It’s just a car

August 29, 2013
Draft essay, unfinished, written in the summer of 2002: I drove my brand new BMW to the Henry Miller Library in Big Sur yesterday. There was something anachronistic...
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Why I’ll never go to Burning Man

August 26, 2013
It's that time again. Burning Man. The annual art-fuck-spiritual-crazy fest in the desert that began in San Francisco in 1986 and moved to the desert in 1990. Starts...
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Half Moon Bay afternoon

August 23, 2013
Summer has worn out its welcome early, I think. Maybe it's the vagaries attributed to climate change, or maybe, after so many years in Florida, I've lost all interest...
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In pursuit of magic

August 12, 2013
 "Quick!" girlfriend said, as we strolled down a busy Manhattan street. "You need a photo of that!" She pointed out graffiti that read: In pursuit of magic. It's sort...
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Sidewalk art or graffiti?

August 8, 2013
I was trying to explain British artist Banksy's street art to my husband the other day. "Ok, so you're saying that he does graffiti? That his ruining of public...
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Old photos give us a peek back in time

August 6, 2013
It's hard to believe that the beginning of the 20th century was more than 100 years ago.It doesn't seem like it could be that long ago.  Time passes so quickly, doesn't...
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Simple charms: geraniums in tomato cans + pasta

August 4, 2013
Sometimes, the simplest decor tells the whole story. The brightly labeled contents of these tomato cans were used to make tomato sauce and the re-purposed to serve as...
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Nothing beats the Beats

August 2, 2013
I was just two years old when Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti founded City Lights bookstore in North Beach section of San Francisco. It was 1953 and no one could have...
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Amsterdam: a true Dutch treat

July 28, 2013
It's the traveler's dilemma: return to favorite places or explore someplace new?  When a place enchants and charms ---I can think of so many--Rome, London, North...
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Marriage, music & the Mob

July 15, 2013
I saw Jersey Boys the first time in San Francisco. There on a writing retreat, alone, I walked up one evening and got last minute tickets relinquished by...
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