Monday, July 28, 2025

"Green Zebra Tomato"

 A great heirloom tomato


Green Zebra Tomato: photo by Cliff Hutson
Green Zebra Tomato: photo by Cliff Hutson


The Green Zebra Tomato - Lycopersicon esculentum - is a medium sized tomato ripening to a green color, with cream/yellow spots and stripes.


The flavor is generally considered excellent. The Green Zebra is used heavily in salads and salsa for its mild sweet-acidic flavor.




Monday, July 21, 2025

Time and Tide

"Time and tide wait for no man."  


G-SHOCK G-LIDE Surf Watch: photo by Cliff Hutson
 GBX100S-1 Surf Watch: photo by Cliff Hutson


Geoffrey Chaucer said; "Time and tide wait for no man." This is as true now now as it was then. However, nowadays a person can track both if they have the proper timepiece. 













Monday, July 14, 2025

Joyeux quatorze juillet!

 Bastille Day


Dame de Liberté: photo by Cliff Hutson
Dame de Liberté: photo by Cliff Hutson


This day marks the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille, a fortress in Paris that was infamous for holding political prisoners, at the start of the French Revolution in 1789.  

Things will be quiet in the USA. We have never made as big a deal out of Bastille Day as we do Cinco de Mayo - which interestingly enough is another date that commemorates a foreign event involving the French. But, usually there is plenty of wine, and French food to found somewhere.



Brie et du pain Français: photo by Cliff Hutson

Brie et du pain Français: photo by Cliff Hutson




Brie en Croûte: photo by Cliff Hutson

Brie en Croûte: photo by Cliff Hutson



Croissant: photo by Cliff Hutson

Croissant: photo by Cliff Hutson



But, this year, I might just go to a drive-thru and get some "Freedom fries". I will also watch Casablanca.  That is a personal tradition that I have long held.  The scene where "La Marseillaise", the French national anthem, is sung in a 'duel of anthems' with the Nazis is one of the most moving in any film that I have ever seen. I can't imagine ever growing tired of watching i
t.

Liberté, égalité, fraternité!


PS:

It is also Shark Awareness Day!


Great White: photo by Cliff Hutson
Great White: photo by Cliff Hutson









Monday, July 7, 2025

Reading Log: June 2025

The books that I finished reading in the month of June 2025


June 2025 Books: photo by Cliff Hutson
June 2025 Books: photo by Cliff Hutson



"Return to Sender," Craig Johnson

"Mecca," Susan Straight

"Depth Charge," Jason Heaton

"Sweetwater," Jason Heaton



Bulova Snorkel Watch: photo by Cliff Hutson
Bulova Snorkel Watch: photo by Cliff Hutson