Count The Blessings
You knew today’s masthead picture was coming. You didn’t think I’d pass on the opportunity to introduce my first grandson, William Isaac Ackerman. Born on…
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The Looney and the Huntsman
Today is my grandson’s birthday. I don’t know his name yet. I haven’t even seen his picture. I haven’t heard him wail aloud. I haven’t…
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Time Again to Repair the World
Tonight is the beginning of the Jewish New Year. For me, it marks the passage of time in a nostalgic way. Most of myimmediate family…
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Progress by One Mistake at a Time
Two weeks absent from Burrito writing and I must remind myself how to start. I could talk about what I did over the last fortnight…
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Make it Real Compared to What?
My 36-year-old son informed me that my grandfathering status has been moved up three weeks. My daughter-in-law has a delivery complication for which the doctors…
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THere Must Be Some Way Out OF Here
July is Busting Out All Over As Burrito readers know, each month since last December I have been tracking year-over-year energy output of theCAISO natural…
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Year Over Year
The summer seasonal heat arrived without much fanfare. The weather has been pleasantly sub-normal until last weekend. The only weather-related alarm I received last week…
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