by mike | Oct 1, 2015 | Baseball, Death, Life, Travel, Uncategorized |
“You should always go to other people’s funerals, otherwise they won’t come to yours.” – Yogi Berra Jacqueline, my baseball-loving bride, suggested we go and see a ballgame at Yankee Stadium when we traveled to New York City for a wonderful family wedding/reunion in...
by mike | Jan 26, 2015 | California, Life, Travel, Uncategorized |
I live in Southern California. More important than that: I am a Southern Californian; have been for over two-thirds of my life. There is no other place where I can imagine myself to be. But wow, did I take a circuitous route to wind up here. Let me explain. NEW YORK,...
by mike | Oct 13, 2014 | California, Life, Travel, Uncategorized, Writing |
Just got back from a short—but real sweet—trip to Idyllwild, a town over a mile high in Southern California’s imposing San Jacinto Mountains. Not that I ever need an excuse to go there, but in this case we made the trip to celebrate a significant birthday for my...
by mike | Oct 14, 2013 | Native Americans, Spirituality, Travel, Uncategorized |
So what DON’T I like about Arizona? Traffic roundabouts. Can’t stand the darn things, which are ubiquitous—at least where Jacqueline and I traveled during our recent trip. In a small town called Cottonwood there were like four or five of them in a row—in the middle of...
