Back in February, finance billionaire Bill Ackman's family suffered an unspeakable tragedy, when his daughter was found in her home with a brain hemorrhage. His story is both horrific and inspiring. Here it is. At midnight on February 6th, earlier this year, the doorbell to our apartment rang. The doorbell was followed by a pounding …
Continue reading A horrible tragedy inspires a billionaire to fund medical advances.
Over a year ago, I started leaving my butter out on the counter in my kitchen instead of putting it in the refrigerator. So far, so good. I have never had any go rancid, and I just love that I always have spreadable butter for my toast. At the same time, I switched from cheap …
Continue reading Sama Says: Leave your butter out on the counter! It won’t hurt you!
This gracious retired actress is 95 years old today!! Can you believe that? I have a hard time, but I know it's true. This is how she looked when she was the star of the TV series "I Dream of Jeannie." That was one of the best series ever on TV, endlessly funny and endearing. …
Continue reading Wow! It’s Barbara Eden’s Birthday Today! How old?
Often, when I'm sitting out in my back yard, I see a bit of sunlight that's at exactly the correct angle to show off just one leaf, or one frond, or one rock. My yard is surrounded on three sides by vegetation: tall trees in the mini-forest on the west side, the south neighbor's tall …
Continue reading Pinpoint Illumination: When the light’s just right.
Actually, it's not too difficult for me to choose my five best-ever photos. I'm not a professional photographer, and I am amazed at the excellent quality I can get from my iPhone camera! Before I got my first smart phone for my 70th birthday, I used to poo-poo all the people who were holding up …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #409: Best Ever Images
Our family of Northern Flickers was by today, and they do come around often. Below are some still photos and video which show them at their best in the yard. I never tire of taking their pictures. Glug, glug, glug, one of the adults taking a long drink at the birdbath. He sat there and …
It is common knowledge that the Leftists who run Washington abhor the logging industry, charging them with destroying the state's old-growth forests for profit, and contributing to the extinction of species like the Spotted Owl. Given that most of the old growth forests were logged in the 19th Century, mostly for shipbuilding and home construction, …
Yesterday I laid out a lot of what the Washington State Democrat Legislature is doing to us today. If you think things can't get any worse, just look at this list of what they have planned for the 2027 legislative session in Olympia. And these aren't just "ideas" for what they might propose, some of …
This will be a long essay, as I copy over reports of some of the actions being taken by various parts of the Washington State Government, to rule over every aspect of the lives of its Citizens. This is what Washingtonians like me are subjected to on a daily basis, and the State has much …
Continue reading What the State of Washington is doing TO its citizens
Just recently, there have been a couple of local news stories involving politicians who are or have been law-breakers. Would you vote for a politician who had committed crimes and gone to prison for them in the past? Would you vote for a politician who was charged with drunk driving during her campaign? Well, there …
Continue reading Strange Tales of Criminals…Who are Politicians
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