It's money pie time again! This year I spent 10% more than I did last year, mostly due to home expenses, travel and dining out as I will...

In 2021 I took more time to do things that were closer to home, as well as doing a few short trips within the US. I also finally bit the bul...

Even if I don't post all year long, I have to post my favorite books each year! I know that I like reading about and getting inspiration...

 I am not sure if it is because February was a short month or what but all I can say is what the h-e-double-hockey-sticks happened to Februa...

The first month of the new year pretty much went the same way as the last month of last year went; we were still under lockdown, which meant...

Unfortunately, in 2019 the system that I use for compiling my data had a glitch and I decided not to recreate everything, so I never got 201...

Well, that was an interesting month. On December 7th, California imposed another Stay at Home requirement, so I got a lot of stuff done arou...

Well it's that time of year again, time to do the wrap ups! This year, due to spending a lot more time at home than I normally do, I rea...

At the beginning of December, the Bay Area was placed back into Stay at Home lockdown. Although plans for this December were not as hearty a...

As I ran around the neighborhood last month, past Christmas decorations, I wondered how it could already be November going on December. Now ...

October in the Bay Area this year was very hot. We usually have a month in the spring and one in the fall (generally May and September) wher...

This year, at times it has been hard to find the good amidst all of the things going on. However, there have been some! I have heard many a ...

Oh September, you devil you. Normally you are one of my favorite months, one full of vacations and adventures and great weather and friends....

Along with the phrase, "doing twice as much and only getting half as much done," I have heard the words "groundhog day" ...

The last time I did a "looking back" post for August, it started like this:  August was a good month! As usual, it was filled with...

If we were having coffee today, I would start off by telling you that I have started taking my coffee with coconut oil. It makes me feel ful...

I was talking to my friend Dr. G the other day and he reminded me that I had somehow lost the plot when blogging about our Wind River...