Chinese Jeep?
UNITED STATES—If the rumor mill is to be believed, the US gang of automakers known as “The Big Three” may soon be known as...
Heat Lingers With Indian Summer
UNITED STATES—It is still too early to say if, or for how long, warm Indian Summer weather will linger into what should be autumn....
Drug-Store-Go-Round
UNITED STATES—The drug store was a place where the community manifest itself. People could make any old comment about the weather and it would...
Street Wise About Street Trees
UNITED STATES—There is no such thing as a perfect tree. Every tree has foliage that one way or another, eventually falls to the ground....
Remembering Dad
UNITED STATES—Whenever we were on a trip my dad would get anxious and phone the drug store. This seemed a gross interruption of our...
Timing Is Everything For Pruning
UNITED STATES—There are certain disadvantages to gardening in such a perfect climate. We can not grow things that require significant chilling in winter. Nor...
Small Pharma
UNITED STATES—When I was in Mexico, a place where time-capsules have a better life expectancy than in California, I would come across these drug...
Flowers Might Be Getting Scarce
UNITED STATES—It makes sense for flowers to bloom in spring. Winter is too cool, windy and damp for both flowers and the insects that...
John Steinbeck Schlepped Here
UNITED STATES—Anybody who can take a cross-country trip with a dog and write a book has my respects. Mine is barely learning to let...
Herbs Are For All Seasons
UNITED STATES—There are only four seasons in which to grow herbs, but herbs are used for all sorts of seasonings. Most herbs are aromatic...