Have Fun Out There. Bike

click to triplify These campaign bills were pasted up along Manzanita between Sunset and Santa Monica and while on my way to the library (and Scoops) this afternoon I had to stop and juxtapose my own favorite form of transport among the kind Jeep would rather have you drive.

River Ride Gonna Rock

Just in case you’re not planning on attending this Sunday’s IAAL•MAF “Serenity Now: An L.A. River ODDysey” bike ride from Griffith Park to Cypress Park and back that I’ve been planning, you’re gonna miss out on an a sincere attempt at and edutaining experience. I’m so into getting some fact-based talking points down for the …

Willy Or Won’t He

Phone rings at 11: 53 a.m. I answer on the second ring. Me: Hello, this is Will. Silence, only backgrounding telemarketing bullpen sounds are heard through the phone. Me (after a pause): Hello. This is Will. Her: Uh yes, may I speak to a Willy Campbell please? Silence from me this time. Her: I’m trying …

Double Dragon

It’s one thing to be able to look so close through a set of such gorgeous stained glass wings (click to quadruplify): And its another extra special bonus entirely to have a front row seat as one frolics in the water while another attempts to join the pool party. I’m not sure if the dragonfly …

Flashback: Rwanda-ing

Two years ago today Susan and I were in Rwanda outside Volcanoes National Park getting set to trek mountain gorillas. 19 JULY 2005 ‚ 0015 HOURS ‚ VIRUNGA LODGE, RWANDA I am sitting at the writing desk in our banda at the Virunga Lodge just after midnight, having slept some four hours. I am writing …

Wall Ball

Ranger and I have a game we play every now and then outside the backdoor that utilizes a tennis ball and a wall and thus we call it Wall Ball. When we first started playing it, Ranger would try desperately to get the ball as it passed her going forward and then again on the …

Head-To-Head

click to quadruplify Pepper and Jiggy. Dinner time. Fancy Feast. Kitchen Counter. Jiggy won.