When life gives you lemons, make lemonade the old adage goes–so when Covid hit, it’s time to make pies. I don’t care what our orange-headed Buffoon-in-Chief says, I think these pies will ward off anything bad. With a generous dollop of whipped...
OK–we’ve broken all records here in SE for rain. In August alone, I recorded 21″ at the South Kupreanof Yacht Club. So here’s the summer’s summary: On one of the few clear days, I went fishing again–caught two fish–a...
Flying back from Vietnam in 1965, our C-130 Hercules blew an inboard engine sending part of the compressor ring through the port light shown just aft of the propeller. You can see holes on both sides of the engine cowling. The top of the fuel pod was...
There is no equivalent to Venice. This city defines Italy with its elegance, renaissance marble architecture, music, shipping and world exploration, right up to the color palettes of its artists. It also defines crowded tourism and near-extortion for many basic...
Let’s start with the British Museum and their largest draw–the Rosetta Stone. At 9:30am, the doors opened and this stone was mobbed by Asian tourists, faces planted in their camera/phones filing by taking selfies. After the place cleared, I moved in for...
It must be Glasgow because it’s December 9th. These vistas are becoming mixed in my memory but first thing it’s off to Kevingrove Museum where I begin with a completely unanticipated organ concert. It’s raining and foggy of course here in Glasgow....
