Monthly Archives: April 2014

Dead or Alive?

Botany is used to illustrate points in many passages in the Bible. God uses grass, lilies, fig trees, seeds, weeds, and grapevines to make allegorical references to the way our lives are lived. I’d learned of this old grape variety … Continue reading

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The Homeless Celebrity

When you grow up in Los Angeles, you experience lots of chance encounters with actors, rock stars, news personalities and the like. There’s also a lot of “local color” – local characters who make the street scene interesting. Venice Beach … Continue reading

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s’looF s’lirpA

April 1st is the holiday for tomfoolery. Merry pranksters never rue this day. Uncertainty surrounds the origins of the designation of April 1st as a day to pull shenanigans and practical jokes with impunity. Iran has a practical joke day … Continue reading

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