Monday, March 9, 2015

CLASSIC TRIP - Route 66 - Part 2

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Note: this story was originally written in 2002.  I've tried to update the information for 2010. Part 1 Here Day 4 Today, we...
Friday, March 6, 2015

CLASSIC TRIP - Route 66 - Part 1

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Note: This story was originally written in 2002...I've tried to update the information to 2010 where applicable. This is a very low...
Thursday, March 5, 2015

This Year's Model (Crop)...

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I've decided to start my vegetable garden a month later this year. Instead of planting in January, as I have in years past, I'm star...
Tuesday, March 3, 2015

The Grass Could Be Greener

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This is the time of year my lawn looks its best. From about February to April is its peak. Last year, I tore up the dirt and seeded in a dro...
Tuesday, February 24, 2015

ADVENTURES CLOSE TO HOME: The L.A. Transit Parallax

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It's hard to believe but recently Los Angeles was ranked as the  3rd most transit friendly city in the United States.  We've mad...
Monday, February 23, 2015

Lavender: It's the Bees Knees!

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Storm clouds are on the horizon for this Oscar's Sunday here in Southern California. While the rich and beautiful crowd undoubtedly have...
Thursday, February 19, 2015

Recipes for a Cheapskate: Chile Relleno Omelet

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I 'd given up on this plant months ago. Every time it'd grow a bit, the squirrels would come and eat it.  I hadn't even looked a...
Wednesday, February 18, 2015

ADVENTURES CLOSE TO HOME: The Genius Treatment

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NOTE: We can't always be on the road so this occasional series of posts presents stories of a more general nature, things that happen...
Tuesday, February 17, 2015

A Mother's Job is never done.

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This is our Christmas Cactus. We got it six years ago and it's been in a hanging basket next to the orchid bench ever since. I would im...
Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Cyms, Dends, and Epis...it's Orchid Season Again

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Not content to wait on my schedule, the orchids have gone ahead and started blooming. It's not a big deal but it pushes me to get cracki...