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November 29, 2016

The sunset here last night

Sunsets this time of year are not so much spectacle as a slow spin the color wheel, the far end of it lingering until the very last ray of light.


monday sunset, quiet and slow

November 28, 2016

After the rain

point dume after the rain

The view from Point Dume yesterday afternoon, icy air, surging seas, gulls grounded in the windblown aftermath.

November 27, 2016

Stormy weather

the storm moves through

Where once we'd get three days of rain we now get (maybe) three hours. Grateful for even this tiny bit and holding out hope for more.

November 26, 2016

Indies First on Small Business Saturday!

Do you believe big box stores are soulless in the importance of small businesses?

Do you cherish your local indie book stores?

Blend the two and celebrate Indies First on Small Business Saturday today.

Locations of (a lot of) LA's indie bookstores right here.

Bring a friend.


DIesel opens in Brentwood

Grand opening of Diesel Books in the Brentwood Country Mart, Dec. 7 2008.

November 25, 2016

The vanishing

Remember this magnificent tree?

goodbye tree


Now it's this bit of bare ground:

tree butchery at pepperdine

November 24, 2016

Happy Thanksgiving!

In case you missed it, here's how the day began...

happy thanksgiving


thanksgiving morning malibu


November 23, 2016

Canyon oak

canyon oak malibu

Antidote.

November 22, 2016

The sunrise here this morning

tuesday sunrise malibu

Can you believe Thanksgiving is this Thursday??

November 21, 2016

Go outside

malibu bluffs

You'll feel better.

November 20, 2016

Hello (again) kitty

Missing our former neighbor, the bobcat.

our former neighbor

November 19, 2016

Signs of Saturday: Bu plates everywhere

A subset of Malibu plates -- the divided loyalties division -- south of dtla.

downtown bu plate and grow up bob dylan


Also, isn't Dylan being kind of a dick?

November 18, 2016

Ahhh...

Let's end this worst work week with one of the prettiest vistas anywhere.


oh malibu...

November 17, 2016

Santa Ana navy blue

navy blue

Always, when the winds blow, the Pacific goes deep dark blue.

November 16, 2016

911

It's never a good thing when sirens go screaming up the canyon and the medevac copter sweeps down on the Pepperdine lawn.


LACSD medevac

November 15, 2016

Traffic pattern

You should see this guy parallel park...

traffic pattern


November 14, 2016

Dude, you're not the only one

White-tailed kite hides his eyes.

hide your eyes

November 12, 2016

Signs of Saturday: Bu plate special

Seriously -- who knew there were so many of these out there in the world?

pch to bu


November 11, 2016

On Veteran's Day

I'm profoundly grateful to those who have fought and will fight to preserve the ideals represented by this magnificent building -- the Library of Congress.

thank you, thomas jefferson


the library of congress


library of congress rotunda


library of congress


scholars in the library of congress


worth fighting for



November 10, 2016

tbt: Overreaction

I know I've published this before but it's so nutty that here it is again -- three guys from the Atomic Energy Commission Safety and Licensing Board checking out Corral Canyon as a possible site for a nuclear reactor power plant.


Nuclear reactor in Malibu

Throwback Thursday: March 1965 in Corral Canyon.

November 9, 2016

Ouch

Going hoarse on Twitter, loving that there are already 66,000 google hits for CalExit, and all the while envying that for these two it's just another day.

ignorance is bliss

November 8, 2016

The hawk again

It's always unnerving to download the photos and realize the hawk was staring right into the lens.


eye contact


November 7, 2016

Sun and oak leaf

california live oak

That's all -- just morning sun through a California live oak leaf. Small miracles.

November 6, 2016

Point Dume sunset

Beautiful skies the last few nights as the sun sets over Point Dume.

point sume sunset


November 5, 2016

Signs of Saturday: Bu plate special

luv ya bu

xoxo

November 4, 2016

We really do need rain

morning bluffs

Soon, please.

November 3, 2016

tbt: Venice oil wells

venice oil wells


Throwback Thursday: Vintage photo of oil wells in Venice in the 1920s.

November 2, 2016

A few more clouds

It's a sad, drought-stricken state of affairs when clouds are an event.


clouds in drought country


November 1, 2016

Walt climbs (another) tree

walt climbs a tree

Apparently this is Walter's new superpower. (Maisie's is her ability to keep a straight face.)

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