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The Coachella Valley Pollinator Project
I am very excited about becoming involved in this, so I hope you’ll bear with me while I try to explain it. I live in the Coachella Valley, located in the heart of Southern California’s low desert (there is one further north known as the “high” desert) renowned for its intense heat, beautiful mountain landscapes,…
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One Thousand Words
It is said that when you have hit what’s called a writer’s block you should simply start writing something. Anything. This is not a topical blog, so there’s not a “thing” I can turn to, like cheese, or philately – it means stamp collecting, but it sounds like a sex act, yes? – or current…
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Learning something new every day
It is said you should learn something new every day. And I really believe that. At 59, I’ve been retired for 19 years, so I have a lot of time on my hands, and I try to make some kind of productive use of it rather than sit around and watch television all day. What…
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Philosophus hortulanus esset
Two things animate me. The first actually came second, and the second first. As an undergraduate, I studied philosophy, and that remains to this day my keenest interest. But before that, when I was a teenager, I worked after classes let out for the day at the Armstrong Garden Centers on San Fernando Boulevard in my hometown…
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It’s time for the spring pasta harvest
If, as they say, March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb, that was certainly true here in the Coachella Valley. High winds at the beginning of the month gave way to gentle rain showers yesterday as we feasted on a sumptuous Easter repast of glazed ham, potatoes au gratin, and…
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