Counting Days

Ocean City 2 (1963)

December 9, 2023Charles Larkin

Burned The beach reflected the afternoon sun back in my face as I walked barefoot across the parking lot half full of day-visitors’ cars. I picked up…
Ocean City 2 (1963)

912: Avocados From Mexico

December 4, 2023Charles Larkin

“Would you like a avocado?” “Sure.” “That’s interesting.” “Well, do you have one?” “One what?” “An avocado.” “I don’t know. Is my name Mexico?” Photo…
912: Avocados From Mexico

For the Writer Who Hasn’t Been Writing

November 29, 2023Charles Larkin

In her smart and inspiring book, Lab Girl, geobiologist and author Hope Jahren writes, “A seed knows how to wait. Most seeds wait for at least a year…
For the Writer Who Hasn’t Been Writing

I have had the same problem with writing my blog the past few years.

Missing

March 24, 2021Charles Larkin

Where have I been?

January 30, 2019Charles Larkin

www.cnbc.com/2019/01/30/house-democratic-leaders-probe-3-major-drugmakers-on-insulin-prices.html

January 28, 2019Charles Larkin

www.cnbc.com/2019/01/25/open-insulin-is-making-insulin-in-a-lab-to-prove-it-can-be-cheaper.html

Hoover Dam

January 14, 2017Charles Larkin

Time Zones of the Hoover Dam

At the Hoover Dam do you know what time it is. It’s a silly question, right, not really. It depends on where and when you stand. One time zone on the dam is in Nevada, another in the state of Arizona. Nevada doesn’t recognize day light saving time so you might really be confused and go to sleep an hour early. Ironically a December sundown is at 4:30 in the City of Las Vegas, the city that never sleeps.