Writing Season One

Friday Walk Through the Farm

One of the pleasurable things about early summer mornings is walking through the garden. And, in my case, taking a walk through the farm. Read more →

Love My Boy George and He's not even Human

This is our George - curious as always. He's a bird...but not a bird brain! Amazon Double Yellow-Headed Parrots are intelligent, funny and loving members of the family. And ours just recently turned 10 years old. We got him when he was only six months old. We know his age, name and that he's male 'cause the little guy came with documents. Pets are as much members of a family as the humans...I've always believed this. Growing up my family had dogs...loved our German Shepherd named Baron. His delightful peculiarity was that he would rescue babies: baby birds, kittens, even... Read more →

Wouldn't Mind Being Chopped - Just Sayin'

This was the view from my hospital room; loved all the green! Spent a bit over a week in the hospital couple weeks ago. Not much to do there 'cept watch television - thank Jupiter and Mercury for that! Got hooked on the FoodNetwork. I like cooking shows, but since the senior software engineering guy and I don't 'do' cable tv, we watch either what's up on Netflix or on dvd. Anyway, one of the FoodNetwork shows I really enjoyed was the cooking competition one called Chopped. Now this was fun! The premise is simple: *four chefs compete in three... Read more →