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Catching the perfect wave…

While we were in the San Francisco By Area, saving Christmas and visiting my 97-year-old mother, and we were on that day trip to a beach very near the Golden Gate Bridge… I mean very near… I started a new … Continue reading

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A ‘Saving Christmas’ and ‘saving democracy’ hybrid… the final chapters…

Okay, this is the last post of two separate series. It is also my last day at my mom’s house in the Bay Area. We did it. With much quarantining and covid testing, multiple vehicles and some help from Amazon, … Continue reading

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Just a few photos of some old bridge…

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Saving Christmas; part 5… A little side trip…

Well, we are still in the Bay Area. We have done our late Christmas and New Year/new president party. But we had to get out of my mom’s house for one trip across the bay. Had to see our godson, … Continue reading

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Stuff we have seen on short walks around the neighborhood in the San Francisco Bay Area where I grew up and where we are celebrating late Christmas…

Well, yeah, we saw San Francisco, over across the bay. A red-tailed hawk. The moon. Some yard art. A cool art house that has been like that for years. The lady who lives there is as interesting as her house … Continue reading

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Throwing shade; A study in light and shadow… part 1…

Now and again I am struck by how the simplest truths are often the most profound. Take light and shadow as an example. In this series, I am going to share a lot of rather mundane photos, taken around the … Continue reading

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Saving Christmas; part 2…

We finally had our Christmas yesterday! Thanks, covid. But I would like to fill you in on what I did to try to save a part of Christmas for my wife, back when the rest of you were having your … Continue reading

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Saving Christmas; part 1…

Well, I am back in the San Francisco Bay Area again, and there is a long story behind this trip. But the main point of this adventure is to save Christmas for my family. We haven’t had Christmas yet. Our … Continue reading

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The very last photos from my recent adventure in the San Francisco Bay Area…

Like the journey itself, the photos must come to an end sometime. Hopefully, I will make it back there for Christmas… one way or another. The city was shy most of that week. I still don’t know how much of … Continue reading

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The last sunset…

These are the last of the photos I took on my last night on my recent trip to the Bay Area. I guess I have one more post worth of pictures of San Francisco, as seen from across the Bay. … Continue reading

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