Grr. Some of you may have heard about yesterday’s disaster on the 405 (Los Angeles freeway near LAX airport). A truck overturned and traffic was absolutely abominable in the area ALL day!!!! Needless to say, my commute was unpleasant, in both directions. Alhtough certainly not as unpleasant as the poor truck [...]

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Next week I go to the doctor for my annual physical. I had my blood drawn yesterday. Jane and I are very curious what my blood-work will reveal. I don’t have any real health issues, but over the past years my cholesterol and blood pressure have crept up a bit; [...]

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It’s Halloween time. Fortunately, we live on a hill that doesn’t get a lot of trick-or-treating traffic, so we won’t be tempted by the Halloween goodies.
In the past, we have purchased chocolate goodies to hand out; and to eat ourselves, if we’re being honest here! We’d always thought about buying healthier treats to [...]

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First off, let me apologize to anyone I may have offended with that statement, but when I was growing up in New York it was common “knowledge” that British Cuisine was an oxymoron. Bangers and Mash, Salisbury steak, Toad-in-the-Hole, Steak and Kidney Pie; none of these are particularly appealing to me, and so I had [...]

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Any time Jane and I mention that we are now vegan, the invariable question we get is “why?” I stumbled upon this segment from a book I have yet to read. But really, this says it all.
“It is increasingly obvious that environmentally sustainable solutions to world hunger can only emerge as people eat [...]

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