Rebalancing our lifestyle and spending habits are essential for an ever changing economy for resilience. We as a nation have learned some tough lessons in the last few years about relying too heavily on companies in other parts of the world for groceries, toilet paper, baby formula, ordering online, food delivery, curbside pickup and personal transportation.
When planning a wedding, a lot of thought goes into determining what dishes go on the menu. In addition to beef and pork, children have apparently been added to the menu. "I'll have the 10-year-old, please, medium rare..."
Now’s the Time to Think of Energy
Let’s harness the power of California’s abundant wind and solar energy. But when demand goes up, clean energy availability goes down. It’s on us to use less energy from 4-9PM and Keep it Golden.
The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the most potentially transforming force on the planet. - Adrienne Rich, American Poet. We have a smaller version of the statue on the left It always reminds me of our daughter.
This is the last time The Beatles were photographed together as a band.
The last photo shoot of all four Beatles together happened at John and Yoko’s newly bought house in Tittenhurst Park, Berkshire. The date was August 22, 1969.
The foursome had just completed work on I Want You (She’s So Heavy) and some of the shots show our lads looking rather spent. There were three photographers at work: Monte Fresco, Ethan Russell and the Beatles’ eternally faithful man-on-the-spot, Mal Evans. A bit of movie footage was also shot on the same day. The video was supposed to have been for a BBC Two arts programme on September 19, 1969, promoting the Abbey Road album.
On July 1, 1979, Sony offered a new way to listen to music when it introduced the Walkman. It defined a new category in portable music. It was Sony’s most successful Consumer Product (family) and spawned further new categories. Technically, it was a clunker, but featured numerous patented innovations.
Here is something you will never see on Social Media. After somebody posts a very strong political opinion and someone replies, “Good point. I changed my mind.”