scissors and blood do mix
geesus he was tired...as tired as his friend Coaster Dude was after that whirlwind ride to Kansas city...and he didn't take any pics of the HARLEY MUSEUM...dang him!!! he'd gone to the party at the end of the racing season …
The Ballad of BeFree (but not really a ballad)
(Lyricist's note: these lyrics accompany the story "A Typo of a Peculiar Type." Also, I can neither sing nor play an instrument, and generally I am about as musical as a Winnebago, so you will have to conjure, or imagine, …
DOIN' VINE! The Story of Baja Norte's Valle Guadalupe Wine Country
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/mar/22/21362/ A warmer and sunnier than average winter season in 2012 has been the barer of good news for the wine producers in Baja Norte’s Valle de Guadalupe, which lies just a few miles to the northeast of Ensenada. Many …
The Story of Florence Cassez
Florence Cassez, a 35 year-old Frenchwoman, was convicted of kidnapping and sentenced to 60 years in prison in Mexico. She has released a book about her case in an effort to pressure Mexican courts to accept her appeal. The Frenchwoman …
Show us more Florida
Quoted directly from CNN in relation to the Trayvon Martin case "In light of the shift in the law, it's not surprising that since the law went into effect, reports of justifiable homicides have tripled, according to the Florida Department …
wake up to remember
wake up to remember morning darkness a community of tastes smells between seasons no ceremony or ribbons needed around ten of three my fellow souls, time warped shrink wrapped travel unravel happened so years ago wonder if i hunt what …
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 flags that pop up? Which …
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, a child molester, had served …
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, the ticket police at the …
TURNABOUT: BAJA’S EXPANDING MIDDLE CLASS
Amping up the Corporate Ante: Conservation Beyond Compliance
Voted several years running by Fortune Magazine as one of the country’s best companies to work for, DPR Construction aims to be more progressive than its competitors, continually pushing the envelope. For instance, it earned a LEED platinum rating from …
A Kingdom No Longer Magic
I was censoring boobs for The Mouse. Seems like something they would’ve had to hire someone for back in the less uptight 70’s or 60’s, or the insane 2000’s, not the Reagancrap preppy 80’s. But they didn’t have cameras on …
Belly laugh
What’s more embarrassing than to laugh so hard you cry and your mascara runs down your face? Damn, I should have worn waterproof tonight. Even more embarrassing is when beer sprays out of your mouth during that unexpected laugh just …
Digital Billboards WHY??
I can't think of a single good reason why I would want digital billboards in my neighborhood. Isn't it enough that there are advertisements popping up on my iphone when I'm playing Words with Friends, and advertisements looking back at …
Wolf Man in Love
Hey Fiction Fans, Welcome to the Reader's new Writer Space! You, too, can see your own short stories in this blog! 5,000 word max, with the usual Reader TOS terms and conditions. Any genre is fine. Stand-alone stories please, no …
A chilly, wet day in San Diego, on the Mexican frontier of California. At home.
17 March 2012 I sit in the dining room – or rather dining area, since there is no wall, per se, between the dining and living room – it is all part of an open space, with windows running along …
ANGELS ON YOUR SHOULDER
As summer approaches, one nagging question that seems to bother many stateside motorists planning on driving into Baja California is ‘What will happen if my car breaks down along some desolate stretch of highway?’ Needless to say, there are many …
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 uk was a stupid …
ENSENADA’S CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ‘MEGA MIXER’ A SMASHING SUCCESS!
During an era when some people wonder if it is still safe to travel in Baja California, it was refreshing to witness the throngs of visiting Americans, ex-pats and local residents that packed themselves into Ensenada’s Riviera Del Pacifico conference …
Davy Jones
On the last day of last month, on the other side of the continent from our San Diego, not far from the Atlantic coast of our nation's only tropical mainland state, an older middle-aged man was encountered in his car, …