Tea Time Sitting down for tea should be an experience. Whether you are sharing a cup of tea and a slice of cake, with an impromptu visitor, or hosting a tea party, with various offerings, your guest should always feel that they are partaking of something special. There are a few things...
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General George Washington Crossing the Delaware On an icy December 25, 1776, George Washington led the Continental Army across the Delaware River. The next morning, the troops, 2400 men strong, marched nine miles to engage in the Battle of Trenton, where their victory would yield 900 Hessian prisoners, a boost to their moral,...
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Monkey See Monkey Do Today, as I was leaving the Bonnet House Museum and Garden, http://www.bonnethouse.org/ , a visit to which I highly recommend, if you are ever in the Fort Lauderdale area, I happened upon her most prized inhabitants, in my opinion, the squirrel monkeys! Several months ago, Kate and...
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The Ohio State University Marching Band Florida’s University of Miami will play The Ohio State University tonight. Our current home state verses our home state, the school Kate was attending when we met, and the place I was born. Who shall we root for? A view of The Ohio State University marching band,...
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Surfing in Santa Cruz “This monument is dedicated to all surfers, past, present, and future.” “I could not help concluding this man had the most supreme pleasure while he was driven so fast and so smoothly by the sea.” ~Captain James Cook ~ We moved to California in the early...
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Thomas H. Kuchel Visitor’s Center The Thomas H. Kuchel Visitor’s Center serves both the National Park System and the State Parks of California, welcoming you to the Redwoods and giving you access to one of California’s many glorious beaches. As you come off of the highway, and begin to make your way...
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To love a painting is to feel that this presence is… not an object but a voice. ~ Andre Malraux ~ Interior with Etruscan Vase by Henri Matisse French 1869 – 1954 Color! Wonderful, wild, brilliant and bold colors scream out from this Matisse canvas. Interior with Etruscan Vase was painted at the...
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A Different Kebab Don’t put away the grill yet! Given my choice, I might well grill every day; we grill with charcoal as I adore the flavor it imparts. I loved grilled meats, vegetables, and even fruits. We recently served grilled pineapple and nectarines, which I had marinated in a mixture of melted...
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Ten Years Later “Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward and freedom will be defended.” ~President George W. Bush ~ September 11, 2001 (Memorial at the Main Library, in Coral Springs, Florida) Of late, the news is dominated by reminiscence’s and reflections of the Nine-Eleven attacks, just as it should be. ...
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The Pretender by Jackson Brown I’m gonna rent myself a house in the shade of the freeway I’m gonna pack my lunch in the morning and go to work each day And when the evening rolls around I’ll go on home and lay my body down And when the morning light comes steaming in...
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