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Highlights from my trip to Baja California Sud I was becoming more and more concerned about the direction that our country was going in when I got an invitation to visit Baja. I had airline miles accrued enough to get there and back and they were offering free accommodation, so I jumped at the chance.…
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An excerpt from “Just Walk Away – a memoir of growing up in the Midwest” Mom and Artie had a habit. Every morning as we sat at the breakfast table they would be discussing our next meal. Artie says, “What are we going to have for lunch?” Then at lunch they would be invariably discussing…
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I had my first taste of Bibimbap when I worked for Televideo in San Jose back in 1982. Televideo was a Korean owned company led by the illustrious Mr. Wong who would walk around the company and the employees would, meerkat like, keep an eye out for him. “Here comes Mr. Wong! Look busy!” The…
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Junior High In Junior High and High School everything changes for me. I‘ve entered the Twilight Zone of disconcerting physical changes and scholastic expectations that I’m not prepared for. In elementary school I was awkward and shy but in Junior High awkwardness takes a quantum leap into the stratosphere. Looks are important. Popularity is important.…