Happy almost November, Dia De Los Muertos and Halloween!  Sal's Tacos in West Sacramento Reading: All Together Now by Mike Carter, whic...

As I mentioned in my 2022 recap post , one of the things I completed last year was what I call my last to do list.  Actually it is more of a...

A few months ago, my car got broken into. Unbeknownst to me, there was a viral TikTok video about how to hotwire my particular brand of car,...

Last time I was an idiot, it was travelers checks that almost did me in . As I grew up and got smarter and more with the times, I stopped ca...

And just like that, the third quarter of the year has come to a close! As you know,  earlier this year I talked about doing some purging  an...

Now that the third quarter is drawing to a close, I thought I would do a quick review on some of my favorite books for the quarter! In the t...

Last Saturday was an important day; it was the first day of fall, it was free entry day to the national parks in the US and it marked the p...

Normally each year I pick a fun international destination and spend a couple of weeks there for my annual vacation. This year, I decided to ...

Most years, I do a purge of all of my things, but this year I decided to ramp it up and try to get down to the bare bones. I am doing a pret...

You know how we all have jobs that are not that hard but that we just hate doing? I have a few for sure! For some of the ones I have, it wou...

Alaska has been on my list for years; it is wild and untamed. It is dark and cold. It is  full of large creatures. It has very few roads. It...

Now that summer is officially underway, I thought this would be a great time to talk about what summer means to us all. I have written befor...

The first time I traveled abroad, I went equipped with several hundreds of dollars worth of traveler's checks. In case you have no idea ...