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Burnished California

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Here are pictures I took today on my seven-mile hike with Anna in Tilden Park. My mother-in-law, Helen, once referred to the dry, summer hills of California as “burnished,” which (she would have known) derives from a Middle English word for “brown.” I’ve always thought it was an evocative description of the shine of brittle grasses at this time of year. This is a Flash gallery for a change. The link below the thumbnails will […]

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Holiday Cheer

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For a change, I’m gonna let the pictures do the talking, or however the saying goes. All you get is a bitteen of context: Dinner with Anna, Frank and Amy tonight. I’ve known Amy since before she was born, and this is the first time I’ve seen her for years. It doesn’t seem so long ago that I used to do my favorite baby trick with her. With “Airplane Baby” I’d swoop her infant self […]

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