Peter’s Gate
My Walk to Whole Food($) in Monterey To get in and out of my new residence in the hills of Monterey I must past through Peter's Gate. What that means,…
View from my “Loft”
For five weekends I have been struggling to downsize from a 3 bedroom house to a small newly converted garage apartment in the hills of Monterey. I likely moved, re-boxed…
The Unsung Hero – C-17 Globemaster III
I recall a few test failures of the wing back in 1992, which almost canceled the program. Later it was discovered that the test was conducted incorrectly - saving the…
Prepping for August
I heard some funny-talking guy on the U Tube say “Trump is moving back to the White House” about then. It’s on the U Tube, so it must be true,…
Hardwood for the Sprinter Van
Thanks to my grandpa, Alfred F. Smith, I love wood. At five years old, in the summer I would run off to his violin shop and sit in the corner…
28 More Days
I am beyond rage and have moved into comfortably numb for the next four weeks. The Narcissistic Sociopath has 28 more days to decimate & destroy this country. He will…