of cones and men

It sounds like a the beginning of a joke, but what do a Sixteenth Century Swiss scientist. a late Twentieth Century scientist,  Dexter and me have it common?   All of us view healing as a natural process aided by experience. 

un-Wanted

Kill the mockingbird, or maim, or drown it. These are the thoughts that do not bother me at three in … More

dirt

Home gardeners know a lot about dirt.  Here in El Cajon,  the clay and decomposed granite that makes up the whole of the area away from the small San Diego river habitat,  hardly supports anything more natively than grasses.   But with a ton of fertilizer and compost,  people have planted ornamental, pine, avocado and fruit trees. And like my neighbor, a lot of vegetables. 

a man of block letters

Communicating with others is part of my DNA.  Two hundred fifty-eight years ago, my maternal ancestor, James Blaw, was born in a small town on the eastern coast of Scotland.