and, actually, haven’t been to Arizona for quite some time; just that this bit of Az., unclear as to

when it was painted, turned up while researching the ever-expanding options for the Book

Project[s].  Meanwhile we’re still, actually, herein and about Benicia

unless sucked vicariously elsewhere through one weekend wormhole or another, such as

to the Headlands

on Stuporbowl Sunday where a plethora of people from Linda’s CCA past

gathered together for Mark Thompson’s opening and where after a couple

of hours of intensely reconnecting we

went home to the dogs over brilliant deserted Sunday highways.

So another week…beginning with two trips to Vallejo to initiate the Tundra’s interior upgrades

followed by St. Valentine’s Day which was

exceedingly clear, bright and cold with winds off the muddy waters throughout and celebrated

with seasonal blossoms and takeout from Aung MayLiKa – the “spicy” spicy indeed – which left

enough leftovers for lunch in the industrial luncheonette on the 15th,

calm and warm enough as long as one stayed in the sun [and out of the house if one lacked

a Warm Dog for company therein] as Thursday,

despite clearing for some of the afternoon, remained Cold February as well as again required

two trips to V-Town, the second to retrieve the truck, now with a low-key stealth lowrider interior thanks to Abel at Express Upholstery as welcome improvement over the sad sagging

tobacco-stained original and where most of the rest of the clientele seemed to be leaving off

huge slabs of 80s convertibles with 20+” wheels…all while “colder than it looks” prevailed for the foreseeable down along the straits.

So…