It's a cool gray day (44° F) here in Livermore, interspersed with bouts of sunshine this morning. I was sitting in the bedroom, drinking coffee, when a low, rumbling, peal of thunder sounded. It was only one, but it startled the cat, and set a few of the neighborhood dogs to whining. For thunderstorms, that's all you usually get in California, at ( Read more... )

I was rooting around in the closet this evening, moving boxes, and I pulled out the one containing all of those letters Crystal and I had exchanged back before we were married. I pulled one out, just for fun, and started reading. It was one of mine to her, written on June 19, 1988. I got to a section written sometime between 10 PM and midnight, ( Read more... )

In case anyone's been listening to the comments I've been dropping all over the place, no, this is not the post that has been chewing on me concerning what I believe about conditional/unconditional love and what I believe about how that particular phenomenon works. I'm still avoiding that one, but it's there, like a barking dog that won't shut up ( Read more... )

It's a weird weather day today. It rained on me this morning. That's unusual for San Joaquin County at this time of year. It rained again coming back over the Altamont Pass. Both rains were really very short -- hardly enough to wet the ground. That's more typical of California summer rain. The sunset was fantastic. The whole valley was ( Read more... )