Category: opinion
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The Accidental Beekeeper
The Sacramento Bee has published my account of how I became a beekeeper “by accident.” To read it, click this link: http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/article85354322.html
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What’s Wrong with this Photo?
Near triple digit heat shut down the pony rides in Sacramento yesterday, but the company that sells carriage rides in old town put its horse to work in the blazing sun. Doesn’t seem right to me.
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Sound Required…
creek without sound I was hiking at Garrapata State Park, the northern most point of Big Sur, when I crossed a foot bridge with a water from the mountains rushing under. I took a photo, then went on in relative silence–alligator lizards and monarch butterflies are quiet. On my way back I was glad to…
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The Seeds…50 Years Later
I assume I was the only commuter in the country listening to a CD by the Seeds last Friday. I only listened to five of the 19 tracks—one song runs 14 minutes+–but I covered a lot of miles since I shuffled through three times. If you’re still with me, you may want to know who are/were…
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VW…a cheater
I’ve owned five VWs during my motoring life, including the gas-powered 2003 Passat wagon now in my driveway. I’ve read dozens of articles on how VW cheated, when it cheated and why it cheated. I am disheartened by yet another corporation screwing the public, or in this case specifically, our air and those who thought diesel VWs…
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NBC News’ Weird Cleveland Analogy
Yesterday on NBC National News the on-air talent said that the Northern California forest blaze–the Rocky Fire–had scorched an area the ” size of Cleveland.” Okay, I’ve been to Cleveland–my car died there. I’ve seen the Cavs and the Indians play in Cleveland, but I have no idea how big it is and would venture…
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Don Draper Adieu…
The Mad Men TV saga closed last night in perfect style as the creative mind of Don Draper morphed its way out of depression and into a classic promotion for Coke. If you haven’t watch the show, then I’m not making any sense to you. This is TV. The bar is low. Mad Men at…
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Getting Dwarfed on I-5
As a former truck driver decades ago, I know how hard it is to turn tight corners. But the trucks I drove for North American Van Lines to earn money for college would be dwarfed by today’s semi-tractor-trailer. I was behind a few 53-footers (trailer size) yesterday. I could eat lunch in the time…
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Baseball’s Slow Mistake…
Baseball , America’s pastime, is falling prey to the demands of the high-tech age where close plays in the Major Leagues are subject to video review. “Kill the Ump” taunts have been soothed by unseen umps somewhere in New York City who comb over video feeds from ballparks around the nation. But the honeymoon is…
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