I took a field trip to Staples today during lunch. Needing a few items for the home office, I looked things up online, made sure they were in-stock and, even though I assumed I’d get there and they’d somehow manage to be out of everything I wanted…

If you’ve never grilled fruit, I highly recommend it. I’ve grilled many a peach, apricot, plum, apple and grape. The grapes and apples I prefer over a salad, ideally accompanied by a bit of blue cheese, while the others I like as a dessert. I’ve n…

I feast fairly regularly on a hearty diet of Food Network and Cooking Channel. With the exception of that weird Baron Ambrosia program I’ve not yet been able to embrace, there really isn’t a show that I won’t watch. Earlier today, I was watching R…

Robert Frost said he could sum up life in three words: “It goes on.” Sometimes we think it won’t, but if we hang in there, we let a day play out and wake up the next morning to find a new one ready for us. Sometimes we think it couldn’t possibly g…

A coworker and I went to lunch today. Something must have been in the sushi, because a few hours afterwards she and I were giddy and we each had a massive sweet tooth. We kicked around the idea of snagging a piece of cake at Albertsons, but decide…

I don’t know about the rest of you here in SoCal, but I’m ready for this humidity to hit the road. I’d happily deal with the high 80s at 7pm otherwise. But when the air is heavy and you feel as though you’ve been smacked in the face with a warm, d…

We live in a world where visiting a card catalog is no longer necessary to find a book, a periodical or anything else to write a report. It’s a world where people can be “discovered” not on the street, but online. We have more resources at our dis…

Confession: I’m a fearful person. Whenever I fly, like I did yesterday and the day before, a string of unhealthy thoughts about crashing plagues me. The first time I flew for the new gig, it was before my insurance kicked in. Not that health insur…

I’m pretty familiar with highlights. I get them monthly, and over the last 13 years, my mane has cost me as much as a new car. Yesterday, however, I was treated to different highlights. They’re highlights you can only experience when you’re flying…

The other day I was driving home from work and I passed a park that typically has many a duck, goose, bird and other winged friend lazily wandering about. I saw an older man feeding one. He had his hand outstretched, and there was a large goose bl…