On Friday morning, I took this photo in Santa Monica, looking north toward Malibu. At that point, the fires had been burning overnight and not dying down. I say fires – plural – because Los Angeles is…
Hold for Annette
Yesterday I was in a bookstore – an honest to goodness bookstore – and I looked over at a display and saw a book with a sticky note attached: I picked up the book, thumbed through it…
Elevensies
New month. It is entirely possible I have loads to say about that. It is likely I won’t share my thoughts – here – on the subject. That I’ll just ride it out like everyone else. Those…
Who Am I? Why Am I Here?
The other night I was at this thing at my ladies club, a sort of mixer, and there was this ice-breaker game. This gist of it was this – upon entering, each attendee had a sticker placed on her…
Low Country Paintings
As if there weren’t enough weight in this world, the dire news of our climate crisis has now landed. But we already knew this, right? I mean – a person would have to be a complete fucktard to deny…
Summer in the Rear View
Another summer has passed and I’m not sure I’ve anything to show for it. It wasn’t wasted, mind you, but I can’t claim to have bettered myself. Honestly – if I weren’t writing this post, I probably wouldn’t…
Ahoy!
It’s International Talk Like a Pirate Day, mateys! What does that mean to you? Nothing. But it sure is fun to throw some pirate lingo around once in a while. I’m just sayin’.
Half In The Dark
Just a quick catch-up… Sorry. Sometimes I find I have John Oliver on the brain. (If that makes no sense, too bad for you.) Aretha Franklin. For a while now, I’ve been drunk on her version of “Somewhere”…
Hannah Gadsby’s “Nanette”
The other night I watched “Nanette” on Netflix. It’s billed as a stand-up special from Australian Comic Hannah Gadsby. I had heard she tied art history into her routine and I was intrigued. I like art. I like history.…