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Mental pause

Got the kids in the car, ready to head out of town. Went to get gas and there was some Naval officer guy in front of me pumping a cartel’s worth of gas into an ...

San Diego, Unplugged

Top Ten Reasons to have a blackout Now we know who we’re related to, electrically speaking Finally got to use 2-year-old new emergency radio & flashlight Neighbors out on porches, talking and laughing Kids playing ...

Longhaired Relationship

At a retreat in Ramona recently, I met two new friends. At the top of a nearby mountain stood a large white cross, so we decided to hike up the path to it. All three ...

A Coyote Skinned My Knee

I sleep next to the chicken coop. To be clear, my bedroom is in the back corner of the house and the chicken coop is right outside my window off the back porch. The coop ...

Friends Like These

It was 1973 or so. I was walking home from school with my old gang. As we passed the roller skating rink the BP gas station came into view. The group noticed the wooden cases ...

A Dog's Tale

They keep a dossier on me at the animal shelter. And if you’ve ever had any dealings with them, they have a file on you too. During my divorce, we had to find a new ...

Faith Cougar

I live in a mobile home park in Spring Valley, so it’s a neighborhood inside a neighborhood. We are bounded by Jamacha Boulevard and the reservoir on the south side, and a housing development on ...

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