In the late 1960s when I was a hippie carpenter in upstate NY I drove a VW van like this. It had a terrible heater and in the winter when I was driving home drunk late at night I would almost freeze t...Read More
If you visit the Pueblo Grande Museum when I am staffing the Artifact Cart you are required to “Ask me a Question.” Yesterday the best question was: “Why didn’t they just move somewhere nicer....Read More
Yesterday I posted about a change in my postcard routine that had a positive effect on my enjoyment of postcard writing as a hobby. As I finished the post I realized I have another change going on rel...Read More
Small changes can have big results. I was writing postcards in batches of ten or more and breaking the batches down into steps it took me a few hours to write ten postcards and the batch nature of the...Read More
ASG is an acronym for an Arbitrary Stupid Goal just like in the eponymous book by Tamara Shopsin. I am trying out the concept because I think it does lead to opportunities for serendipity. In this cas...Read More
I tried to take some pictures that would illustrate how far out of line California’s priorities seem to be at this rest area near Palm Springs. They have enough money to replace the trash bins (...Read More
“Librarians are like bartenders for smart people.” Eric Harris I took the photo with my iPhone 11Pro Eric Harris is a postcard pal of mine who I recently met. It’s a long story and h...Read More