Periodically, as we all know, one needs to break down their fishing reel and give it a thorough cleaning, a good going-over as it were…to expose and remove a grain of sand or two from the gears…to melt away any salt deposits…to buff and shine the thing to brand new status. If you’re new to […]
Read more →Fecundity: The quality or power to produce abundantly. That word sprang to my mind yesterday as the autumnal Santa Ana winds began to blow and my Modesto ash tree started to drop it seed pods…by the millions and perhaps billions. This image on the left is just one square-foot of seeds, during one brief windy […]
Read more →It was my wife, Annette’s, birthday on Saturday, September 21st. It’s the forty-third one we’ve celebrated together, and no, I’m not telling you the year of the first one we shared! Some of these birthdays have featured surprise parties and trips to various places like Jamaica, Italy, New Orleans, etc., as well as cruises onboard […]
Read more →Can you see it? Look closely. If you were an insect, especially a flying insect such as a mosquito or gnat or moth (yeah, especially a tasty moth), you better hope you see it. Or you’re dead. Now can you see it in this enlargement? How about now? Yep. There she is in all her […]
Read more →Whenever people ask me what I did before I retired, I tell them I’m still doing it…writing. Ah, they say, but what did you do to make a living. Writing, I say. But to be fair, most of what I wrote, e.g., novel, screenplay, opera, song lyrics, poetry, etc., brought in very little money. I […]
Read more →And so at last, it’s happened. I’ve become a member of the club. For those of you who read my memoir, Passage From England, you’ll know the significance of that statement. For those of you who haven’t, I’m including the relevant chapter from the book at the end of this post if you care to […]
Read more →Have I been thinking too much or too often? What lingers there that I hope to see? Or is it just the breath of autumn’s near return That whispers a certain melancholy in me? As summer days grow ever shorter, Though the furnace heat rises all the while, My mind is looking for something […]
Read more →Nettie and I attended a beautiful wedding yesterday in a beautiful location, the Adamson House on Malibu Beach, for a very beautiful couple, the children of our beautiful friends (you all know who you are). What a great day and what a great way to begin life together. We wish the bride and groom eons […]
Read more →I watched Salmon Fishing In Yemen yesterday, and it got me to thinking about house maintenance. The connection between the two I hope will become clearer in a moment. In the movie, a rich Sheik (Is there any other kind?) loves to fly fish for salmon at one of his Scottish castles, and wants to […]
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