Monthly Archives: November 2008

Family foodie inheritance: Brassware

I am so excited to end up as the owner of one of my grandmother’s serving items: her brassware from somewhere in Asia. It appears that I am the fourth person to be asked to provide a home for this treasure. It fit no one else’s lifestyle. Twenty-five years ago when my grandmother died, my…

Feeling kind of giddy today

First, my apologies to you if you face that minor depression today as a result of last night’s news. If it’s any consolation at all, just about everyone here in this part of the Sequoia National Forest looks a little blue today. I expect that McCain got a very large portion of the “forest cowboy”…

Elections And Depression: What Does Tomorrow Hold?

One thing is for sure: tomorrow in the United States, about a half of us will read the headlines and suffer minor depression. My political science friends and general news junkies will suffer a bout of “What in the world will I do now?” after watching the show for nearly two years. What a let-down…