Monthly Archives: November 2009

Revision is Hell–Part I

The other night I had a dream that I was in an old inn that was being renovated. I was on the first floor. The place was draped with tarps, tangled with scaffolding. In between the sawdust, scaffolds and drapes … Continue reading

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Justice is Not Always Blind

Detail of one of the three statues of Justice on the dome of the Merced County Courthouse Museum.

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Write In at Santa Rosa Library

Last Monday Lillian and I spent a couple hours at the Santa Rosa Central Library, plugging away on our word count for National Novel Writing Month. There were about a dozen people there, all ages and both genders represented. Most, … Continue reading

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El Dia de los Muertos

Adela and her sister bought a local business formerly called the Animal House CafĂ© from David and Jenny. David wanted to pursue his art full-time and Jenny planned to manage him. They sold the place and the menu to Adela. … Continue reading

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All Hallows’ Eve

We probably had about 350 trick-or-treaters last night. The peak was between seven and eight pm. It dropped off sharply after about 8:30, which was good because I was running out of candy. Costumes, by volume: the preponderance of older … Continue reading

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