Finding My Way

I won’t torture the analogy too much, but these last few months I’ve been wandering a pretty unscouted path. When I get a little lost — or at least more lost than usually — I can still take pride in the fact that I don’t take refuge either in a bottle or under the bed. …

Polo Shirts & Sunglasses

Since I woke up with a kicker of a headache that carried over from yesterday afternoon and in that time has since spread from above my left orbit to all across my forehead like a neon sign flashing PAIN, I’m going to do my best not only to accomplish the list of creative, physical and …

More Backyarcheology

I wasn’t going to do my standard Sunday weigh-in, in part because of the tostada salad and double maggie I had for lunch yesterday after the Blessing of the Animals at Olvera Street, but then this morning Susan and I had a good three-mile walk around the neighborhood and in response to some landscaping she …

Animal Farm

Susan and I made good on plans to participate in today’s annual Blessing of the Animals down at Olvera Street. So we decorated Buster the tortoise with flowers and had a blast! But instead of wasting keystrokes telling you how much fun it was, I’ll just point you to the photo set I created over …

Shadowplay

Sitting at my desk just a few moments ago I looked up to see what you see in the picture above: the banking of the morning sun’s rays off the wall of the apartment building across the street in through the library window to be projected onto the wall above my desk. Then, at that …