I, The Jury
Looks like the Superior Court of the great state of California just can’t get enough of me. In the mail yesterday came a letter summoning me to jury duty July 9. I last answered the call in January 2006.
One Down, One To Go
With today’s 29-miler from Silver Lake through a quiet Memorial Day’d Los Angeles to the national cemetery in Westwood and back I’ve put the first thousand miles of my annual goal behind me and started on the second.
Honoring The Fallen: Walter Freeman, Jr
With my Memorial Day visit today I wasn’t at all disappointed not to initially find any new gravesites in the supposedly at-capacity Los Angeles National Cemetery. In fact I was almost relieved. But I knew that was to be short-lived. Especially when I came down one of the back roads in the northernmost area of …
Listen To The Mockingbirds
It’s that time of year when the mockingbirds settle down in and around, building their nests, laying their eggs and raising their chicks. (click to enlarge) Our cat Jiggy, the youngest and most curious (and unfortunately best hunter) of our feline foursome, seems more than happy to draw their noisy territorial ire — not, as …
Just Keeps Rolling Along
A year ago today Susan, me and our friend Rachel had a weekender in Death Valley and they accompanied me on a day-hike in the Panamint Range to the 10,000-foot mark and then sent me on my way up the rest of the trail to the 11,049-foot summit of Telescope Peak. Breaking campe the next …
Displaying The Colors
I hung Old Glory off the front porch this morning for the Memorial Day weekend. My first time doing so. The base was pre-existing except for being relocated to the column from the front door frame prior to painting the house last year. Had to improvise the pole from a garden stake that I drilled …
Picture This
Dear Olympus, The only thing keeping me from unleashing an all-out, multiple-front complaint assault about the pathetic level of customer service you’ve provided me in regards to the broken digital camera I sent you for repairs at the end of April is the fact that I didn’t pay for the unit in limbo. That’s right, …