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Drought Intolerant
This is Sadie enjoying the lawn about which I feel such guilt in this Los Angeles Times Opinion piece: Deprogramming the Southern California Lawn. While she looks particularly good lounging… Continue reading »
Written on July 3, 2015 at 10:22 am
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Suicidal Thoughts
My wish for this piece posted in Los Angeles Review of Books today is that Robin Williams and Les Plesko hadn’t given me cause to write it. Beyond that I hope… Continue reading »
Written on December 30, 2014 at 2:16 pm
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Compromise Cake Christmas: Faith In A Fruitcake, Chapter 6
It’s December 17, eight days before Christmas, and I’ve got a lot of fruitcake to offload as I work my way down a list of potential beneficiaries. Carol, an editor… Continue reading »
Written on December 21, 2014 at 8:48 pm
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Some Are Reading: Fridays at Enrico’s
Amongst many favorite moments in Don Carpenter’s posthumously published novel Fridays at Enrico’s is when the bartender at Sausalito’s No Name Bar lets the… Continue reading »
Written on July 27, 2014 at 2:05 pm
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Compromise Cake Valentine’s Excerpt: Chapter 8, My Man Cookies
The card for My Man Cookies harkens back to a pre-Feminine Mystique era when a woman might have proudly referred to her spouse as My Man. These are cookies Daisy… Continue reading »
Written on February 14, 2014 at 7:30 am
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