flat Florida.

Day Two - Flagstaff to Amarillo - 608 mi   Flagstaff was fine, another Sweet Tomatoes for dinner.  Land of the free Don't mi...

Grammatically correct Bangkok graffiti. Old editors don't die. They just wander the world critiquing graffiti. Never mind the ex...

We leave in the morning. The last day is always crazy and I'm pretty sure this one will be no exception, especially as at the moment, I...

They are gone. At the moment they are somewhere in the air returning to Oregon and the very lonely rest of them... sister, Dad, brother,...

Summer is slipping by. We leave Florida in one week. Manatee in the Gulf Damn. I've barely made note. Egret contemplating t...

The term came out of one of those word jazz sessions Kristiana, M. Lee and I were having the other day, at my expense. At the time it was F...

Currently, we are wildly busy trailing after our five year-old granddaughter, Thea. She and my daughter Kristiana are staying with us here o...

9:30 PM  My daughter and I are sitting out on the screen porch, eagerly awaiting the storm but Accuweather's MinuteCast  predictions ke...

The Visitation. Frida Kahlo , the  Gran Ardilla It's an established fact that I love squirrels, well all animals, but this post is ...

Sunday lunch with the Chaus at the Hsi Lai Buddhist Monastery - Hacienda Heights, CA posted from Bloggeroid We're home. Or were...

Leo negotiating a mealtime compromise We think it's hard keeping track of toddlers and getting our kids to finish a meal. Try being...

View from the screen porch posted from Bloggeroid Arg! The guy next door has been vacuuming his vehicle for going on two hours now....