One pill makes you larger

May 5, 2013
Riley deep in Dreamland. One-fourth of a milligram of Ativan will keep me asleep for four hours, almost by the clock. Which is why there's always a piece of...
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Lies, addiction & betrayal

May 4, 2013
I saw Flight a month or so ago, a powerful movie and a brutal look at the mind of an addict. I thought it was the airplane crash that would get to me, but it...
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Dog day afternoon in early May

May 3, 2013
Unseasonably hot weather for April/May means 80s and low 90s here in San Jose, time to beat the heat. When "the boys" go out on the patio, they usually become sun...
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Gingerdead men and other strange stuff {very strange stuff}

May 3, 2013
Have you ever encountered things that are simply...strange? Ok, here's one: Ummm "cute, but strange." Cuts too close to home for me. Don't think I could bite in,...
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When hippie chic was new

May 2, 2013
Do you remember these leather bracelets from the 1960s? They're everywhere today, but back then hand-worked leather bracelets were a brand new fashion...
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Bears, manhood and fatherhood

May 1, 2013
Sitting Bear, by Linda Israel The bear was my father's icon. Born of Italian immigrant parents, he was first generation American, the only one of his...
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Bathing beauties 21st century style

April 30, 2013
I saw these sculptures in a San Francisco gallery last month. She sat in the window posing for tourists, looking as real as can be. And from the back, just as...
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Posting on social media not same as “enjoying”

April 29, 2013
Painting, Sonoma, CA   Enjoying a lunch with my wife at Happy Lunch Spot. -Facebook post. Here's what I say. Remove your smart phone from the...
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The Tucson Inn

April 28, 2013
I don't know why I love this so much, but I do. Maybe it's because I can look at it and see entire stories.  Spartan rooms with old, scuffed wooden...
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Girlfriends & destiny

April 27, 2013
Girlfriends are sisters that destiny forgot to give you. Oh, I'm not so sure that destiny forgets much. So it has to be purposeful.  March came in like both...
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