Welcome to Lotus Rainier
Last year’s, 2016, Firefall
“YOSEMITE Park is a place of rest, a refuge from the roar and dust and weary, nervous, waiting work of the lowlands, in which one gains the advantage of both solitude and society. Nowhere will you find more company of a soothing peace-be-still kind. Your animal...
Vaccine is Life
This Valentine's week, I did not get bought flowers from the store. Instead, hubby installed a bidet for our first floor toilet. That was an easy install.But for the real flowers that I got, he sweated for days. Days, as he had to custom craft the parts and went to...
“Trump’s defense is short on facts”
"Trump's defense is short on facts," yet Mitch McConnell wants to give him a pass. It shows this Republican leader prefers lies over facts, party's power over nation. May his Republican leadership be repudiated by other Senators to make justice and truth prevail.550...
“The World is Our Common Home” -Pope Francis at the White House
"First. Love ought to manifest itself more by deeds than by words. Second. Love consists in a mutual communication between the two persons. That is, the one who loves gives and communicates to the beloved what he or she has…I will consider how God dwells in creatures;...
On Lillian Galedo
“What could more profoundly vindicate the idea of America than plain and humble people – the unsung, the downtrodden, the dreamers not of high station, not born to wealth or privilege, not of one religious tradition but many – coming together to shape their country’s...
Julia’s Child’s Beef Bourguignon
I cooked beef bourguignon using #juliachildrecipe, but modified the process to be easier, using the stove, dutch oven and baked it for 4 1/2 hours at 325F. This inspired me to work today.The smell of red wine, chicken stock instead of beef, as that is what I have,...
“Grandpa, you are good, but you are not understanding Grandma.”
Lolo: "If I am that good, I don't have to be better."Apo: "Grandpa, you are not that good."-----Dialogue on Valentine's Day.Lolo: "If I love your Grandma daily, why do I need to do it on Valentine's day - what is Valentine's day anyway? Does it mean I should love her...
The Soul Renewed
The Soul of America is being renewed under 46th US President @potus @joebiden and the signposts are in @latimes' article calling for a Department of Culture, much like "England, France, Germany, Albania and more than 50 other countries that count themselves...
One Country, One Destiny!
I could not believe the natural sparkle of lights from the rising sun that I saw, nor the comfortable reported 40F temperature and light snow in DC for the 59th Presidential inauguration of the 46th US President Joe Biden and US Vice President Kamala Harris. I am in...