Here we are in the first week and January and for most of us that means back to the grind, back to work. The holidays are over and we have to wait 330 days to listen to Shakin Stevens’s Christmas music again. If it’s January 2024 maybe you and your family are also trying out …
Castle Rock Trail Big Bear Lake is the hike to trek year-round in the San Bernardino Mountains. At least that is what the three million tourists who visit Big Bear Lake think. But as a local here in Big Bear Lake who lives here year-round, you will rarely find me on the steep trail on …
It’s a dry heat. For half of my life, I’ve heard people say those words about the desert that is southern California. I never really understood that fully until I spent a few weeks on the East Coast this summer. You couldn’t escape from the humidity. Even at midnight in Memphis, standing along the banks …
Here we are sneaking into 2024 at last and just what the hell is wrong with my body this year? According to a recent check-up, yup, now I’m anemic on top of all my other woes. January is always the time of the year to make New Year’s resolutions; As in eating more iron-rich liver. …
I hope your Christmas was magical and your brother did not plug up the toilet! Here in late December 2024, I’m praying all my friends and family had magical holiday times with minimal arguments about politics. Or arguments about what candied Brussel Sprouts really smell like. Here it is finally about to be 2024 and …