A Good Book
The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan
Jackie and Alan gave me the book for my birthday. It is affecting the way I look at things. One of the events Pollan finds disturbing is the patenting of agricultural genetic processes. Seeds. And not only patenting them, but giving them markers so that they can be traced [...]
What am I going to do today?
I ran a drug rehabilitation facility in the Army. This was just following the Vietnam war, and the Army discovered there were a number of addicts in its ranks. There was a psychiatrist on the staff who had a lot of wisdom. And one of the things he noted about addicts is that they are [...]
As Good as It Gets
San Bruno Mountain on a hot day. We started early, Jeff, and Elaine, and I. I took it easy. Very easy. And had a great hike. Good company. One of my favorite places to go. It is so very fine to be regaining my freedom.
Elaine and Jeff (Green Machine) on San Bruno Mountain
Walk well. God [...]
Good Cheese
Point Reyes Station is still a small town. There is a bakery there where the best breakfast pastries in the world are cooked daily. And there is a creamery where the best cheese I have ever tasted is made: Cowgirl Creamery. Legendary.
I met my friend, Maria, at the new Berkeley Bowl — a big grocery [...]
Trout Fishing in America
That phrase was in the back of my mind. A friend, Jack McCord read Richard Brautigan’s book by that title shortly after it was published and frequently recounted stories from it. The title came to the forefront when I was trying to think of a title for this entry.
Have you ever known a fisherman [...]
Mozart Can Make Me Cry
Still.
Life is so very short. I almost missed this. I did not know that Mozart wrote a mass in addition to the Requiem. Mozart’s Great Mass in C Minor.
The Kyrie
I do rejoice to know this magnificent music — new to me. And I understand there is a multitude of wonders unknown. There is no time [...]
Just Because It Is Beautiful
A friend’s boyfriend is a rider and just won the blue ribbon for horsemanship in a 21 mile ride on the ridgeline above my home. This picture was taken during the ride. As I told my friend, we sometimes forget we live in Paradise.
Endurance ride on the West Ridge Trail
Walk well. God is love.
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Hike Race
Announcing the Second Annual Memorial Day Skyline-to-the-Sea Hike Race.
The first was in 2003, and the winner was: me. I told the others that I started slowly and hiked faster towards the end. But they forgot and thought only of the slow old man they had begun with. Most of the others got ahead and stopped [...]
A Long, Fine Day
Having learned to plan my day such that I am likely to find joy in it, I most often awaken with an almost-buzzing anticipation. And knowing warm, almost hot temperatures were forecast, I wanted to hike early. Not cobweb-cleaning early, but on the trail before eight. Another two hours with good climbing. Fairly easy, once [...]
Gloria!
Okay, I love computers. The iTunes programming selected this for me to listen to. Smart programming. I had never heard it before. It definitely goes on my trail list. Be certain to wait for the chorus to come in. It is the choir from King’s College, Cambridge.
Walk well. God is love.
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