This year, my reading journey was shaped by the San Jose Rotary Club book club, recommendations from my niece Koren, and my own literary...

For the past few years I’ve had a goal to read 52 books a year.  This year I managed to read 57 books. Many were hefty tomes, like Barack...

Music, music, music. What can I say? My friend Alan says “Music is my life’s blood.” I agree with him. But that can take the form of...

I continue to strive for 10,000 steps per day. I took this image on the night of December 24, but it still represents this year’s...

Entertainment covers a lot of ground. In this post I will ignore any streaming binges or serials that I’ve watch this year and instead...

Community work isn’t something I’ve written about since I’ve been doing retrospectives. Dut my activity is picking up so I thought I’d...

I spent a fair amount of time this year on photography, both taking workshops and capturing images. I started the year with an Equatorial...

This year we are back to pre-pandemic travel. Most of our travel was by car, to places in California, but we also went to Seattle three...

I was invited to give two presentations about past travel, the first for the Georgia Photography Club, a member of the Photographic...

My reading list reflects gifts I’ve been given, places I travel to, things I want to learn, book reviews I’ve read, and a few books I’ve...

The Photographic Society of America (PSA) has a 365 Day Project for photographers to submit an image a day for a year. PSA supplies a...

Since 2019 I’ve begun each year by writing about my accomplishments. I find that looking back on all the things I’ve done over the past...

As a member of the Los Gatos Saratoga Camera Club, I have the opportunity to submit two images a month to a competition. The club hires...

After staying at home for most of 2020, Glen and I decided to cautiously venture into the world for some local multi-day trips. In...

This year my inner student has been doing much more traveling and socializing than last year. As a result, I've taken fewer formal...

Consistent with 2020, I continue to follow my "No Excuses Workout." Except this year I had more variability in my steps due to the new...

More time seems to have past than it has since I read my first book of 2021—Squirrels: The Animal Answer Guide. A non-fiction book, it...

Most resolutions I've made or have heard other people make, have to do with trying to correct a self-perceived flaw—lose weight, stop...