.OPTIONS for a Better World

Since the beginning of my blog in 2008 this is the longest I've gone without posting. There is also a change in content b...

Be warned: I've written this mostly for myself. I'm pondering joy, how to let it come, how to chase it down, how to hold it tight...

It's easier to write when I'm looking up and harder to write when I'm falling down. I'm not exactly falling but I'm...

I'm in Pismo Beach California, having left Burbank yesterday and soon to be in San Luis Obispo. I was in Burbank for a work assignme...

First of all, this is where I live. Not right here in the Provincelands, but no more than a mile or two away. In addition the bay beach i...

Here in the USA the extremes between the two major political parties are shocking. If it weren't so sad it would almost be comical....

The moment I read this I understood the change that's taken place and is shaping me again. I've always been an optimist but in ...

I'll start with the cookies. Every year JB and I make and decorate these sugar cookies and every year my health-conscious daughter ...

I'm off to Disneyworld and breakfasts with Mickey Mouse and a dozen of my family. Things are much improved here. It is my great hope ...

Trust me: here is the BEST sugar cookie recipe in the entire world, guaranteed. You will probably thank me! If you make them, I'd lo...

"Hello…it's Me." Here's my report from a place of maybe not thriving, but thankfully surviving. Normally I'...

 It's about time to stop being cryptic. I've been cautious to admit that my JB is sick, that despite enough doctors and tests to fi...