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I still have my first pair of shoes. My mother is not a packrat by any means – in fact she’s been known to dispose of treasured items like old letters from friends – but she saved the soft white … Continue reading →

     When I was 57, shortly after I moved into my small space in Berkeley, I fired up a smoke in the little shed/office across the deck from the one-room cottage. I won’t spend words defending that action; the smoke … Continue reading →

Imagine you’re sitting in your house in coastal northern California, like I am, and listening to an exciting weather forecast. The meteorologists are expecting a storm of significant force. Local creeks may flood and there could be trouble in the … Continue reading →

I’m about to take a couple of weeks off. I’ll be acquiring impressions to later process and perhaps understand. Fun. But before I go I want to make a comment about symbols. In general I don’t like or trust them. … Continue reading →

Sputter is the name of the imaginary textbook I’ve been drafting all my life. I chose that word because it describes my reaction to much of what I encounter in people behavior, and because I like Sputter better than Surrealities. … Continue reading →