Back to School

Okay, those of us whose curiosity about the world is never satiated are perpetual students. We never actually left school. When I retired, I began […]

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In Search of Beaver

Deli Mustard, that is. Susan and I discovered this brand of coarsely ground mustard a few years ago, and we took to it immediately. Yellow […]

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This Week in COVID

Here’s this week’s update from Dr. Klotman. The Omicron wave is subsiding in the US, but it is in full swing in Russia. I’m having […]

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Tonight in Food Porn

Last night, we talked about this evening’s dinner. We decided on “some kind of fish” with a side of steamed asparagus topped with shiitake mushrooms […]

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Wolverines!

The night before last, as the story of the evolving invasion of Ukraine spread across the “News scape,” I decided that I had to watch […]

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Los Chinos

In Spanish it means “The Chinese,” but during my early childhood, it was an expression that my family used to refer to the grocery store […]

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WW III Has Already Begun

WW II began with a German invasion of the Rhineland. Hitler’s forces then took a part of Czechoslovakia and later all of it. Remembering the […]

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Dentin

Susan and I kept our appointments with the dentist today. We were both scheduled for cleanings, and I was also scheduled to have some fillings […]

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Parental Rights

I really don’t get Republican logic. Maybe it isn’t their reasoning but their adroit hypocrisy that leaves me flummoxed. Texas Republicans claim to believe that […]

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The Blog Today

I have considered what to post today, on and off, throughout the day. There’s nothing much new in Medicine or COVID this weekend. The markets […]

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