Top O' the Mountain

In Southern California in the 1960s there was a rising tendency by holiday advertisers and Christmas tree lot merchants to use a heathe...

My DNA test had a few small surprises.  In my previous post I mentioned that on paper I am split down the middle: 50% Irish and 50% Carpa...

  From the time I was small my parents made me very aware of the simple 50/50 split in my heritage. Mom was Irish through and through...

 Conley Elms, a 3-year Fish and Game veteran Bill Pogue, a 25 year Fish and Game veteran This outrageous Idaho murder case from...

  My favorite music these days comes from The Piano Guys. They create the most delicious stunning music videos set in places like Scotla...

 I saw many pretty things in and near Turku Finland this summer           ...

Some favorite memories of Turku and environs bicycling   hikes  marsh hikes  castle hill  or...