As I arrived at the nearby intersection this morning, the cars perpendicular to my path were lined up at the red light.  I was waiting for a break in the traffic to make a right turn. A car passed me on the left.  He appeared to need to make a left turn.  A driver who was lined up at the … Read More

The Nesco Dehydrator arrived this week. Two days ago I made my first batch of fruit and veggie slices. They came out of the dehydrator looking like miniature charms, incapable of having taste. But when I bit into them, I tasted the WHOLE fruit.  How can something so small and charm-like taste exactly like the fruit they came from?  The … Read More

A good friend has a rigid routine of what he eats each day.  Come to think of it, I have a fairly rigid routine, too. Here is what I enjoy eating: A Big Breakfast I like to make a smoothie. I use cherries, blueberrie, and strawberries from Costco. I add a banana, half an apple, almond milk and water, or … Read More

I have to admit I have not listened to music in many years.  Does “Rock Around the Clock” sound familiar?  I remember recording song after song from the radio onto my reel-to-reel tape recorder. Actually, there was a time, 10 years ago, when I did dance at home to music. The problem was that I danced in my bare feet … Read More

Five months ago I decided to save money by switching our TV programming from DirecTV to Time Warner.  I was going to save dollars by bundling TV, Internet, and telephone with Time Warner. Alas, little did I know just how much I would miss DirecTV’s DVR box.  I mean there is absolutely no comparison.  The DirecTV box recorded four shows … Read More

What would I do without my iPhone’s reminder list? More importantly, what would I do if my reminder list became empty? I suppose we all have reminder lists. Where do you have yours? Mine is on my iPhone. It has lots of neat features, such as alerting me at a time and date of my choice, and allowing me to … Read More

Thirty years ago I was using the “Basic” programming cartridge that came with my Atari computer to play word games with my own kids and with my special education students. Last night I had a déjà vu experience. I was programming our iPad to play games with our nine-month-old granddaughter. Bitsboard is an amazing app.  It lets me develop my … Read More

Maybe if I write this essay about my tense shoulders, it will remind me to relax them. What is so bad about tense shoulders? About everything in my life. That’s all. Because my shoulders get tense, it appears I get anxious, hyper, lose my balance, and my asthma cough becomes exacerbated.  At least that is my theory based on the … Read More

As you, my readers, may know, I have been making good tasting, nonfat ice creams using coconut milk, my Vitamix, and my ice cream machine. I wasn’t happy about the great amount of saturated fat in the coconut milk.  Yes, the Pacific Islanders eat lots of coconuts, and they suffer few ill effects.  But saturated fat is known to be … Read More

Maybe it already exists.  Maybe  not.  I am talking about a computer program that will match people according to their favorite TV shows. Long ago I decided that you cannot take a reviewer’s word, or anyone’s, as to whether you will enjoy a movie.  You have to see it for yourself.  The same goes for television shows. I won’t ever try … Read More