It is forbidden to forbid

In a discussion about road signs here, Doug and I agreed that the major difference between Australia and America is that in Australia, everything is forbidden unless expressly permitted while in America, everything is permitted unless expressly forbidden. There is a...

Adventures on the coast

Last night, Doug and I took his new toy for a wander over the mountain, on winding roads through redwood forests and oak and something called chaparral (which I’d never head of). We eventually followed San Gregorio creek down to where it met the sea, watched the...

Enormity and power

Everything is HUGE in the USA. Walk into a store, of just about any kind, and it will be seven times the size of any Australian equivalent. This does mean more of everything. It’s a guzzling culture of unbelievable magnitude. And I can see how it seems hard to...