Historic St. Joseph hospital in downtown Houston is on the block. Hospital Partners of America, the Charlotte, N.C.-based company that bought the facility less than two years ago (and which owns/operates Shasta Regional Medical Center), has retained Merrill Lynch to shop it...
(Jim #33) — For a long time I’ve been critical about Redding’s live music scene (or lack there of). I’ve long blamed the clubs. The truth is, the clubs have to overcome huge fees and threats of even bigger fines and lawsuits from BMI and ASCAP...
It’s the Fourth of July. America’s birthday. In America we eat stuff. Stuff that used to moo, oink and/or crow at the sunrise. We’re not savages, we cook ‘em first. But in order to cook ‘em you gotta have a grill. So, my wife bought a new...
Here is the first spider to set up shop in our container garden.
Isn’t it great that helpers find their way to the environment where they can flourish and do their part for the entire ecosystem?
Thanks, spider! You are perfectly welcome.
Yesterday, for work, my...
We're sticking pretty close to home this year - taking one brief sojourn to to LA to reconnect with family and friends. But I've already enjoyed several virtual vacations, thanks to some brilliant writers.
My current favorite traveling companion is Bill Bryson -...
Side-view mirrors are poorly designed. They’re just asking to be snapped off like a stray twig, which is why I didn’t blame the carport when it careened into our Buick today....
You must remember this: New studies now show that eating lots of tofu may cause folks to lose their minds.
Apparently, ingredients in soy products such as tofu mimic the female hormone estrogen, which may cause higher levels of dementia among senior citizens. It also...
my mouth and pocketbook are sore from a morning spent at the dentist. afterwards called the parentals for some fiscal griping. upon which mom shared her conspiracy theory. that all 'those people' just keep trying to make you come in more often than you really...
Since returning stateside I have found myself forced to re-enter the fast pace realm of of the norm. It has been such a quick change that in the past three weeks, I have been unable to fully grasp and digest the trip I have just completed. It's weird now...
Where would we be without dogs? Whether it was sharing the warmth of a fire and a scrap or two with our wild ancestors, to the pampered life of a pedigreed pooch dining on the richest menu, we love and depend on our dogs.
Many a happy memory can be found in our hearts...
Taking delicious looking photos is not difficult and you can do it. Good photos break the ice. They make girls/boys like you. They make people pay you. They give you recognition.
Life is all about cheap tricks. The more you have under your belt, the more scarce, or unique,...
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