Cultivating Outrage

  Abarrotes is Spanish for groceries. Such small stores are common in Yucatán, frequently named for the owner or the neighborhood. I have n...

  Really? President Trump again?! I'm depressed. The first time around, I called him the worst president ever .  And the worst part is t...

  At Lake Tahoe Link to more photos (View the photos individually to read the captions.) I have been trying to get to Lake Tahoe for many y...

Last month, I found a super deal on craigslist on an almost-new 2024 Honda Accord. The seller said he was going through a divorce. After a t...

At Crater Lake Link to more photos . As always, view the photos individually to see the captions. I toured Oregon in 2013 and enjoyed it. ...

There are three photo albums. First, an album of overall trip photos  (view the photos individually to see the captions). Second, an album o...

Other than science fiction, I don't read many novels. But it seems to me that more and more novels do a lot of time jumps, both backward...

  In the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles Link to more photos .  As always, view the photos individually to see the captions. We took this shor...

  We took this short trip to Pismo Beach and nearby sites. Happily, the weather was mild and it didn't rain. The trip began with a ride...

  Today at the LATimes Festival of Books. Click here for two photos from the event: - John Scalzi and panel - Barbara McQuaid ( Index to a...