How are you fixed for useless information to throw around at your next cocktail party? OK, if not the cocktail-party circuit, how about the next barbecue? No matter, if you care to read on, you’ll be the recipient of useless… Continue Reading
Can you just hear that old Ray Charles tune, “Here I Go Again”? It’s kind of interesting to sit back and just watch to see what my acquaintance with Doni is going to get me into next. But, nonetheless, here’s… Continue Reading
My approach to this ‘system’ or mindset or lifestyle comes from quite a few more years and quite a few more trials and errors (emphasis on the errors part) than Doni has had the pleasure of experiencing. So it can be said that I followed her journey with a jaundiced eye and a great deal of skepticism. Continue Reading
“But I don’t know music.” Sometimes when I hear this statement come out of the mouths of parents whose children are just starting to learn about music, I want to climb on my soapbox and preach to the world. After… Continue Reading
Here’s a little something I expressed back in the summer of ’15 (that’s 2015, not 1915). I find that after 10 months, I still feel the same way, so I am hereby expressing my feelings. This is not a call… Continue Reading
A couple of years ago, anewscafe.com published a piece I wrote about talent. In that piece I was exploring the world of talented writers. I still stand in awe of a person who can write to a deadline. Every day,… Continue Reading
As I mentioned in my last “train-o-log,” many passenger train trips that used to be a fairly simple excursion experience, no longer offer passenger service. One such is the Feather River Canyon route. There are still plenty of freight trains… Continue Reading
Here I am, talking about food again. I’ve talked before about how we learn to make whatever it is we eat. In this piece, I’d like to talk about what we choose to eat, which especially interesting at Thanksgiving. Have… Continue Reading
Do you guys realize that we’ve been meeting here at anewscafe.com for what will be four, count ‘em: FOUR years, come November 2015? I know! Surprised the heck out of me too. When I was looking back over some… Continue Reading
Somewhere, in the back of my memory, I think I promised I would write more about train travel. Did we talk about Donner Summit? No? I didn’t think so. Many of the train trips that used to be a fairly… Continue Reading
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