R.I.P. Shpongle

 15 years ago in Nambe New Mexico on a cold snowy day a neighbor boy knocked on our door. He told us that his family found a puppy in the snow by the side of the road. He opened his hands to show us a little furry wriggling, whining fur ball. Getting a puppy was…Read more »

Shower Epiphany

I was taking a shower last night, I had my eyes closed and in my mind I imagined myself standing under the shower in Nambe NM where we once owned a magical home. I imagined myself in Santa Fe New Mexico, Marina Del Rey California, Warsaw Poland and Long Beach California. These are all places…Read more »

Livin’ the lake life

Here we go again! Ginny and I are making a move, we are heading north in search of our forever home. In a series of unexpected events we have arranged a new life in a town I had previously not heard of, Clearlake California. Unemployment was the catalyst that started us on this journey and…Read more »

(2nd Blog )Heading to Poland.

Ginny and I have been in Warsaw Poland for a few months but it has not been as smooth sailing as we would have hoped, there have been a couple of bumps in the road or in keeping with the sailing analogy, a few choppy waves with the possibility of sea sickness ahead….. Christmas 2015…Read more »

1st OZ BLOG

I am not quite sure how to start a Blog , honestly I don’t even know what a “blog” is, having said that I just looked it up and I now know what BLOG means, I assumed it was an acronym but I was wrong, it simply means web log, lose the we and throw the B next to the log and you get a Blog! Well now that I have sorted that out off I go with my web log!

EMPATHY PANCAKES

Last Sunday morning my wife and I enjoyed a nice breakfast together while sitting at the bar of a local breakfast joint. A gentleman sat down next to us and after greeting us with morning salutations a conversation commenced.  We chatted about the weather and other such mundane pleasantries before the conversation took a surprising…Read more »