Category Archives: COLUMNS

1st Person stories about each subject in the magazine.

SPONTANEITY IN RELATIONSHIPS ADDS FUN – A WINTER WEEKEND TRAIN TRIP

(SUBJECT – RELATIONSHIPS & SPONTANEITY) — Jack & Ann are a couple who live in Denver, Colorado. Jack is an artist and Ann is a realtor, they have one daughter who lives on the East Coast and is married. Empty nesters, they do go on regular date nights out, but travel is generally planned six […]

Humans are Organic, Sympathetic, and Warm Blooded — AI is Cold and Mechanical

Currently, our lives are moving at a breakneck speed, the pace has been accelerating more and more as computer technology has changed everything. The news cycle has shortened to having breaking news every minute, our mail is delivered electronically within seconds of being sent, we can always be reachable through our cell phone tracking devices, […]

KID PIX – THE BEGINNING OF DESKTOP ART – LATE 1980’s

MEETING MR. KID PIX, a video about the man who in the 1980’s designed a painting program for kids. One where they could not accidentally click on something wrong, or even accidentally click out of the program… even when they played on the computer unsupervised. It was a simpler time when digital programs were designed […]

Herman Melville and the Divisive Politics of Chowder

Herman Melville

Herman Melville, 1870. Oil painting by Joseph Oriel Eaton Melville lived in Manhattan and New England, did he prefer to eat Red or White chowder? By Joel Clark In 1819, Herman Melvill(e), he later added the “e”, was born into lavish living at the southern tip of Manhattan Island, at 6 Pearl Street. His family possessed […]

Cooking with Cathy – Plum Good Cooking

Plums this Summer! By Cathy Addoms The most neglected of the amazing group of stone fruits is the diverse plum.  It is a truly transformational fruit.  Cook it and it changes to give us an amazing flavor burst however it is used.It grows in all but the most extreme climates.  The varieties and length of […]

First Person – Our Vacation at The Del Coronado Resort

Del Resort Logo

My wife and I have wanted to book a vacation at the historic Del Coronado Hotel for quite some time. This summer we were traveling to California anyway, and decided this was our year for the Del! So using all of our American Express points, saved up for half of our lifetime, we booked the […]