Good Tool? Bad Tool?

1988 Portrait, Damaged in 1994 Northridge Earthquake. Restored by Dad, 2012. Never Forget Your (Grass)roots “I’ve been using Photoshop,” my dad told me last year, “to restore damaged photos.” “Oh?” I commented blandly, expecting him to tell me that something had leaked onto a box of photos in his garage. “Yes,” he said. “It’s a […]


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Do You Have Compassion?

Girl Selling an Apple to a Marine on a Train. Seoul. 1954. Photo by Rod Seiler. Why I became a Compassion Blogger[Compassion International is one of many worthwhile organizations dedicated to releasing children from poverty. Their programs provide access to clean water, medical care, and educational opportunities. But for me, it’s all about the food. […]


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The Case of the Trabuco Canyon Deer: You See What You Seek

Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Deer are Here“I just saw a herd–okay, a small herd–of deer!” I raced in the door breathless, eager to share the news. We’d just moved into our home in rural-but-close Trabuco Canyon two months earlier. My first wildlife sighting right in my own neighborhood thrilled me. That was in 2007. We […]


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Remembering Trevor

Trevor. Rest in Peace, Old Boy. Good and Faithful “It’s not just arthritis,” the vet said. “He has some kind of neurological issue–maybe he’s had a stroke. That’s why his tail curls off to the side. And that whining at night? That’s not because he’s in pain–it’s senility. It’s the canine version of Sundowner’s Syndrome.” “What […]


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Now Serving: Fruit Salad

Vaite Zests a Lemon While Cadence and a Nameless Dinosaur Observe. Independence Day, 2012. Careful Preparations My niece Vaite offered to make fruit salad when our pastor and his family came for brunch during her visit. I was relieved: my arthritic hands fatigue before much peeling and chopping is done, these days, and I could trust […]


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