These photos are from my visit to Sequoia Park in Eureka, California the other day. However, there are no sequoia trees there. Plenty of red...

I came to a 4-way stop at exactly the same time as vehicles arrived at the other three stops. Hmmm. Ordinarily, the one on the right has the...

Skunk odor began floating into the Rolling Steel Tent. Sigh. But it must not have been very close because it didn’t reach full wretch-induci...

US-101 is the main highway along the Pacific Coast, running from Los Angeles to Tumwater Washington. Some stretches are annoying, some are b...

Back when I worked in advertising, Shimano Fishing was one of our clients, and they would occasionally take us fishing. My only interaction ...

It’s a gray day, and only about 50-something degrees, but still a good day for a walk along the California Coastal Trail near the mouth of t...

Sardines, anchovies, and kippered herring have been on my ick list forever — even though I’ve never (to my knowledge) eaten them. Just the i...

 I’m parked along one of Mendocino’s through streets. This evening, between about 6:00 and 6:30, there have been quite a few cars passing by...

My mind is filled with things I rarely think about even though I have frequent interaction with them. The other day I realized one of those ...

Having accomplished one thing on my to-do list (getting eggs, and a few other items) I walked a few doors down to GoodLife Café & Bakery...

I woke up this morning to the delightful realization that once more there was nothing I needed to do. I took a deep breath, let it out slowl...

I wanted to see if I could save myself a few bucks by replacing the starter myself. I watched videos, and it seemed simple enough. So I brok...

It turned out there was an auto parts store an easy walk away, and they had a selection of starters in stock. I’ve watched  videos about cha...