Author Archives: kmazz

Not my favorite activity. But when the time comes, it must be done. However, this time, I refuse to buy something I don’t like just because I need something. I’ve been wearing the same two sweaters for weeks now and … Continue reading →

Back in college, I participated in the campus theater. At the end of a run of a play by Shakespeare, we had the usual closing party. A student brought some home made Mead, made according to some recipe she’d found … Continue reading →

I for one American was very thankful on November 23rd. I had home comforts like heat and clean water and friends and family; I am not an Iraqi trying survive a new day under civil war; I am not a … Continue reading →

Just before WWII, fresh out of college, my father left Portland, Oregon and fulfilled a childhood dream to travel around the world. He spent several months each in Cardenas’ Mexico, Mussolini’s Italy, and Hirohito’s Japan. Over the years he would … Continue reading →

Today I took a detour home from the gym to pick up an organic whole chicken at Wild Oats, seduced by the sale price of about $.10 less per pound into thinking I was taking advantage of a real deal … Continue reading →