Wilder State Ranch Park, just north of Santa Cruz, California. 12-mile coastal/ridge Pacific to Redwoods Loop hike, surf & turf, enjoy.
Artichoke Dreams
Saturday Musings 5.21.22
Happy Saturday! Lots to discuss. Peruvian Coffee First, coffee. Papachay Coffee Co. in San Carlos, California. Bought a bag of magic (I hope) beans, light roast from Peru. Plus, there’s nothing finer than a good nitro brew (no milk or cream needed) on a hot day. Next, local politics. Posted above is the silliest (and perhaps most toxic) political mailer I have … Continue reading Saturday Musings 5.21.22
Digital Spring Cleaning
Spring Blooms It’s Spring. The sun is shining. It’s getting warmer. Birds are chirping. Time for digital Spring cleaning. After amassing more than ten thousand unread emails in my personal email box (yes, I probably need a better SPAM filter), there was only one sensible solution: delete all unread emails that were more than a few weeks old. If it … Continue reading Digital Spring Cleaning
Saturday Musings 05.14.22
Liminal Coffee Roasters Happy Saturday. Lots to talk about. Inflation is real, at least in the San Francisco Bay Area. $6.99 for both a pound of peaches at my local (higher end) supermarket and a gallon of gas. Tough one. De minimis elasticity on the price of gas; some stations charge closer to $6.00, but steep … Continue reading Saturday Musings 05.14.22
Saturday Musings 5.7.22
International Food Fair - 5.5.22 Strange week, not only due to the release of Dr. Strange II, which, according to credible sources, was, well, strange. As an MCU fan, I am compelled to see it, at some point. Apparently, according to the same sources, there was a Dr. Strange in the theater audience. Cosplay, alive … Continue reading Saturday Musings 5.7.22
Saturday Musings 4.30.22
The latest addition It might be time for a regular column/post. I found inspiration from a speaker (Dave Barry) at the Fox Speaker Series (Redwood City, California). Once a week, on Saturdays, reflecting on the previous week and perhaps looking ahead to the upcoming one. As an experiment, I will commit to this for the … Continue reading Saturday Musings 4.30.22
Coffee Basics
Last Updated: April 24, 2022 A few have asked about the keys to great coffee. It's quite simple. Start with a durable and functional automatic coffee machine. Add water and quality beans. Press Start. Voila. Each of the beans below has a story. Liminal is a small-batch roaster that I discovered at the local (San … Continue reading Coffee Basics
Where’s the Coffee?
Brewed Awakenings, Williams Arizona For a blog called The Daily Grind, would a reader not expect at least a few posts on coffee? Of course! Some might recall the Wendy's "Where's the Beef" ad campaign from the mid-1980s, featuring the iconic Clara Peller. So, where's the coffee? In Williams, Arizona, elevation 6,762' and population 3,176. … Continue reading Where’s the Coffee?
Hiking Arizona
Dear Readers, I had hoped to find time to write about each of these in detail, but no such luck. I hiked these in the course of a week. I am sure you can do the same, if not more. Enjoy. Soldier's Pass Trail - Giant Sinkhole (be careful), fabulous cave at the top (be … Continue reading Hiking Arizona
The Grand Canyon
South Rim, Grand Canyon Have you ever taken the perfect photograph? Nailed the timing, the light, the atmospherics? It had been raining on/off all day, with snow showers at higher elevations, especially on Highway 180, from Flagstaff to the Grand Canyon. The South Rim stands at a very respectable 7,000 feet, higher than Lake Tahoe. … Continue reading The Grand Canyon
The Peninsula Hiking Club 