2021 Highlights
2021 was another doozy of a pandemic year. Pandemic year 2 started off well, Stump having being turned out decisively in November » Read more
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5 Contemporary Art World Films I Love (and 1 book); January 2022
We rang in New Year’s last night with dear friends, Tatiana and Miles. It was a small dinner party, with Julie and » Read more
Yosemite’s elusive firefall: February 2021
Saturday February 20, 2021 From lemons , we opt to make lemonade. This particular week, for the past 10 years, has always » Read more
2020: A year of clear vision?
Preamble How to sum up 2020? A year so chaotic, full of fear and fury, as to be life-altering, unforgettable and for » Read more
Coronavirus calendar: Quarantine dispatches (Month 2: April 2020)
“April is the cruelest month.” (The Waste Land, T.S. Eliot, 1922) Throughout March, a line from Hamilton kept playing in my mind: “The » Read more
Coronavirus countdown: Quarantine dispatches (Month 1: March 2020)
Over the years, especially since starting this blog, I’ve kept notes on what we were seeing, experiencing, thinking, feeling, reading, even eating, » Read more
Eyes Wide Open: Looking at 2019
2019 was an active, hectic, and stressful year. The simmering concerns I had been harboring in recent years about my mother’s living » Read more
Channel Islands, August 2019
August 20, 2019 Day 1: Santa Barbara Island Was it a good idea to take up cold water diving again? This question » Read more
2018 Highlights
2018 was a year in which aging, mortality and illness reared their ugly heads, in the family and our circle of friends. » Read more
Labor Day, 2018: Back to the kelp forest
Friday, August 31, 2018 The last several summers were marked with a tinge of regret. How could another year be passing without » Read more