The Bridge
posted 15 days ago, updated 1 day later | 9 comments
It was Sunday, the last day of the four-day Thanksgiving Holiday weekend. I was on my way to the City when I decided to pull over int...
Evenings Like This
posted 5 months ago, updated 4 days later | 5 comments
On evenings like this one, I might get off the train a stop early to walk the remaining miles home. In these early days of summer, the ocean fog slowly ov...
On Memorial Day
posted 6 months ago, updated 6 minutes later | 1 comment
On Memorial Day, we gather in public venues and final resting places to honor our war heroes with blood red poppies, each symbolizing one life lost in war. It is a time where comforting words are difficult to articulate.
There is the anguish bet...
There is the anguish bet...
A Jataka Tale
posted 7 months ago, updated about 20 hours later | 3 comments
Nga Bong
In a place before time was invented, a remarkable child was born from the secret alliance of the Queen and one of her retainers. The child had the sweetness with which most babies are blessed. However, he was born with the head, ears, ne...
In a place before time was invented, a remarkable child was born from the secret alliance of the Queen and one of her retainers. The child had the sweetness with which most babies are blessed. However, he was born with the head, ears, ne...
Lance Armstrong's Knee
posted 10 months ago, updated 2 days later | 9 comments
Standing in front of the Astana team bus, I turned around asked the first person I saw to take my photograph. “Could you take my picture?” The man in the rain suit looked at me through his fogged out glasses and shook his head. He seemed puzzled a...
Comfortable Shoes
posted 10 months ago | 24 comments
Ever had a pair of shoes that you couldn't do without? Ones that time and wear has made as comfortable as bare feet? Of all shoes there is always that pair that truly fits...
My neighbor Roxanne has a pair of favorites that are as much of her tot...
My neighbor Roxanne has a pair of favorites that are as much of her tot...
Mines Road
posted 10 months ago, updated 1 day later | 1 comment
Cloudy skies and rain visited California for the weekend. Bicycle rides scheduled for Saturday were canceled by the Club. A few dedicated riders rode when they could but most stayed home or worked out at the gym. After a lazy morning and a few cho...
Answering a Call to Service
posted 11 months ago, updated 4 minutes later | 3 comments
<...The Bactrian Horde
posted 11 months ago, updated about 13 hours later | 1 comment
This is a continuation of an earlier piece posted here on the Vanishing Culture of Afghanistan. There is a traveling exhibition of treasures currently on display at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. The Exhibit will be closing in San Francisc...
