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<\/a><\/p>\nentertaining into the night, feeding friends just back from Amsterdam<\/a> and, soon after and after<\/p>\n a mostly giorno normale, my friend Greg [the aforementioned painter]<\/p>\n was kind enough to run me back from Alex’s after dropping the ’45 [not shown] to have the<\/p>\n carb cleaned only to find out on Friday that said carburetor was actually totally toasted…along<\/p>\n with the alternator and battery.\u00a0 Uh-oh;\u00a0 yet another serious blow to the Publishing Empire.<\/p>\n Nonetheless Sunday we returned to the green outskirts of Fairfield for more acupuncture, then<\/p>\n back for lunch in the garden followed by Benicia’s annual Car Show, the town overflowing<\/p>\n and the event well-stocked.<\/p>\n There was even a [very] high dollar electric ’50 Chev from Mare Island* <\/a>as well as,<\/p>\n from Martinez, The Creature and<\/p>\n a whole lot else – low, slow, fast, bright ‘n’ shiny,<\/p>\n colorful crowds, colorful cars;<\/p>\n a crowded colorful day.<\/p>\n Somehow there’s always a ’39 – ’40 Ford fastback in the mix to remind me of the guys down Verdugo spraying theirs black primer when I was 13 and also somewhere a late thirties Chevy<\/p>\n to remind me of my first, though mine was a ’38 and this be a ’40. In deference to the dudes<\/p>\n down Verdugo mine was of course black primer; this one was a true black beauty.<\/p>\n By then on crippled feet I was up the street<\/p>\n past Benicia’s latest addition to the thriving Kultural Scene, now open for binins<\/a> and though I doubt the artists who are “in” would be familiar with\u00a0 Terry Allen’s<\/a> earlier take on NY to CA<\/p>\n I’m sure Benicia’s doggies will greatly appreciate those golden water bowls.<\/p>\n Eart’ Day<\/a>, 2023…into the light after, ironically, a celebration of ICEs.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n