1. Christmas and New Years
(LIFE/Latest)

My brother came to visit over Christmas break, which incidentally was the first time i could take a real holiday since leaving "that other place." I took the liberty of spending the entire t

2. Catching-Up Before New Years
(LIFE/Joie de Vivre)

My body has been invaded by a horrible cold - the worst cold i've had in years... which has given me time to consider the many many things have been going on which i've made no mention of here soooo,

3. The Time is NOW!
(LIFE/Latest)

...down the street past the house where Aung San Suu Kyi has been held under arrest for 12 of the past 17 years. She met them at the iron gate outside her home. Witnesses told wire services that s...

4. Poem for today
(ART/BOOKS/Poetry)

...elt.   I think of James Lovelock’s face after giving a lecture explaining that fifty years from now most of this planet will be under water, beginning with Bangladesh at the ...

5. The early years.
(LIFE/Joie de Vivre)

I started to scan in some of my old photos last month and its been quite a treat. Hard to believe my brother and I were so young, silly and goofy (we thought we were totally rad). Did you know

6. Itsy's House of Wine
(EAT/DRINK/Foodie Research)

... i could add French oak as the final tweaking of my wine experiment. This project started two and a half years ago when I harvested fresh grapes from the Quail Run-Griffin Creek vineyards in Talent, O...

7. Transformation...
(LIFE/Esprit d\'escalier)

...l one's fingers from the things we love. In life, this never happens how you imagine - we hope the years pass before us like easy conversation, time creasing our faces, weathering our hands, sil...

8. Old Friends...
(LIFE/Joie de Vivre)

On Saturday I drove up to King Estate Winery south of Eugene to see my old friend Don. It's been twelve years and he hasn't aged a bit! Amazing. We worked together in San Diego and played together in

9. day twelve, class nine
(LIFE/Joie de Vivre)

...ject which interests me. Bikram has been no exception. I started learning about this style of yoga 1.5 years ago and went about 2-3 times a week for 4 months before my trip to Thailand last year. ...

10. This Side of Paradise
(Archived/LIFE/Daily)

...i left my home this afternoon, wondering as i turned the door-knob, where death waited for me -- twenty years from now, two-weeks? How many passings will i witness before my own? My dog Diva? My ca...

11. Cube Rot!
(Archived/LIFE/Esprit d\'escalier)

... Okay, it's not as spectacular as a David Blaine stunt, but i have been sitting in the same cube for 5.5 years and i'm sure i'll need a team of doctors to dive in and recessitate my brain or sew somet...