San Francisco, CA July 17, 2018 Yesterday we started ab ovo, remembering that San Francisco emerged from the earth…and from the Pacific floor. Today, we recall that it also came from the Sierra mines…and that it clings by the grace of God to its precarious perch on the edge of the world, hoping not to slide […]
San Francisco, CA July 16, 2018 God said: Let the waters that are under the heaven, be gathered together into one place: and let the dry land appear. And it was so done -Genesis 1:9 It was done…but it was not finished. From the flat dry land of the Pliocene plain, the western Sierra began […]
Nashville, TNJune 21, 2018 Life moves in cycles. Some times in long, slow Kilauean streams…at others in sudden Vesuvian bursts. Among the ebbs and flows, familiar patterns form.Seven lean years follow seven fat years. Stocks take the stairs up, and the elevator down. Leaves bud, bloom, and blush. Nations are born Stoic…and die epicurean. […]
Atlanta, GA May 13, 2018 “Oh no! You don’t like him either!”– My mother, to my father, on seeing his initial reaction to the birth of his first son OK…perhaps mushy sentimentality is not my mother’s thing. Then again, that my first impression evoked a 10 lb rhino, with a head the size of Wyoming […]
St Louis, MO April 25, 2018 The beeping sound you heard last week was us backing up the truck in reaction to the “Family and Friends” sale from Duckhorn. Our thanks to Brian and Ashley for letting us in on this stock, and to Rita for exercising the options. The investment represents a diversified portfolio, […]
Portland, OR March 16, 2018 Little did I realize how fortunate I have been the last several years. St Louis is well-known as the Gateway to the West. It is perhaps less recognized as a gateway to the morgue. This week, at least, I chose the option of going […]