Monthly Archives: February 2013

Well, I already pissed off everybody who lives where it snows, so…

So I might as well show you some pictures of what California looks like when Spring begins to return. On the way back from the Bay Area, Mollie and I stopped at Harris Ranch… it is a family tradition on … Continue reading

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I am back…

I have been visiting my mom in the Bay Area for the last week with Mollie. Some of you may have figured that out from my little hints… like playing cards with Andy and my brother Sid. I am not … Continue reading

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I feel bad about mentioning this because I know many of you live in places where winter is a real thing, but…

Flowers are starting to bloom, and the birds are chasing each other around like kids on a playground. It seems like spring to me. Sorry.

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Sometimes things are just funnier than they ought to be…

I was playing cards last night… a charmingly simple game called ‘Kings in the corner’… with my friend Andy, whom I have known since we were kids, my youngest brother, Sid, whom I have also known since we were kids, … Continue reading

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Let’s talk about evolution…

It always makes me nervous when I start typing words. I never know where my words are going to go. I know that many of you plan your blog posts with great care. Not me. I think of a topic … Continue reading

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Deceptively simple truths…

Sometimes the greatest truths that we can ever learn end up becoming so cliche that we cease to pay any attention to them. They become clever little sayings on a bumper sticker or T-shirt. We put them aside in our … Continue reading

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What? More poetry???

I seem to be in the throes of a poetic frenzy. This isn’t really a usual thing with me. Oh, I like to do funny poems, a little political satire now and then. When I feel something mushy building up … Continue reading

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I was the hunter…

I stalked the halls and corridors of this world. I roamed the hills and pressed on into the dim reaches of the forest. I captained my own ship and roamed the far corners of the seas. I burned the hours … Continue reading

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Hey, star stuff…

You are made of the same stuff as the stars… The same atoms that make up the earth and the sky… You are all the colors of the sunset and the sunrise… You are a mountain and a river… You … Continue reading

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How Photoshop keeps my head from exploding… Part 8…

I think my favorite thing about Photoshop is that it gives you crazy magical powers. You are Harry Potter, Doctor Who, Gandalf, Einstein, and Leonardo da Vinci all rolled into one. You have power over time and space. Anything you … Continue reading

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