Note to self: you ain't as young as you once were, and you cannot carry on like you once could without adverse side effects. I'm not talking about going out carousing either. Simple things like getting up early and driving for hours now exhaust me like they never did before. ( Read more... )

Flew back to the Bay Area today for a few days after a brief return home for an epic concert this past Sunday. Saw Stephen Stills at the Aladdin w/a friend. (Average audience age: bald/grey ;-) His voice was a bit thrashed, but the whole experience was awesome. Yesterday featured sleeping in and a bunch of basketball (go TrailBlazers ( Read more... )

Driving from Berkeley to Albany this AM to spend a bit of Mom's Day w/Mom, who'll then drive me to BART so I can get to OAK and fly to PDX. Luckily it's been raining some, so I needn't water outside, but I'll water the inside plants and do laundry this afternoon. This evening's plans include dinner at the Lamp and Stephan Stills at the Aladdin ( Read more... )

Fascinating. I have just exactly enough brainwidth right now to deal w/all the ducks currently in the air and/or milling about waiting for orders to fly into formation, but the creative-come-up-with-clever-ideas-that-don't-involve-logistics part o' my brain is currently off-line. Logistics is ALL. And that's just fine 'n' dandy. Overwhelm is ( Read more... )

Leaving o'morrow for a week in SoCal. Gonna have fun, see people, enjoy beach walkies, chow down on Czech food, bask in sunshine & the 70s (degrees F not the former decade ;-),and and and ( Happenings )

Well, I'm quite glad I opted to stay in this evening after today's lovely sunny drive down from CopperMoon to the Hive - with a great stop-off about half-way down for meeting up w/vismaya_viewer, stinkys_nunzio, and chilluns C&J for a Mad Hatter Chai Party (Injun chow & much reading aloud of poetry) - as I've quite enjoyed this eve's long bubbly bath, chat w/a Dear Friend, ( Read more... )

2008: 16 weekends at the Hive, 18 weekends at CopperMoon, 18 weekends elsewhere (5 of 'em in SoCal ( Read more... )

A Dear Friend o' mine'll be down yonder for the 1st three (3) weeks of December and wonders what to do and where to go and what's good to eat and such like, so any tips, hints, suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!

(I've already suggested Rajun Cajun in Hermosa Beach.)

I really AM working on reducing my travel-load...just not this week so much. This past Sunday I carpooled Northward to CopperMoon w/lightfoote, then drove back down to the Hive/Portland on Tuesday (day before yesterday). O'morrow I'm driving Northward to CuMoon again, returning again next Tuesday. Then I stay put for the rest of November!

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It's been grey, drizzly, and wet for the past couple of days here in Portland. Forecast claims it's supposed to be clear and mid-70s - mid-80s here this weekend w/nights down to 40s & 50s. Where I'm headed (SoCal), it's forecast to be clear, sunny, and low-mid-80s, cooling off to high 50s/low 60s at night. This'll be a pleasant change. I fully ( Read more... )