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10/18/89
Zeno could not get a flight to any Bay Area airport. Not Oakland, not SFX, no way San Jose. Telephone service was down and electricity out all over Santa Cruz County. No buses, no trains. Bridges required support and tunnels … Continue reading
Posted in environment, fiction, Uncategorized, wtf
Tagged fiction, humor, jazz, Loma Prieta Earthquake, religion, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Mountains, whales, writing
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Just This Once
A band of rebel winds that started out deceptively warm and breezy 2061 nautical miles west of the edge of western civilization turned chill and prickly upon arrival in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The winds did not … Continue reading
Posted in animals, birds, culture, environment, evolution, humor, legalize marijuana, writing, wtf
Tagged comedy, Ike and Tina Turner, jazz, San Andreas Fault, Santa Cruz Mountains, spiral galaxies, weed
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Glowing Achievement
The all-night bash was big, bright, bold, beauteous. The air was righteously thin that high and the beat was bumping. Though it may be true that I had not been exactly invited, it can’t be denied that I … Continue reading
Posted in animals, birds, environment, fiction, humor, writing, wtf
Tagged cats murdering birds, conference of the birds, douche putin, jazz, money, Santa Cruz Mountains, tawny owl, war
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One Equinox Or The Other
The most recent gathering of the loosely affiliated millionaires who smoke weed in Santa Cruz County, not an organization in any ordinary sense of the word, but a coalescence of copacetic spirits, sort of, in which the … Continue reading
Posted in animals and birds, culture, tawny owl, writing
Tagged astronomy, expectations, family, jazz, millionaires who smoke weed, Monterey Bay, redwood trees, Santa Cruz, smoking weed, tweens
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Connecting To The Big Bang
Okay, I will admit that I was hearing voices again. But these were the good kind. Listen to this: According to reliable hearsay evidence, interstellar activity has been gathering dynamism, thrust, and elliptical momentum. Yes, again. Contradictions abound. Where? Out … Continue reading
Slow, Superficial, Weak, Shallow
The dirty gulls that flock to the lagoon formed where Aptos Creek used to flow directly into Monterey Bay before the state of California slammed its bureaucratic stamp down are not a popular bunch. In the argot of … Continue reading
Posted in animals and birds, environment, evolution, writing
Tagged animals, birds, figure eights, fish, government, jazz, Monterey Bay, tawny owl, WTF
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Fire In A Crowded Theater
According to unnamed but reliable sources, The Beverly Hills Rat was the big brain behind the burning of Big Sur in December. He had his reasons, plenty good reasons. No surprise there. According to the tight schedule mandated … Continue reading
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Tagged Beverly Hills Rat, Big Sur Fire, cats murdering birds, humor, jazz, microbrew, Pebble Beach, WTF
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“Meh”
I was slumped low in a rickety swivel chair that was sticky on the outside, grimacing. My private business was coming undone, and showing. I did not ask for the identity of the poor sap who had been … Continue reading
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Tagged birds and animals, divorce, family, food, jail, jazz, lawyers, Monterey Bay, whales
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