Monday, April 13, 2026
Babe
April showers are unusual in San Jose. They spritz up even Babe's muffler shop. That's Babe to the right, I believe.
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- Bill Sundstrom
- I am a professor of economics at Santa Clara University. I like to write; hence this blog. Views expressed are mine and mine alone. Thanks for visiting. (Photo above: Diplacus aurantiacus, one of our lovely California native monkeyflowers.)
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