I am writing today’s blog from, Starbucks, where I write many of them.  I have come to think of Starbucks as my chain of offices around town. Not that I don’t have a real office….

Have you noticed how drive through automatic teller machines have writing in Braille?   Hmm…Braille.  Now, I’m all for Braille but I have to wonder what it’s doing at a drive through teller machine. Do they…

Originally written for Town Hall 12-14-07 I was at Disneyland yesterday. I never get tired of that place, especially at Christmas time. But I must confess to one reoccurring question these last few years. If…

Yes, it’s that wonderful, fund raising time of the year when PBS broadcasts those quality concerts. You know, fantastic singers like Celtic Women, programs that get interrupted every half hour for about fifteen minutes of…

There’s a tired old phrase that we hear today on media debates, both radio and television “Just answer the question yes or no!” OK,  Let’s just get this  stupid thing settled once and for all….

Originally written on Dec. 26, 2008 for Town Hall As I write today, I sit inside a coffee shop in the beautiful, breath taking, Santa Cruz Mountains, typing by a window, overlooking a refreshing creek….