The blue agave goes out on a high note.
When I left Santa Barbara in November 2014, the blue agave growing within the Las Agave complex I was visiting was large but not remarkable. Just an ordinary agave. But something dramatic happened by the time I returned here in May 2015. It had sprouted an awesome 18-foot green stalk rising skyward from its midst. The stalk was growing at a … Read the rest
My Dad doesn’t live in Baghdad but in a quiet street of Canterbury in the UK. What he meant to say was that the neighbour’s house was “flooded” (when the water tank burst last winter).
Silenced by a stroke
My father suffered a stroke in July and it has affected his speech. For one week after the stroke, he was almost completely silent. Gradually his speech is coming back. When … Read the rest
I attended a fascinating lecture on October 18 on principles in business by the consultant/coach Paul Palmarozza who has organised a group of like-minded business people under the banner Philosophy in Business. In the lecture, he presented a “moral hierarchy” which is a telling tool for finding where a company or person stands on the ladder of morality. At the top of the ladder, morality is the most important factor … Read the rest
