Final Concert: San Diego Symphony
Garrett Harris 10:39 p.m., May 24
Tallsharon
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Skeeters
I worked in the garden last weekend. went to the orange big box store and the nursery with the decadent dessert shop. Unloading the car- 4 cubic yards of potting soil, one flat of drought ...
TIGHT
my forehead is tight. My jaw is tense. it's only Thursday, and I'm beat. I've never suffered fools gladly. At least as far as I can recall And since I'm solo, there is no one ...
She's back
I'm still editing and writing and trying to work. i've got tons of photos and videos, but i thought you'd like to see the album i just received from a new friend from this journey, ...
day 7
Back in Marrakech after 10 hours in the bus yesterday. To dinner with my Italian friends Fausto Marcia Marina , Flora, Daniela from Switzerland, christelle a la Paris to the square for dinner of mixed ...
Waking to the call of a Rooster in herb scented linens
I arrived at 5:25pm and it was still daylight. After long lines through passport control, made it to the currency exchange, and that took a while. Don't know if my guy was new, or there's ...
Peter Paul and uh Mary and Tallsharon!
I'm leaving on a jet plane. shortly. Glass of pinot and big glass of water without ice. Chicken on chibatta (sp) with brie Onion rings. with Ketchup. yeah. I ate so many vegetables today, and ...
Batteries R Us
So, out of the blue, I've visited this business twice in the last month. I'm getting ready for a trip, and have a tiny Pentax digital camera - a couple years old, and I needed ...
Boat Boy
Waking from a dreamless sleep, consciousness thrust its way into her body, rudely interrupting her plan to sleep in. It’s 3am and the house is mostly dark, except for ghostly shapes rising from appliances and ...
Saved by a Beer
We were the outsiders, the newbie, the targets, my wife might say. I saw John walk in with his new bride Sarah, out of the corner of eye, through the closed screen on the sliding ...
When Plants and Passion Collide
This is the first story I had published since I started writing on a regular basis, and am so flattered that Pat took the time to do a tiny edit on my original, and that ...
Gardens
I'm excited about tomorrow. Briercrest Park, La Mesa. San Diego Hort Society . The first garden tour of the season. link text I think this is my 10th season of garden tours in San Diego. ...
Turning Bread into Wine
Cornbread and biscuits. All the way home last night I was craving cornbread, butter and honey or good biscuits with butter and jam. I knew i was having the thawed out vegetable soup i made ...
Flags & the Pledge
Two flags, 13 stars each, frame an impressive banner tied to the mini blinds in the jury room. Is that a Confederate flag or a Rebel flag? Or one of those Don't tread on Me ...
Should've Known Better
So where are you from? I asked. What was I thinking? College area. So have you ever served on a jury? Don't ask - what I should have told myself. Yeah, hearing for a pervert, ...
The Sentence
Checked in, take off your jacket, through the metal detectors, grim faced security people watch sullenly as we file through. It's the same thing every day, the same thing the TSA staff at Lindbergh experience, ...
I give up. Technology is so cool.
Don't need a phone on my trip. But, do need to be able to text, in London, in Marrakech. What time? Where do we meet? Drinks in London. adventures in The desert. Last time through ...
the wind was all about surfers on tuesday
The wind feels like its coming from the south, but what do I know? My knowledge of directions is anecdotal. The Pacific is west, Baja south, the desert east on the other side of those ...
pizza binge causes conjunctivitis and respiratory failure in dogs
I woke up late this morning, enclosed in a cheesy dream of last nights pizza pie and edamame. My left eye swollen shut and scratchy. No weigh in this day, up and at em, dogs ...
Rosetta Stone
I will stick to it. I will go through all five levels, all 400 hours before I get on the plane in mid-April. I need to understand French, since my only other choice is Moroccan ...
Dogs before Dawn in South Carlsbad
What was that? I saw something dart across the road under the shadow of the street light. Odd. The dogs paid no attention; they kept walking and sniffing the ground. Punkita made cooing noises . ...
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