“One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating.”  Luciano Pavarotti
Doni Chamberlain
Now in Igo – crop circles
Bruce and I lean toward the weird when it comes to finding materials for our home and property. I confess, I do like to push creativity to the outer limits, especially when dreaming up ways to build “green” or use conventional things in unconventional ways. Just ask… Continue Reading
Turtle Bay anticipates Bodies Revealed
A motley collection of human body organs rested on a banquet table yesterday beside Dr. Roy Glover at Turtle Bay Exploration Park.
Talk about your ultimate visual aide: one human heart, a brain, a healthy lung, a sorry-looking smoker’s lung and a cut-away slice of leg, bone, tendons and all. The body parts rested beside press packets and fact sheets as Glover, A Michigan professor emeritus of anatomy and cell biology, spoke with north state media folks about Bodies Revealed, Continue Reading
“Our bodies are apt to be our autobiographies. “ Frank Gillette Burgess
“The most important thing to remember is this: To be ready at any moment to give up what you are for what you might become.” W.E.B. Du Bois
What a difference five months makes
(Monday/Tuesday note from Doni: Normally we publish something new every day except Friday and Saturday. This week we’ll hold things for a few days until Wednesday, when we roll out Food for Thought’s remodel. Your forums and comments are fresh,… Continue Reading
“They say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” Andy Warhol
I get by with a little help from my friends
Embracing change isn’t my strong suit. I’m a creature of habit, someone born under the sign of the crab. I’m most comfortable when I can burrow in deep, cover my head and settle down for long, familiar stretch of whatever.… Continue Reading
Nothing lights up a family like a baby
By Doni Greenberg
I only have one photo on my refrigerator: May Violet, my twin’s baby granddaughter. May was about 4 months old then. She was dressed in a Santa hat. C – U- T- E! As the first grandbaby born to any… Continue Reading
“The real voyage of discovery consists of not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.” Marcel Proust


