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49th parallel

fall-ish

Aprils have never meant much to me, autumns seem that season of beginning, spring. – Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany’s It’s still eighty-something degrees outside and yet I’m wading in projects for a winter wonderland. The holidays are all around me. I’m writing about it on assignment, working on holiday …

five great things someone else said, vol 18

The yard was full of tomato plants about to ripen, and mint, mint, everything smelling of mint, and one fine old tree that I loved to sit under on those cool perfect starry California October nights unmatched anywhere in the world.- Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums I’m ready for winter. …

the in crowd

All persons ought to endeavor to follow what is right, and not what is established. – Aristotle A mob’s always made up of people, no matter what. Mr. Cunningham was part of a mob last night, but he was still a man.- Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird Vancouver has …

i get by with a little help from my friends

Our truest response to the irrationality of the world is to paint or sing or write, for only in such response do we find truth. – Madeleine L’Engle The first step – especially for young people with energy and drive and talent, but not money – the first step to …

placebo effect

Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution. – Ansel Adams   I drove by the sign almost every night, passing quickly on my way downtown. The massive neon art piece lit up the gallery in the darkness – eight, …