Sober Reflections About Life Your BIRTH came through *Others* Your NAME was given by *Others* Your were EDUCATED by *Others* Your INCOME indirectly comes through *Others* Your RESPECT is given by *Others* Your first BATH was given by *Others* Your last BATH will be done by *Others* Your FUNERAL will be organized by *Others* You […]
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1940s Drive Along Devonshire Blvd. Below is a view from an automobile looking at the road behind it. It was shot along Devonshire Boulevard in the San Fernando Valley on the outskirts of Los Angeles. Some orchards are visible as well as some houses and fields. I was born in 1943 and grew up not
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My Favorite Useless Facts The heart of the Blue whale is of such tremendous dimension that a small child could swim through its veins. How do you call the dot over i and j – it’s “title”. And what about the metal part of a pencil? – It’s “ferrule.” A group of flamingos is a
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The Tree Of Life This particular Sitka spruce is growing on the edge of bluff overlooking the beach. A stream has chosen the same location to reach the beach and is slowly eroding away the soil beneath the tree. The end result is a mature Sitka spruce, green with life yet dangling precariously in mid
14 Quotes That Make You Think “Isn’t it funny how day by day nothing changes but, when we look back, everything is different.” – C.S. Lewis “What terrifies religious extremists like the Taliban are not American tanks or bombs or bullets; it’s a girl with a book.” – Malala Yousafzai “Of all sad words of
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