| Summer Musings
| | I have a good friend who will remain nameless – she knows who she is. This friend urges me to write, saying recently “Why aren’t you writing? Where is your new work?” I had thought I was... | | Words: | 693 | | Comments: | 0 | | Status: | Public |
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| Fall - Seasons
| | Did I mention that the colors of autumn were muted in this neck of the woods? That may well be,... | | Words: | 888 | | Comments: | 0 | | Status: | Public |
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| Winter - Snowfall
| | The snow fell thickly late today. For the first time this winter, it accumulated in a chimerical blanket of frozen whiteness. On the trees, the snow hung like white icing on an ornate wedding cake or... | | Words: | 495 | | Comments: | 0 | | Status: | Public |
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| Spring - Vernal Awakening
| | The burgeoning trees serve to fatten the lazy bees that drift dreamily around the newly warmed back porch. Spring has arrived in all its vernal glory. Redbuds bloom about the encircling woods as do... | | Words: | 436 | | Comments: | 1 | | Status: | Public |
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| Here At Home
| | I’ll stay home... | | Words: | 195 | | Comments: | 2 | | Status: | Public |
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| The Pond
| | On the western edge of the neighborhood I grew up in, there was a small pond known variously as Chandler’s or Shanley’s Pond. Whether this is a trick of memory or the latter is a mere... | | Creative Non-Fiction | | Updated: | 12-06-08 |
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| It's Only Rock & Roll, (But I Like It)
| | When I was in my twenties, I worked in a club band with my brother Chris. Based in Boston, we worked all over New England primarily in mountain villages (to be near the ski resorts) and college towns... | | Creative Non-Fiction | | Updated: | 31-05-08 |
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| Go West, Young Man
| | I miss the west. Since being compelled to move east, I have felt trapped here on the east coast. I... | | Creative Non-Fiction | | Updated: | 24-05-08 |
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| The Trails of Mt Tam III
| | Old Stage Fire Road and Old Mine Trail Leading out of the West Point Inn, Old Stage Fire Road passes through terrain clearly marked with prominent signage declaring it mountain lion or cougar country.... | | Creative Non-Fiction | | Updated: | 22-05-08 |
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| Dipsea Trail
| | Dipsea Trail Dipsea Trail, the most storied of all the trails on Mount Tamalpais, earned its renown with an annual foot race featuring participants from throughout the running community, indeed... | | Creative Non-Fiction | | Updated: | 21-05-08 |
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| Matt Davis Trail
| | Matt Davis Trail... | | Creative Non-Fiction | | Updated: | 20-05-08 |
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| Bootjack Trail
| | Mount Tamalpais is an eminence that looms over the San Francisco Bay area, largely because of its... | | Creative Non-Fiction | | Updated: | 19-05-08 |
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| Stormy Weather
| | Spring on the eastern seaboard can be a tumultuous season. The wind roars; the rain falls in torrents. There is also the potential for storms of impressive magnitude. Here in the southeastern United... | | Words: | 577 | | Comments: | 0 | | Status: | Public |
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| Crash and Burn
| | It was late. At the time of this story, I was working in a traveling club band, mostly in the New... | | Creative Non-Fiction | | Updated: | 13-05-08 |
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| Sea Stories (Chapter 6)
| | Coastal Run After yet another run around the ports of the Pacific Rim, I was once again in San Francisco, my future wide open. Through the grapevine, I heard that the ship I was about to disembark was... | | Creative Non-Fiction | | Updated: | 10-05-08 |
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| World Environment Day - 2008
| | World Environment Day CO2 – Kick The Habit! (Towards A Low Carbon Economy) World Environment Day is a concept that should interest us all. The prognosis for the planet is dire in terms of our... | | Words: | 1024 | | Comments: | 0 | | Status: | Public |
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| Sea Stories (Chapter 1)
| | There is a long tradition of storytelling by men who “go down to the sea in ships”, commonly known as “yarns”. Typically, these stories run the gamut from out-and-out fabrications to... | | Creative Non-Fiction | | Updated: | 04-05-08 |
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| Sea Stories (Chapter 4)
| | Vietnam – “Characters in Cam Ranh Bay”... | | Creative Non-Fiction | | Updated: | 30-04-08 |
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| Sea, Seacoast & Seashore (Part I)
| | For millennia, the sea has held a profound allure. An attraction inherited perhaps from ancient ancestors who gazed out on these same sea-green horizons, sensing their own ties to single-celled... | | Creative Non-Fiction | | Updated: | 30-04-08 |
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| Bolinas (Part IV)
| | Yet, the contrast between the north end of Stinson with its elitist enclave and the simple 1960’s... | | Creative Non-Fiction | | Updated: | 28-04-08 |
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| Courage=Madness
| | When I was coming up, my family lived in a large three story with a barn-like roof. By this, I mean the roof covered the top two stories and sported second and third-story windows, which poked through... | | Creative Non-Fiction | | Updated: | 24-04-08 |
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| Sea Stories (Chapter 3)
| | The Philippines – “First Contact”... | | Creative Non-Fiction | | Updated: | 23-04-08 |
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| Muir Beach (Part II)
| | Along the coast of Northern California in Marin County, north of San Francisco and just south of Point Reyes National Seashore, lies a trio of towns that boast some of the most pragmatic and pristine... | | Words: | 1623 | | Comments: | 0 | | Status: | Public |
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| Sea Stories (Chapter 2)
| | Maiden Voyage – Chapter 2 Part One “San Francisco and the Hiring Hall” Once we had completed our stretch at Piney Point (for it had felt like incarceration), we were split up and sent to ports... | | Creative Non-Fiction | | Updated: | 17-04-08 |
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| Travels In Bali
| | I first visited the island of Bali, Indonesia in the early 1990s. At the time, I was newly married and traveling with my new bride. Simone was the best traveling companion I have ever had. She was,... | | Creative Non-Fiction | | Updated: | 03-04-08 |
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