Once Upon A Crime
UNITED STATES—It amazes me how much time’s vortex can pack into a single afternoon. At that first meeting of the Spanish cultural club, where...
Trees Need Clearance From Utilities
UNITED STATES—Palm trunks grow in only one direction; upward, toward sunlight and away from gravity. Each trunk is equipped with only a single terminal...
Hard Knocks
UNITED STATES—Samuel Johnson, the British wit and man of letters, said that he never knew a man with a toothache to be a philosopher....
Motion As A Landscape Element
UNITED STATES—Landscapes appeal to our senses. The colors and textures of blooms and foliage are visually appealing. Floral fragrance and foliar aroma appeal to...
Heavenly Daze
UNITED STATES—You wake up and you’re in this place where the clouds are all cottony as they glide across an achingly blue sky. Kinda...
Agua Caliente Cultural Museum Brings Back Native FilmFest
PALM SPRINGS, CA—Now in its fifteenth season, Native FilmFest presented by Agua Caliente Cultural Museum Tuesday, March 1 through Sunday, March 6 is one...
Nomenclature Is The Name Game
UNITED STATES—Nomenclature is a standardized technology of naming. It dictates the universal 'botanical' names of all plants, so that everyone everywhere can communicate more...
Back To Begin
UNITED STATES—Back at the rooming house the pressure was on to get some scratch. Of course my teen horror screenplay, “The Persecuted” was floating...
Bloom Is Earlier If Forced
UNITED STATES—Properly pruned deciduous fruit trees probably do not have too many extra stems to spare now. Neglected trees would have more to offer....
Taste Of The NFL Turns 25 At The Cow Palace
SAN FRANCISCO—Football and food joined forces at the legendary Cow Palace, on the eve of Super Bowl 50 in San Francisco. Celebrities and top...