humor heals

Life happens.  I went into the hospital two weeks ago last Sunday and for a week I have been recuperating…

male bonding

What does cactus such as pictured here, three middle-aged men, and to-do lists have to do with one another?   A…

dogs and neighbors

To God be humble, to thy friend be kind, and with thy neighbors gladly lend and borrow; His chance tonight, it maybe thine tomorrow. William Dunbar (1460 – 1520)

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…

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.