These ones are nothing like da ones back home, but they’re driving me just as nutz. At first I thought they were gnats, but oh no, they are fruit flies absolutely determined to make a mockery of all my efforts to get rid of them. (more…)
My friend Haumana posted a photo on da Lanai at Alohaworld and challenged all of us to write a story about it. So you know me, yeah? Gotta write a story! I got Haumana’s permission to post the photo along with the story; most of it is true. I just took a couple of liberties with the locations. (more…)
Last Thursday Julie and I did some spinning out on the deck again. The weather was wonderful, bright sun shining, birds singing, leaves of the Oregon Big-Leaf Maple rustling in the breeze. (more…)
Last year we had almost no blackberries to speak of; the ones we did have were small and had almost no flavor. So this year I waited anxiously for what I hoped would be a better season. (more…)