Wouldn’t it be great if we could point to just one thing to solve the health care/health insurance crisis in America? In this column I have addressed multiple issues, but always come back to the fact that it is the… Continue Reading
I came to urban chicken farming in 2009. Initially, I wasn’t all that enamored with chickens, per se. I viewed chickens in the same category as a garden; something living, and, if tended well, would offer a payout in return.… Continue Reading
Hello Clever People! Welcome to my review for one of my favorite films of all time, The Graduate. This film follows Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) as he deals with the odd stage between college and adulthood by having an affair… Continue Reading
“When I look inside and see that I am nothing, that is wisdom. When I look outside and see that I am everything, that is love. And between these two, my life turns.” Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj As I type these… Continue Reading
Cowboys are different than you and me, especially after they’ve been drinking. You don’t want to screw up their dinner, that’s for sure. They’ll come at you with murder in their eyes. I know this from personal experience, a long-repressed… Continue Reading
Hello Clever People! Welcome to my review for the comedy/drama Gifted. This Chris Evans/Octavia Spencer starring film follows a little girl who faces different levels of turmoil as there is a lawsuit over who should raise her and if she… Continue Reading
Ten years ago. It was Cinco de Mayo, and I found myself at the Del Taco drive-through ordering a burrito (which really isn’t a thing in Mexico, btw). On a whim, I asked the kid at the window if she… Continue Reading
It was near May Day in Shasta County, and that means I was itching for some cornhole. I have been really, ever since an acquaintance of ours, a realtor and mother of two for crying out loud, told us about… Continue Reading
My husband Sem recently wrote in a blog post, “I left my native county of Caithness fifty-odd years ago and I never imagined that I would return. Unfortunate circumstances brought me here and it surprises me to find that I… Continue Reading
One of the best results of the ACA (Affordable Care Act aka Obamacare) was that it started a national conversation about health care delivery and financing in our country. In this column I hope to inform the reader on how… Continue Reading
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