A week ago she left us. Black, beautiful, strong and long legged Julchen. We loved her dearly.

Don’t forget – this is the desert. So the first rain deserves even more than bold type and three exclamation marks. But then again… we don’t want to overdo it. However, those glorious 10 minutes of rain this morning are certainly worthy of an entry into the blog.

With the wildlife situation in the desert being slightly different than in other climes, it might happen that you walk down the hallway to you bedroom and encounter a lizard with the body language of someone/something not quite knowing where they/it are. Such encounters have to do with the summer and the heat.  And the…

Drink: Whiskey SourMusic: Cowboy BebopWeather: Can’t decide between Monsoon storm and desert heat Yes, desert living does have it’s charm. And no, it is not boring 🙂

I always say: “No, one never gets used to the heat, but one learns how to handle it.” The other day I read the complaint of someone (in Germany) about the excessive heat in the person’s house. 28 C! Imagine! Pure hell! Nobody can live like that! 28 C = 82 F… Let’s put it…

Writing this in case anyone in the Coachella Valley is trying to decide between Spectrum and Frontier. TL/DR is Frontier wins, Spectrum loses. So it was finally a farewell to Spectrum. We had been with them in Culver City simply because the TV portion was paid through our HOA fees. That was based on a…

She joined us in 2003. She did not accompany us to the new decade. We loved her.