Okay, so Monday sucked. It rained all day, which is good for our environment and for the ski lodges, but meant I lived all day in the gloom.Then I got bad news— not about me, but about a friend. Which put a huge damper on the day.And then I fired up the computer and started […]

So I got some really good news the other day.Really, really, really good news.Except I can’t tell you all what the news is, because things aren’t precisely nailed down yet.But it’s good news.Reely reely good goody good reely good goody reely good news. If I had time, I’d open a bottle of champagne, but I […]

So here’s another image from our fine calendar. (the color picture, not the other one) This is the valley of the Neckar River from the Hornberg— not the Hornburg (Horn Fort), which is in Lord of the Rings, but the Hornberg (Horn Mountain), which despite being identified as a mountain was in fact the castle […]

This last weekend I helped to test and graduate a few dozen new black belts for my karate school. Some very impressive martial arts were performed— none, it must be admitted, by me. In addition to the physical aspects of kenpo, our students are required to acquaint themselves with martial arts classics such as Sun […]