Dispatches from the Hill

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My Milkshake Brings All the Birds to the Yard

Well, actually, it’s not really my milkshake, and, technically, it’s not even a milkshake at all—it’s a basic solution of ...

The Watching Birds

Just the other day, late in the afternoon, I was sitting on the couch, reading the Reader (yes, really!), when ...

The Greening of Golden Hill

Concrete paved Golden Hill into existence. At the same time that this neighborhood started showing up on the map of ...

My First Earth Day

The first Earth Day I was conscious of was a raw spring day in 1991. I remember because I did ...

Painted Lady

From many neighborhoods in San Diego, you can look out and see other neighborhoods. That’s how it is in a ...

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