The Girl With Seven Names: Escape from North KoreaAuthor: Hyeonseo Lee with David JohnPublished: 2015Type: BiographyFinished: July 27, 2020 Rating: ★★★★ Image from Amazon I know it’s a cliché to say “it’s too unrealistic to be fiction”; and yet it is a true story. Just before turning 18 and becoming an adult in North Korea,… Continue reading Reading: The Girl With Seven Names by Hyeonseo Lee
Month: July 2020
Tofu Planks Veracruzana
Cook Date: July 24, 2020 To quote Monty Python: “And now for something completely different.” Last Tuesday we were putting together our menu and shopping list for the next week. Carla suggested a Thai peanut sauce tofu dish we have been kicking around. But I just so happened to be looking at a Tofu Steak… Continue reading Tofu Planks Veracruzana
Reading: Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Treasure IslandAuthor: Robert Louis StevensonPublished: 1885Type: FictionFinished: July 17, 2020 Rating: ★★★ Image from Amazon This is it! “X” marks the spot – the canonical pirate story. While there were others before, this 19th century novel is the one which establishes the Romantic pirate folklore we all know. In it we have: A one legged… Continue reading Reading: Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Matrix Hill Park Redux
July 20, 2020 A week earlier I took a walk up the hill to Matrix Hill Park to have a look around. The view was nice but I couldn’t see our local volcano, Mt. Hood. Yesterday I headed back a bit earlier in the morning to try again. Up along the switchback as I climbed… Continue reading Matrix Hill Park Redux
Foggy Day at Cannon Beach
I grew up in the Mojave Desert of Southern California – just over the San Gabriel Mountains from Los Angeles. We could get to Ventura Beach in about an hour and a half. We could play on the sand, walk along the beach, body surf. It was fantastic. Once my friends and I got our… Continue reading Foggy Day at Cannon Beach
