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I never knew if my birthday fell in summer or in fall. Every year it was different, sometimes tinged with the hot glare of summer, despite being stuck in school (which was always exciting, anyway); sometimes the leaves had already … Continue reading
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Lassen National Forest shows up on Google maps as a swath of green protected land, surrounded by tiny archipelagos of green pixelated dots, some as small as a few acres. Sierra Pacific Lumber Co. owns most of the land surrounding … Continue reading
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Bright orange poppies dotted the way down south along Highway 1 and cropped up among the railroad ties that ran alongside us. Swaths of mustard flower electrified the fields, despite heavy fog in Pacifica and Half Moon Bay. Santa Cruz … Continue reading
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Pt. Richmond, CA
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Petaluma River, 15 January 2011
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At the fortune cookie factory: All those decorations made me want to watch Raise the Red Lantern, Happy Chinese New Year! with love, from San Francisco’s (first) Chinatown (the largest outside of Asia!)
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The Lady Washington was docked in Sausalito this past week. Chloe and I went aboard. When the ship was built in 1989, they didn’t know what Lady Washington actually looked like, so they took a bust of George Washington and … Continue reading
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Happy Halloween!
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The Fourth of July has always been my favorite holiday, since I was a little kid in a small town with a parade and relay races and fireworks over the beach at night. The fireworks exploded so loud I called … Continue reading
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Driving up to Petaluma, I passed an 18-wheeler hauling the broken-down rides from the county fair, which ended a few days prior. I half expect to see little Pete and Artie tussle with some waves, but it’s still only July. … Continue reading
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For as long as I had been driving highway 101 to or from Los Angeles I’ve been tempted to stop here: Initially, my desire kindled when I saw the magical words “Hearst Castle” for the same exit as the Madonna … Continue reading
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So much depends upon a tiny piece of plastic, a latch that holds the back of the camera flush with the body. I was worried when that latch broke, every roll of film unique. But it turned out ok… I … Continue reading