Monthly Archives: December 2015

“Let’s go surfin’ now…

…ever’body’s learnin’ how…”

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[Humboldt Bay, ca. 1946, demonstrating all that irrational exuberance in the name of Science and the War’s aftermath]

“…c’mon on surfari with me…”

Maybe not here; Benicia-by-the-Bay remains flatter than that…flatter than flat;

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For days after thanksgivering day we continue our meandering ways; old friends introducing us to their old friends, L. and crew GRINDING [not shown] away on “Glimmer” and shades of grey along the straits;

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…and blue, too;

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On First Street all is calm, all is bright, even unto the Merchants’ Christmas open houses first December Friday…

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Winter’s waters’ monochromes, somewhat…

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In doggies the Season induces a certain cabin feverishness within the ongoing [a new 80′ of shelf space to take up the overflow, barely] Library Project…

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More flatness, flattery…greyness.

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Travels; to Berkeley for a second time in as many weeks [plus, not shown, an ill-starred experiment via public transport  to SF, Land of No Parking] and more winter along the Straits of Carquinez;

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Seventieth winter for this one…

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[soon to be covered to await another] [winter]

 

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