A Walk In Alum Rock Park
We took advantage of Mo’s not being with us today to take a hike in Alum Rock park, in San Jose.
Not a bad way to end a continent, eh?
We took advantage of Mo’s not being with us today to take a hike in Alum Rock park, in San Jose.
Not a bad way to end a continent, eh?
Simplification is a watchword for my 2016. When writing for customers, clients and even shareholders, I’ll keep George Orwell’s six simple guidelines for writers to follow, as specified in Politics and the English language: Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print. Never use…
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Growing up, my parents kept a list of friends they would write once a year, at Christmas. These included friends from prior “tours of duty” in the Navy, former neighbors, distant family and a smattering of current relationships. The ritual each year … which thankfully I only had to observe and not execute … was…