Category Archives: California

life on the beach

You can see my house! In 1988–92 my then wife and I occupied the ground floor of the white three-story house to the left (north) of the red building behind the yellow truck in the foreground. We liked the cool … Continue reading

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dinner and a fresh target

Madhu had fun last week. “I love it when a plan comes together.”

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have they no care for my nerves?

Surprising scene yesterday on highway 101 near Petaluma. A man was doing minor repair to the right lane, with no flagman (nor even an inanimate substitute). Worse, he could not be seen from two hundred yards `upstream’, because of a … Continue reading

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involuntary insecticide

Yesterday I was startled to see a bug splat on my car’s windshield; that had not happened in my previous four months as a driver. (Then three more hit in quick succession.)

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another day

Damn — five weeks and still my knee is sore. Around 2pm today the clouds were curiously regular: all about the same size and shape, and all with flat bottoms. My companion and I thought simultaneously: “They’re Magritte clouds.” My … Continue reading

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the language barrier

Leaving the house today, I heard a neighbor mention to a visitor that he had taken Russian in hi-skool. “So did I!” said I. So he asked: “Kogdá idú?” I remember just enough to know that this means When am … Continue reading

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adieu

Joe Fuhrig – golfer, economist, teacher, swell guy – died suddenly on March 3. His ashes were scattered furtively on a golf course. At the memorial service today, his family may have been taken aback at the size of the … Continue reading

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