Category Archives: Stories of my life

My mom’s garden: Dew-kissed roses in the morning…

No, that dew isn’t fake dew from my spray mister-bottle! I took these in my mom’s backyard, in the Bay Area, where I am staying for a week… Okay, I am not staying in the backyard, exactly. I am actually … Continue reading

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Mirror mirror off the wall… the very last one… you know, unless I do some fun digital effects on some of the photos I did the mirror effects on…

We are back where we started, on a picture of a bridge. Not just any bridge, but my favorite bridge, the Golden Gate Bridge, which, ironically, is where I started also, because I was born in San Francisco, and grew … Continue reading

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Things you should never ever do on a jet ski…

Do not lay face down and do a one-handed push up on a jet ski. I don’t care how manly it makes you look. Don’t put you face on the handlebars. If you hit a wave, you will knock your … Continue reading

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So who was having the most fun?

Was it my daughter Mollie and her boyfriend? Nope! Was it my older daughter Jessica and her husband? Get real! I mean, yeah, Mollie looks pretty happy. Hey, anybody can look happy. That doesn’t mean anything. Not that it was … Continue reading

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San Diego from sea level… or bay level…

Downtown San Diego, as seen from the water. Not too shabby on a sunny day. Quiet and peaceful, even. The giant statue of that famous kiss at the end of WW2. My daughters say it is a symbol of oppression, … Continue reading

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Boats…

I love boats… All sizes and kinds of boats… We got to see a lot of boats as we headed out on our jet ski adventure in San Diego Bay. That is a working aircraft carrier. That is the USS … Continue reading

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Yup, I really did look happy…

It took me a while to figure out the best ways to get selfies on a jet ski… For everything else, you just slow down. I just didn’t want to drop my old camera, even if it is a piece … Continue reading

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Why do I look so happy?

Because I am on one of these… And I was zipping around San Diego Bay with both my daughters in town at the same time Mollie and her new boyfriend, Ben. They are almost annoyingly adorable. Jessica and her husband … Continue reading

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What is going on with that crazy new podcast you started Arthur, I can hear you all asking?

Well I am glad you asked. Me and Jimmy the crack squirrel interviewed another famous artist… I tried to disguise the fact that I was going to read some of my poems… But then I came clean on the second … Continue reading

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Just got the best late Father’s Day present in history… (or); Call me Horatio!!!

Yes, it an an actual oil painting of me as Horatio Nelson, hero of the battle of Trafalgar. And I get to hang it in the living room… for one week… and one week at my birthday… and Father’s Day… … Continue reading

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