Hookah dreams
It's quiet in the car, the creaking of the train on the curves the only sound. It's late afternoon and there are only 5 of us, each sitting in our own section. One woman checking her phone, two reading. Me …
Photography Book Launch
I haven't written my blog here in a long time, due to the fact that I have been working on a book. The amount of work it took drained me of the will to write elsewhere and even the blog …
girlfriend
you get on the bus everyday your own way blond hair pulled back no make up jeans and black sneakers clutching your starbucks our eyes meet i grin a hello you take a seat glances words never exchanged no hug …
missed mondays sunrise
missed mondays sunrise avoiding a highrise stop start today's doubt too far out deja vu blue notes not forgot remember some just enough bouncy bouncing ball called the doc join the billions medicate ok to operate machinery greenery good luck …
Second-Hand Politics
The American Lung Association has given four San Diego an “F” for smoking restrictions. Debra Kelley, senior director of advocacy for the Lung Association in San Diego, said that while California’s anti-smoking laws lead the nation, that doesn’t mean more …
A Typo of a Peculiar Type (part 1)
Instead of typing “Ashland” into the search engine box (Ashland as in Oregon), I had mistakenly entered “Assland.” This may have been, at that moment, merely a small clerical error, but it would forever alter the course of my existence. …
Mythbusters: Are there 14,000 expatriates living in Rosarito?
One cannot look at any brochure or webpage touting the benefits of living in Playas de Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico without seeing the statement that 14,000 expatriates call it home. Sometimes as many as 20,000 expatriates are mentioned. This figure …
Logic -vs- Romance
It seems as though a lot of us, the hopeful romantics of the world, spend our lives searching for that special person who can compliment us. We have a dream, whether real or not, who's to say, but we believe …
SDAA 2012 Annual Banquet
High Level Astro Geek alert. The San Diego Astronomy Association will be holding its annual Banquet on Saturday, Feb 4, 2012. The guest speaker is Dr. Luisa Rebull who is a Staff Scientist for the Spitzer Space Telescope. Join fellow …
I got one more in me today
OK. Have to say it. I feel sorry for Paula Deen. It makes me angry that people judge her and call her names- who are they to judge her? So she found out she had diabetes several years ago. Right …
online dating - answers
about me, hell bent drawn to flames never hot enough participate outcast guilty looking past fate being late don't like funerals i am evolving very good at struggling not sure i have the answer enjoy trying to figure myself out …
Pink on Plywood
It was spitting when I left the Elks. They have a new door, doesn't match anything else, doesn't have anything but a handle on the outside. We enter that way, early Saturday mornings for our weight watchers meeting- they've been …
Reality ~ Poem
A memory of laughter I hear in my mind; A feeling of hopefullness that lingers behind. Our love had a magic that comes in the night A feeling of surrender of moonlight lit time. But reality has a way of …
Old Lady with a Bad Tooth/Humour
A man walks into a bar, notices a very large jar on the counter, and sees that it's filled to the brim with $10 bills. He guesses there must be at least ten thousand dollars in it. He approaches the …
latitude longitude
latitude longitude horizontal skip the other one my measurements correct my sight about right dangerous curves just ahead baby get in a bucket seat built for two new car smell delivered from afar celestial bodies seeing stars /
Samurai Surfers: Cashing It All In to Live on The Edge
When I first landed here on the shores of the broad Pacific to winter in paradise, I fell upon an article describing the new face of homelessness. Recently, I read another article describing how more and more people are choosing …
paper plastic
paper plastic spastic chemical scare lost my hair who's asking brought my own home grown regulate debate waste a ton of money my honey knows how high brow jeweled beanie queenie for a day wishing she could steal at least …
Enjoying the all ~ Poem
As a river flows, Life begins it’s imitation. Sometimes rough and rolling, At other times gently moving. Always however, Moving along from place to place. Sometimes staying Within the confines of its banks, At other times Violently exploding out. Malleable …
why is jamie calling me ?
why is jamie calling me ? last time i remember ... over five years ago she was dancing to demons in the corner singing lullabies in that rusty voice she was a drunkin pumkin with a great boob job eyes …
Down Tempo Purgatory
Author’s Note: Down Tempo Purgatory, this collection of journalistic prose vignettes inspired by true events depicts two years in the life of four people relocating from New York to Seattle, and then to Portland, Oregon in the eyes of Rick …