Duke Cunningham Can't Have Gun
Don Bauder 9:47 p.m., May 25
Bear Valley Cafe
Entries
Consider the Snake
If you listen, carefully, you can hear the rattles under the house, beneath the bathroom floor. You disturb that snake, every time you set foot in the bathroom. Unnerving, the babysitter called it. Rodent control ...
Black Holes of Escondido
At night they become invisible. Especially in the rain, at night. Waiting. Just sitting there, waiting. A gravitational time dilation: a black hole. Waiting for you to drive over them. And fall into them. This ...
SDG&E Serves Up a Shut Off
Today’s menu special was served up by SDG&E. It is a taste of the future. A taste of SHUT OFF. Originally this was called “de-energization” but everyone stumbled over the pronunciation, including that fool who ...
That Holiday Was Just Another Turkey
Cleverly concealed in this week's junk mail and holiday catalogs was "Tips to Ease Holiday Stress" from one of my son's service agencies. This woman shops for holiday dinners in October, gifts in July, and ...
WAKA WAKA WAKA
The acorn woodpeckers are working the oak grove with more energy than a politician at a campaign rally. Well. it is that time of year. And nobody can shovel that stuff like a politician. The ...
Last Call
Saturday night, and everyone was going out to dinner, even the 6 inch black and silver tarantula in the driveway, heading to our house. It was very delicate and graceful. It sort of leaned back ...
Urban Ambience
Waiting in line at the Valley Center library, the gentleman in front of me was checking out books on Amsterdam, and a few other cities. He told the librarian that Valley Center just didn't have ...
Unrequited Love
Summer is the season of the dragonfly. Also the water skimmer and the damsel fly. The chorus of tree frogs has ceased, and I miss the nightly serenade. But one slightly misguided male dragonfly has ...
