Off to Alaska


I am at Sea-Tac airport headed to Anchorage then on to Fairbanks. Cup of tea and free internet, life is good. There is a Dilettante Chocolates in the main part of the terminal, directly across from Starbucks. Dillettante’s has better tea by far than Starbuck and it is even a few cents less. AND they…

Oregon Weekend – check out Jory


We drove to Oregon last week to spend the weekend with my dad. Along the way we visited Cooper Mountain Winery. They had a great Pinot Gris for $13, but what really captured our attention was a Malbec produced under their strict organic and bio-dynamic specifications, $30 was a real value. We have set it…

Newcastle Australia


Getting ready for another trip down under in April, will post as many sketches as possible, here is one place I will not be going this trip, sadly it is one of my favorites.

My book Let it be Hot!


Was reminded that I have never posted my favorite book, well ok I am biased, the one I wrote Let it be Hot!, How to Deal With Life’s Problems. This is a story about a man who gets lost in the maountains of New Mexico, meets an old prospector who teaches him to eat hot…