[Editor’s note: Apologies for my belatedness.] Sunday, October 24 The rain has arrived at last! My bedroom has cathedral ceilings so I can hear it pelting overhead: a glorious if unfamiliar sound. An “atmospheric river,” they call this soggy phenomenon. I hope the storm marks the end of the horrific fire season. I don’t think I’ve ever seen such steady precipitation in the Bay Area since I arrived in 1975: about thirty hours all told, […]
Read moreMonth: October 2021
Comfort Zones
On reading the latest about Drumpf’s recent lawsuits claiming executive privilege in investigations of the January coup attempt, I started to wonder just how much he has spent over his life on lawyers. It boggles the mind to contemplate. Even compared to another person with too much wherewithal, it must be astronomical. Imagine all that dough going someplace necessary, rather than to cover the ass of that weasel. In my dreams… I was walking at […]
Read moreIt’s All About Me, Part 926: Five Portraits
Hard to believe it’s the 32nd anniversary of the Loma Prieta Earthquake. As a result of Molly’s help, I received a disc with the CT scan that Kaiser did of my bean. I downloaded the recommended software but after 1.5 hours I still couldn’t get the damned things to load properly. I did, however, manage to capture a handful of screen grabs when an image suddenly materialized before the program froze again. Here are four: […]
Read more“Slowing Thinking”
When I saw Susie the other day, I asked for a few clippings from her garden out front. I brought them home and made gelli prints. That big green leaf is not what you think it is. My wonderful doctor recently put me on a new medicine (Gabapentin) to alleviate some of the nasty effects of my nerve damage, and to help with another issue. I began taking it ten days ago and it wasn’t […]
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