Life from a slightly skewed perspective

Today I finally made something I've been thinking of making since my daughter gave me "Salt Fat Acid Heat" for Christmas two years ago....

"Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world." - Desmond Tutu Every...

There's something magical about pulling baby carrots out of a raised bed in the middle of December. In late August, I planted a second...

Contrary to Jerry Seinfeld, et al, in The Label Maker (ca. 1995), there is absolutely nothing wrong with a little regifting here and...

Today marks one week since stepping into the world of retirement. So far, I still feel like I’m on vacation. It’s still new enough that I...

All summer I tried to figure out how to observe my 65th birthday. I considered running or biking 65 minutes but I really wanted to swim...

The first time a friend and I had a flu-fighter cookie we immediately launched into a critique of them, telling the baker that they were...

Like most beachcombers, my goal is simple: to find a perfect shell or sand dollar, an old coin, pretty beach glass, a message in a...