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Merced: The Movie Palace

Monday morning I walked around the very quiet downtown area. The Federal building which I think holds the post office was getting some traffic, and city employees were out doing road work. It was too early for many of the … Continue reading

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Coffee and Conversation: Wired Cafe

If there’s a choice between a local coffee place and a Starbucks, I will usually go the local place. I will even search out a local place before I go to Starbucks unless—rationalization alert!—I’m in the state of Washington where … Continue reading

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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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