I have an English degree, a load of graduate level english courses, and a deep and abiding love of all modernist fiction. So why have I never heard of Dorothy Richardson? I stumbled on her name in a New Yorker article on the Harry Ransom Center.  The article mentioned she was the first English language practitioner of stream of consciousness ( Read more... )

It's warm today, so all my windows are open.  Which is nice and fine except it means the voice of the little boy next door shoots straight into my house.  This kid, whether screaming from joy (or the much more common whiny screaming), is like nails on a chalkboard.  Really.  So much so that when last time I got back from Austin and I saw a SOLD ( Read more... )

More pictures from Crystal's visit.

Here's the pier down on Fisherman's Wharf that sea lions have taken over.

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Here's a picture from a pier near fisherman's wharf--it's a naval "museum" that Crystal and I checked out on her visit.  You can see Golden Gate Bridge in the background.


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I should be working on magazine stuff, but I keep delaying ( Read more... )

Oh, my darlings, why must you be too expensive, too impractical, and too damn narrow for my chunky calves?

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One section of Yosemite has redwoods. Here's one that fell over a few hundred years back. Due to the high amount of tannin in the wood, they don't really rot (or at least they rot very, very, very slowly). The tannin is also what gives them their color and keeps them from burning when there are forest fires ( Read more... )

Finally, finally, finally, here are some pictures. I've got tons to eventually post--the UC Berkeley Gardens, more of Yosemite, some from last weekend when Crystal was here.

These two are from my trip to Yosemite about a month ago.


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"Whether it is done quickly or slowly, however splendid the results, the process of writing fiction is inherently, inevitably, indistinguishable from wasting time."

Deborah Eisenberg

I am a lazy blogger. I am going to try to be better in the New Year, though that is not one of my resolutions. My two resolutions are to be healthier and to be more productive. Of course, there are many sub-resolutions under those, but if I think of the big list it feels too overwhelming. I'm trying to tackle them bit by bit ( Read more... )