Sometimes one wakes up on a Sunday morning to decide: today I am going to be lazy. That does not necessarily mean that one stays in bed all day. It is just that one does nothing “productive.” The usual rules of everyday life do not apply. One gives oneself a present of timelessness, so to [...]
As much as I love roses in the house they do look prettier outside in this perfect autumn sun.
Unfortunately we broke the record – the season 2006/2007 was the driest for L.A. since rainfall records began 130 years ago. The total rainfall was 4 inches (10 centimeter). That’s less than a quarter of normal. Even more disturbing is the fact that the snowpack in the Eastern Sierra Mountains, from where Los Angeles gets [...]
I can hardly remember the times when I did not work with computers. PCs, mind you; the Apple machines were and are something I love for their excellent design, but for me there are several reasons why I can not use them in my line of work. I can very well remember the endless quest [...]
What’s that to talk about, one might say. It is just a photo of some plants and a tree, dripping with rain. Some might even say – hey, there’s nothing dripping there, that are just wet leaves, come here and we’ll show you what rain is. Well, for us here in Los Angeles, this is [...]
Good news: it is beautiful outside. Bad news: it is freezing cold outside. 56 degree F. There are only two choices: This or that.
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