She Showed Him the Moon
many years ago i had friend...he was a feisty old journalist who published the Rockaway Beach Bell Bouy....i would see him often on Main Street walking hand and hand with his wife....so happy to be together....he wasn't a kid anymore.....but …
Missing the Train
running alway running trying to cover the void to freedom out of breath trembling in the disappointment shiny exterior slick smooth cold surgical steel conductor...conductor !!! i bought my ticket grubby and damp in my hand tear it up not …
Thoughts for Friday
My first thought has a lot to do with a conversation my wife and I had with a friend. We, as San Diegans, take way too little interest in what's happening in our city. This is not news to anyone …
I Towed You So-The Saga Continues
When you last found me it was three weeks ago when my Automotive Karma wore out. That's when the engine on my van began to tick and then knock. Seven days later the transmission on my truck decided to go …
Home Again
Home Again I've been out of town traveling on business for six of the last eight weeks, just coming home weekends. I missed all the rain we've had in San Diego over the past few weeks. It was great to …
The Early Daze, part 3
On Ward Road, my space was the largest bedroom of the two. J had offered it to me if I’d let him display his books on the built-in shelf in the front room. I was never much for showing off …
The Day I Finally Sold My Record Albums
“This isn’t the original paper sleeve, you know. It looks like someone just cut it out of a grocery bag and stuck the album in it.” Off The Record co-owner (at the time) Rich Horowitz wasn’t telling me anything I …
Tundra # 5
After three weeks of Tundra's not leaving the house, April decided to do something about it. She went shopping at the nearby drug and sundry store, and she came home with a three foot long Water Cannon. The Water Cannon …
The Early Daze, part 2
My early years living in Normal Heights were also my early years living in love. (Not in love with my roommate, J, mind you, though he was a smart guy, made a decent living, not too tough on the eyes, …
Life on Downtown's Grindhouse Theater Row 1978 - 1982
LAST OF THE ALL-NIGHTERS - MY LIFE ON DOWNTOWN'S GRINDHOUSE THEATER ROW IN THE 70s and 80s I spent my first night in San Diego sleeping in the back row of the Cabrillo Theater. In that pre-Gaslamp, pre-multiplex downtown of 1978 …
Update Little Falls 2/17/ 2010
Hunters harvested 194,178 deer in 2009, 12% fewer than last year because the state issued fewer permits in 2009. 2 People are moving their money away from stock funds and into bond funds. Ref: USA Today, 2/17/10 page 1B A …
Attachments... a book ...come on by SDaniels and let me know if u want to sort thru this book with me
there were times when Natalynn could still smell the ocean and hear the singing of the whales in her mind even though it was a distant memory her tribe would be getting ready for the whaling they had fought long …
Whitey strikes
11:24pm, Tuesday I walk in the shadows of Golden Hill park. In the distance, an erratic whirlwind increases its velocity towards me. My gangly pup whooshes past my legs. We strut off the road to the trail that passes the …
Update Little Falls 2/16/2010
Flying robots can stay in flight for as long as five years without landing. Ref: Popular Science, 3/10 page 36-43 What dose it feel like to be at 18E27 F. Ref; USA Today, 2/16/10 page 11B Hey Judy it is …
where is he???...where has Full Flavored Pike gone
that denison of the deep that lovable highbrow in our school of fish that Mobius tossing conjurer of like minded threadology the bike flying fool of Velodrome fame that was u wasn't it Pikester???...(it's that Teflon mind thing again) i'm …
That Old House - Reflections on a Childhood Home
THAT OLD HOUSE: Reflections on a Childhood Home Recently, I was online looking up property values, with an eye toward maybe buying instead of always renting. Then, since I don't know much about this stuff, I decided to look up …
Jay Allen mentioned E E Cummings and Floundering
no peeps...not a tasty flat round fish swimming in oceans deep and shallow around the world the afore mentioned floundering was in reference to some of my writing..especially the interjection and stand alone poetry i write so let's see how …
President's Day
Today is the day we celebrate the work of two great men, Lincoln and Washington, who helped shape this country. As we consider their contributions, I look at the leaders we have today, and become very sad. Would either of …
Happy Valentine's Day
I hope that every one has had a good Valentine's Day, or some variety of it, as it is other holidays today as well. Yesterday, I celebrated the lovefest by doing an 'Anti-Valentine's Day' date with my bestie, P. P …