All the news that’s fit to click

Have you noticed that newspapers are becoming front ends for web sites? The line above this post comes from a New York Times promo for its multi-faceted web presence.
The S.F. Chronicle and S.J. Mercury are particularly chock full of pointers to additional web coverage, particularly for featured content.
Pity that the effort to easily embed pointers […]

A full day for ‘Mr. Retired’

So, you would think a recently retired guy would be happy-go-lucky Mr. Carefree, but that’s hardly been the case recently. True, I did have lunch with good friends on Monday, spent some time taking pictures, and otherwise had a very good time.
But, take yesterday, for example. My day started at 7:30 AM, bummming a […]

Good day for pictures…

A parade of Christmas birds caught my eye at Ladera Nursery today, as did shadows cast by the adjacent outdoor tables at Portola Valley Shopping Center. We had kind of a full morning hopping from blood lab in Menlo, to an orthotic fitting in San Mateo followed by lunch with good friends at Mike’s […]

Time flies

At church this morning, many parishioners and their children took the opportunity to make Advent wreaths during a very nice brunch organized by Trinity’s foodies. As I looked on, it gave me pause to consider how fast time has flown this past year.
The most precise prognosis I’ve received (from UCSF physicians) gives me a 50% […]

Pope Innocent III action figure

Only a friend of David Perry would be unsurprised to receive a Pope Innocent III action figure in the mail. David and I frequently correspond on the subject of Pope Benedict XVI, and somehow David thought injecting Pope Innocent III into the conversation would be a good idea.
Innocent launched the 4th Crusade, and was responsible […]

Seed banks

Friend, retired priest Stuart Coxhead came over for leftovers last night (with friend Anne Peterson), and brought a copy of the New Yorker with a fascinating story about the world’s seed banks. American Cary Fowler, descibed as the ‘world’s seed banker’ by writer John Seabrook is also a long term cancer survivor (after being given […]

Catch up day

Linda’s exhausted, no surprise, after cooking, serving and cleaning up yesterday’s excellent repast. She may be feeling that cooking once a year is plenty. Anyway, today we’ll be having leftovers with friends Anne and Stuart…

Great grand dad meets great grand daughter

John W. Hubbard, Linda’s dad and son John’s grandfather, met his great grand daughter Grace today. John is 96, Grace is 2 1/2 weeks, so there’s not quite 4 years shy of a hundred-year age difference.
Nevertheless, both seemed pleased to be introduced to the other this Thanksgiving day. Grace was a bit sleepy after her […]

Linda cooks but one day a year

Linda doesn’t cook: doesn’t like to cook, hates dishes and clean up and otherwise dislikes culinary pursuits.  But on Thanksgiving, she insists on doing the turkey, for whatever reason. I stood by to help, but in Linda’s typical slash and burn style, there was little for me to do.
So, turkey is ready to go, children […]

The gimp squad’s big day in SF

So I made my way to UCSF’s Milberry center, where I met physical trainer Heidi Engel, who put me through nearly 90 minutes of exercises meant to help me reconnect my brain to my left side. Heidi sessions usually leave me fairly exhausted: by the time I got home, the combination of workout and chemo […]

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