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Happy Birthday, Greg Van Loon
Who knew Truckee, California, would be my second favorite town on the planet? One of the unexpected gifts of my life in California is my passion for landscape and history. Truckee has both, and that is quite the understatement. First can I say: Donner Party. Don’t get me started. I wrote about it, and I’m… Continue reading
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Satellite of Love
Lately I’ve been obsessed with the sky photography of experimental geographer and scholar of classified satellites, Trevor Paglen. Paglen documents stealth military installations, a dark world of covert domes and fortified fences he shoots from great distances, often with cameras meant for astronomy. He does gorgeous work and is clearly smart as hell. If Don… Continue reading
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What Not to Hear When You’re Fearing Death
Two weeks ago I lost a friend from grade school. She had an absolutely awful death, no peace at all. She fought it like the Taliban would fight, oh, I don’t know, lard-fried chicken chomped by Israelis waving American flags. I really have no clue. I wasn’t there, I spoke to her on the phone… Continue reading
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San Diego Crimes
Like many people in San Diego these days, I’ve been thinking of injustice and waste. Of nightmares which stretch far beyond worst-case-scenarios. Amber and Chelsea. Needless losses, awful beyond words. The circumstances of their murders terrify me as a parent and challenge my well-honed ACLU sensibility. If reforming the present sex offender registration system takes… Continue reading
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Me and Mac Sledge
Last night, after a most bittersweet Valentine’s Day, I herded the kids to Blockbuster. Amazingly, they had in stock my all-time fave flick, Tender Mercies, Bruce Beresford and Horton Foote’s masterpiece from 1982. I grabbed it. I first saw Tender Mercies when I was home from school with mono. Cox Cable was new to Great… Continue reading
About Me
“Grace to be born / And live as variously as possible.” Frank O’Hara
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