Winter finally arrived last week. Most of our plants and the raingrass are doing well. Happy about the plants. Taking Pánfilo out for his early constitutional meant I got the chance to hear bits of ice runching under my feet as I walked. Our little bridge had frost on it. Crunch. Walkways in the [...]
There are those that think about Early Childhood Development as being mostly works of macaroni glued to paper. Sometimes true, but there is also academic study that is focused on how Little Ones learn as well as journals like “Teaching Young Children”. It can be a bit like “New Scientist” with a few fundamental differences. [...]
Digesting turkey can be hard work. Ask Larry or Panfilo, they’ll tell you this is so. All of the two legged critters in the house would agree. Good day, good meal. Leslie, Matthew, and Kevin joined James and me at the Kurisumasu Table. What a feast! Scallpped potatoes, brussel sprouts, kale salad, [...]
Quite literally posada means shelter. At this time of the year in many, many countries including most of Latin America, there are re-enactments of the end of the journey of Mary and Joseph before they found shelter in the stables in Bethlehem. They were looking for posada. Perhaps they found with each other along the [...]
The good sisters at Self Realization Fellowship expressed a particular fondness for Pánfilo. We had a brief, somewhat informal interview before they entrusted him to our care. They sent him with things he liked – food, toiletries and toys. They sent the Halloween costume he wore and the outfit they had bought for him for [...]
One of my favorite books is “Things Fall Apart” by the African author, Chinua Achebe. I won’t share much more than that because it might begin to skew what I mean to share with this picture. Seeing this picture reminds me of a point that comes up repeatedly in the book. The idea that [...]
Publisher Hubert Howe Bancroft had a plan. He wanted to have the stories of the pioneers of California, meaning those that were here before him, preserve their stories. He would have their recollections recorded. It was a handy bit of early Oral Histories that are a result of this effort. Happy to share that [...]
Did you say “walk”?
For the last 5 or 6 years the Pasadena Senior Center has held a tea for the Tournament of Roses Royal Court. These are busy young women who represent the Tof R at over 150 events, leading up to the Big Day on January 1st. They are lovely, gracious, and smart. Based on interactions I [...]
There must be a lot of birdwealth in the trees. The pigeons were 3 to a branch on the tree in our easement. They picked, they flew, they picked, they flew. It was Larry who first noticed them. Seems appropriate that, his being a cat and all. It may have been me who noticed [...]
