Company
This past couple weeks we’ve had the rare treat of a visit from our Parisian daughter, Tamsyn — as well as, from yesterday until today, my wife’s excellent brother Colin.…
More on “Perspective” Show
Last week I told (the probably mythical) you about the new Morro Bay Art Association show, A Shift in Perspective, opening this Sunday — and the wall-hung photo I submitted…
February Update
Things have been proceeding in their on-again, off-again pace here in Cancerland, but it appears we finally have a bead on things — at least for the foreseeable future. Yesterday…
Upcoming Show: A Shift in Perspective
As members of the Morro Bay Art Association (MBAA), Carol and I will be exhibiting in MBAA’s new show, A Shift in Perspective, beginning February 19th in the Association’s gallery…
Big C Update (Cupdate)
On Monday, Carol and I went for our first visit to my radiation oncologist, Dr. Poins*. He seems like a very competent practitioner and an all-round excellent guy, so we…
Some Tardy Notes on the Penultimate Season of Stranger Things
Being sick as a dog this past week with whatever is currently making the rounds in my little California town, and consequently out from work for three days, provided the…
Big C Update
[So, I promised to keep everyone up to date with my cancer diagnosis. As of this writing (January 20, ’26), I don’t have any new info; I’ll go see the…
Point Buchon
For me, a trip to Montana de Oro is always sort of an ecstasy-and-agony proposition. The ecstasy speaks for itself: wild nature, gorgeous coastline, and (usually) beautiful weather — what’s…
The End of the World
Welcome, pilgrims! Skellig Michael (Sceilig Mhichil) is a tiny rock spire of an island, lying off the Kerry coast of Ireland. Somewhere between the 6th and the 8th Century, early…
Fear of Flying, part 1
(With apologies to Erica Jong.) You could say that the whole dreary business began at around elevenses on a Wednesday in the spring of 1982. Occupying the aisle seat of…
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