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Journaling since 1974. I'm an artist, book lady, and quilter living at the beach with a car guy. We wait out the pandemic in our little condo above the beach. Having been homeless in the 70's, the car guy and I truly appreciate where we are today. All entries are copyrighted under the author's legal name under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported. © Copyright 1974-2021.
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Happy Valentine's Day in Postcards 4
I follow him around even into games. He follows me around even into art openings. Himself: He’s fed his crows. I’ve posted every thing to Facebook I’m supposed to, and now we are off to Bes...
A Weather Report in Postcards 4
1989 LA Rail Show: G&M with Union Pacific’s 8444. Hot winds up to 80 mph here. Trees topple, oversized vehicles are discouraged from travel, and dust leaves the whole county sneezing. Or ...
M&G on the Sixes in Postcards 4
1986: Christmas in the big house. I couldn’t find a Christmas picture of us together this year, so this will have to do. I’m so filled with vanity this year. Maybe I knew that soon I would l...
More G&M's on the Fives in Postcards 4
1985: I apologize for the condition of this shot. Left to Right at an art opening in Don’s loft: George, Mage, Don DeLlamas, and a friend of Don’s. 1995: At the funeral of John and Georges Da...
One into Another in Postcards 4
Buying a truck;1995 I’ve been following a progression of books, one into the other as if they belonged together. Losing Mum and Pup flowing into No more Words then falling into the memoir Unde...
Monday Matters in Postcards 4
…..which are similar to Sunday Snippits We took a few moments to walk the cliffs yesterday as the world around us dipped into sadness. My friend Dixie’s husband, Ken, died unexpectedly. I intr...
Togetherness in Postcards 4
On and off this month, I’ll share some of my collection of G and M pictures. Since I live with a camera in my hand most of the time, I have lots of us pictures. We met in 1983, and I confess ...
Mike of Hodad's Dead in Postcards 4
Our friend Mike Hardin died yesterday. He died on a trip north to visit his daughter. I used to eat at Hodad’s when his folks founded it. When they died, they left it to an employee and Mike. ...
Getting It Done in Postcards 4
Creating thirty black and white images to share with you was an interesting project. I had no doubt that I could do this technically. I had many thousands of saved pictures in my files to work...
B&W Challenge: Loretta and Marion in Postcards 4
These two were very powerful writers. I caught this moment by chance as they discussed their upcoming deaths. I cropped the picture, but the uncropped image seemed to say more.
B&W Challenge: Day 29: Communication in Postcards 4
Years ago, many tall ships visited San Diego. I photographed as much as I could of these ships that day. Only as we were leaving for home did I see this shot. It’s not a true portrait as are ...
B&W Challenge: Day 28: A Nutcracker in Postcards 4
Granddaughter’s dancing the Nutcracker. Sometimes one can ask for nothing more. In this particular shot, the faded colors and the blur made for perfection. I don’t feel it quite translates to...
B&W Challenge: Day 27: ThomaS in Postcards 4
Sometimes we have friends we have known for years yet have never met. Two years ago, we journeyed to see the Smithsonian Museums. Thomas came down from New Jersey to visit with us as well as v...
B&W Challenge: Day 16: Stooping by the Woods in Postcards 4
mrj width = 630></center> When this lovely couple sent out their wedding invitation, there they were in the same spot. Not off to the side, but right in the middle. After this visit, ...
B&W Challenge: Day 24: Sisters in Postcards 4
They argued from birth, but if there was a crisis they stuck together. One has hippy leanings and the other is iconoclastic. Never a dull moment. Himself: Spent an awful lot of yesterday wo...
B&W Challenge: Day 24: Pop in Postcards 4
His kids called him Pop. Paul was a very passionate man with a great talent for photography. He was a photographer in the Army, and attended ART Center School but didn’t graduate. He had thre...
B&W Challenge: Day 23: Katy and David in Postcards 4
We took a road trip one year with the top of the arc a visit to our old friends Katy and David. Katy is an old college classmate from the 1960’s. They live in a small rural island inland from ...
B&W Challenge: Day 22: Lee in Postcards 4
Dr. Leroy Phelps taught at SDSU from 1966 to 1990. Perhaps in protest to department politics, three professors retired at the same time. We helped them move out. After retirement, Lee took up...
B&W Challenge: Day 21: Dale in Postcards 4
This grainy picture of Dale was taken in the front yard of the beach cottage in 1982. Dale Thomas Craig worked as Sheriff’s Staff, and he supported artists. He stuck by me when everyone else ha...
B&W Challenge: Day 20: Brother and Sister in Postcards 4
Alex and Megan. They do look alike, don’t they. For me, this more journalistic composition works. More of a documentary style. Taken Christmas 2006. Himself: Enjoyed breakfast with longti...
B&W Challenge: Day 19: Zoe in Postcards 4
The youngest and last granddaughter. She surprised me yesterday by answering the phone as an adult, and telling me to wait just a moment please. Following all that politeness, only then did sh...
B&W Challenge: Day 17: Reunion in Postcards 4
We went to a small high school. Many of those who went there were training to go to one of the military academies. Then there were those of us who were chronic problems in school like me. I f...
B&W Challenge: Day 18: Jo in Postcards 4
As I grew more insane, she grew more a friend. She was my best friend though I was not her best friend. That will have to do. She helped artists, she helped save the Tijuana Sloughs, and she...
B&W Challenge: Day 16: Don in Postcards 4
A painter of ocean paintings he called “Horizon Lines”, Dons work drew steady admiration. He was a painters painter, and just as he was coming in to his own here in our town, he moved. In Seat...
B&W Challenge: Day 15: Sunscreen in Postcards 4
I spent years baking my hangovers out on the beach at tower four. Winter and summer you could find me there. When I started pushing a broom for the lifeguard service, there was no sunscreen. ...
