She didn’t fit the typical coffee shop crowd. Most days, this cozy cafe buzzes with students buried in laptops, professionals sipping lattes and a few older folks casually scrolling through their iPads. But not this woman. She and her granddaughter sat across from each other a few feet down from me, and there was a […]
Attitude
Growing Marijuana – By Accident
Recently, I wrote about growing popcorn in our driveway at our little house in Redondo Beach, California. An accidental spill of kernels turned into a mini-crop of popcorn stalks. Somehow, those kernels took root in the worst possible dirt. That’s not all we grew at that house by accident: We grew marijuana. I never did drugs, […]
What if TV Weather People were Paid on Performance?
It’s 100 degrees (Fahrenheit) right now here in Southern California. That’s about 20 degrees above normal. Supposedly, today should be the last day of our 2-week heat wave. At least, that’s what Dani told me last night. She’s the weekday weather person on our local network news station. I hope she’s right. One day last […]