The name says it all…almost*. Cafe Yumm! was one of the first places recommended to us by a friend for good healthy dining - especially with a 4-year old. Our inaugural visit was pleasant, but a bit confusing. Trying to grasp a new menu, read the contents list and satisfy the curiosity […]

Greetings, one and all, and welcome to my site! Hospitality comes naturally to me - I even talk to strangers, sometimes for the sheer fun of it (it represents the ability to think on your feet without stepping on someone else’s toes). Conversation is a verbal dance, the vocalization its melody (to verbalize […]

All you need is love! Thank you John, for giving peace a chance. And there-in lies the rub - John Lennon was the antithesis of Richard Nixon, who was the president caught in the transitional turmoil of the peace movement (although Tricky-Dick did wave the hand-peace sign around, he also waived its’ inherent […]

What do Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) and Edwin Hubble (1889-1953) have in common - big bangs. Alfred invented dynamite and the rest is history. Edwin is credited with the big bang theory (expanding universe) and that’s definitely historic. Edwin lives on in space as the eponymous Hubble Space Telescope, searching for answers from […]

I remember Pre (as Runner’s World referred to the revered Eugene runner) from afar. I was living in Upstate NY when Pre hit his stride as an Olympian. I remember reading about the great running mecca that was Eugene - little did I know that I’d be living here one day, running on […]