floating down the river

September 07, 2014  •  1 Comment
The photograph below might be familiar to some of you. A red door and an alley. Taken in Brugge, it reflects the city's perpetual charm. But this is not where I am. As you read, I am in Bratislava, Slovakia, one stop on a river trip my sister and I are taking. We have not had a long trip together since I was entering high school and she was ente...
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Labor Day

September 01, 2014  •  4 Comments
My blogs addressing this holiday usually point to the fact that many treat Labor Day as only a holiday without remembering the why, when, and how it came into being. I reiterate that idea because it is almost as important in the current American big business climate as it was in 1887 when it was established by President Grover Cleveland. It was not...
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summer remnants

August 25, 2014  •  3 Comments
Despite the fact that a friend from the Phoenix area said his swimming pool temperature is 90 degrees and that is how he knows summer continues, you can feel in the morning air that the seasons above 7,500 feet are on the cusp of change. This morning's collection of summer remnants keeps it in hand just a bit longer. Lettuce and greens love raised...
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the sky looks like rain

August 16, 2014  •  8 Comments
Anyone who has lived in the desert or the western United States understands microclimates and has seen rain pouring out of the sky, arroyos running over their randomly established banks while half a mile away, it is dry as bone. We humans are constantly teased by the weather and the sky. Just as the sun was setting Thursday night, the clouds were...
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