I photographed this old fellow at a photo shoot for the Rescue A Golden 2010 calendar. He wasn’t ambulatory, so he rode in on this Radio Flyer little-red-wagon.
The purpose of the photo shoot was to produce a calendar to sell to people to raise money to care for dogs whose owners abandoned them.
It’s a winding [...]
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Who do you hug first?
Posted in Uncategorized on October 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A spot of tea
Posted in Uncategorized on October 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I have a rocking chair that has meaning to me that my wife does not understand. She complains that it doesn’t match our other furniture. Many times she has pleaded with me to give it away. Not in my lifetime, my dear. You can do as you wish once I’m gone.
It’s a sturdy chair, and [...]
Not my mama’s yamas
Posted in Yoga on September 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The yoga tradition involves three ‘yamas’ that are of great interest to me: yama, niyama, and pranayama. My mama never knew of them, and would not have been interested in any case.
This post is prompted primarily by my growing interest in pranayama, but all the yamas are worth a quick look.
Yamas are things we abstain [...]
The sins of the modest soybean
Posted in Uncategorized on August 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In the interests of complicating absolutely everything Brazil makes the lowly soybean a threat to our very survival. The reason is the Brazilian rainforests are being slaughtered to create soybean fields. The real estate owners say they can’t say no to the profits.
The rainforests are Earth’s “lungs.” Enjoy oxygen while we have it. Our grandchildren [...]
“Mercy” begins at 110 degrees
Posted in Uncategorized on July 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Phoenix competes with Hades itself for the title of hottest place in creation. Phoenix often wins. The Arizona Republic reports that 11,368 homes in the Phoenix area had their electrical power cut in the month of June for non payment of their bills.
In Arizona, July is hotter than June.
The local power companies delay cutting the [...]
Not much change since 54
Posted in Uncategorized on July 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Wikipedia article on Nero, the Roman emperor, seems more like front page news than ancient history. Apart from the decline in murders among residents of the palace, we are doing pretty much the same things now as they did then.
As today, the Romans were into thievery of public resources, arguments over which neighbor nation to [...]
My new look
Posted in Uncategorized on June 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I noticed the text was sliding off the page of my blog. The reason turned out to be that they retired the template I was using. Hence, this new look.
Wine as a mirror of society
Posted in Uncategorized on June 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I used to be in the wine business, and in spite of that, modern wine mystifies me completely. I have begun to think that the wine industry is some kind of magic mirror reflecting the state of society. We can see ourselves in wine, so to speak.
We have moved through several wine “eras” in my [...]
In the darkness, turn to the light
Posted in Uncategorized on June 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Remember your best friend. Spend time in meditation. Pet a dog. Take a deep breath. Say a prayer. Yes, much of the world has gone mad, but we don’t have to. Remember who your friends are. Be a friend. Namaste.
I attend two high school graduations
Posted in Uncategorized on June 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My native charm, and my ability to take pictures, garnered invitations from family and friends to three graduation ceremonies this year. I flew to Los Angeles for two of them. The other was here in Tucson, the Old Pueblo. This trip also accounts for the interruption in my posts.
The first LA shoot was at a Catholic grade school. [...]
