Six Weeks to Go Grow No, we don’t need a ladder (yet) to reach the top of our backyard sunflower (I grabbed the photo at right from the web). But at 9 feet tall and with at least another six weeks to grow, we certainly appear to have a monster on our hands! Interestingly, whatever seems to...Read More
That’s today’s financial headline. Actually, that’s been the daily headline for the last week or so. Apparently, something about how the U.S. just got past its debt ceiling crisis – for now — didn’t sit well with global markets. Imagine that . . .Read More
“Nice . . . uh, Gig?!?” In 1998, I was gleaning the want ads and found a position for a Private Chef for a family…. I am presently one of 9 employees who work at their house. The place is huge and it is just the 2 of them. I cook dinner only 6 days...Read More
Gone Fishing Sailing! Yes, real estate will be bought and sold somewhere in the Twin Cities today. But not by me. I’ll be sailing on Lake Harriet with a former neighbor and my sons — wind allowing.Read More
“In Your Eyes Lunch(box)” in your eyes the light the heat in your eyes I am complete in your eyes I see the doorway to a thousand churches in your eyes the resolution of all the fruitless searches in your eyes I see the light and the heat in your eyes oh, I want to...Read More
“Is there a “Taste of America” in India, Daddy?* “What is an expert? Someone who is 20 miles from home.” Switch the subject to food and add a zero (or three), and you’ve just described one of the culinary (marketing?) world’s enduring truths. And yes, the same phenomenon applies elsewhere; see “Minnesota Bratwurst — in...Read More
