He and Potts were able to go deeper and stay longer. The forty-pound halibut and fifty-pound white sea bass and three hundred-pound jewfish languishing off Casa Cove began to look accessible to them.
Thursday, March 30
Thursday, March 23
One night during the summer of 1973, John D’Acquisto was pitching for the Phoenix Giants in a game against the Salt Lake City Angels. The game was being played in Salt Lake City, and the …
Thursday, March 16
Then, on top of Jacumba Peak, I rediscovered a time-worn gesture directed from one human being to all his fellows: There on a rock, painted in red, courtesy of the class of ‘79, was the ubiquitous finger.
There are at least three themes which are utterly taboo: incest; a Negro-White marriage which is a complete and glorious success resulting in lots of children and grandchildren; and the total atheist who lives a …
Thursday, March 9
The monthly luncheon meeting of the Catfish Club, held in the basement of the Golden Hill Presbyterian Church, is a scene reminiscent of The Godfather. As various San Diego leaders — most of them black …
Thursday, March 2
Abdul Nahidi is a psychology student at United States International University, but his face could belong to a professional mime. When he talks, his dark visage melts into one rubbery mask after another. Now he …
In the fourth grade I took up the cello. I took it up with both hands, straining muscles, and eventual disappointment. When we were signing up for instruments, I thought I was being clever. We …