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Learning something new every day
It is said you should learn something new every day. And I really believe that. At 59, I’ve been retired for 19 years, so I have a lot of time on my hands, and I try to make some kind of productive use of it rather than sit around and watch television all day. What…
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Philosophus hortulanus esset
Two things animate me. The first actually came second, and the second first. As an undergraduate, I studied philosophy, and that remains to this day my keenest interest. But before that, when I was a teenager, I worked after classes let out for the day at the Armstrong Garden Centers on San Fernando Boulevard in my hometown…
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It’s time for the spring pasta harvest
If, as they say, March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb, that was certainly true here in the Coachella Valley. High winds at the beginning of the month gave way to gentle rain showers yesterday as we feasted on a sumptuous Easter repast of glazed ham, potatoes au gratin, and…
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