"Non, je ne regrette rien" As I am writing this morning and listening to the songs of the "little sparrow" - Edith Piaf - my mind starts drifting back over my life. Can't think of a better place to reflect on life's 'regrets' than Turkey Hollow. With Spring encroa...

-Don't you love the story in The Washington Post on J. Edgar "Mary" Hoover attempting to prove that former President Johnson staffer Jack Valenti was gay. Seems that in the 1960's, Valenti had the nerve to invite a closeted gay photographer to one of his parties in Texas. First of ...

Without a great deal of warning, winter hit hard again this week in Turkey Hollow. The forecasts called for a light dusting of snow. We should have known better. By morning we had five inches and the end of the day saw a good seven inches of snow and brutal cold. When I woke this morning the wind ch...

-Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth 2 has gone hip on us! In a public appearance, she officially unveiled her new web site . Actually it is a site for the royal family of England and has links to you tube, virtual tours and if the Royals are coming to your neck of the woods. I had a great deal of fun on it...

-So the White House is fighting an invasion of raccoons. Being no dummies, the persistent creatures have found good digs and the squatters are resisting any attempts at eviction. Marylouise Oates (photo), author of the best selling " The Second Home Book", has a tip for the White House Sta...

This winter has been harsh and brutal with heavy snow and frigid temperatures. Yet, in some sense the weather has been an escape. The white landscape has allowed us some refuge from what increasingly is becoming hard times for almost everyone. The "economic slowdown" has now become a "...

-Well, the KKK's worst nightmare just happened this week. With the naming of the new Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele, both parties now are headed by African Americans. Maybe they can hope that Grand Wizard David Duke will make a comeback. Think your days are over fellows, s...

-Well, I know that the Inauguration is over and President Obama has rapidly seized the reins of power. However, our own Jonathan Stoller sent me a link to the Denver Post and some of the best Inauguration photographs I have seen throughout this entire process. There is a classic one of Dick Cheney t...

6:30AM: Woke this morning and realized that the long awaited day had at last arrived. Laid in bed, turned on the television and almost immediately got teary-eyed. Have two concurrent emotions running through my head: One of unbelievable relief that "That Man" is leaving the White House and...

-At long last, tomorrow is the day! President-elect Barack Hussein Obama becomes our 44th President and in the middle of a tough winter, spring is in the air. A new day has come. The crowd estimates for the Inauguration ceremonies have been all over the place. I really don't care. Can't wait...