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Posts published in May 2010

Q

Our dear friend Quinton Duval died last week at the age of 61, and the world lost a most generous soul and a marvelous poet. Q, as we called him, was a quiet person and…

Four Seasons In Hell (With apologies to Rimbaud)

There are many real estate nightmares in the naked city. This is only one of them. — Ralph Wein­stein * * * Malibu, California — Call her Joni. She’s 75. She’s my father’s widow, his…

Farm To Farm

Some gardening friends have been enjoying sugarsnap peas for several weeks, they say. They planted the peas in October. I planted peas in April and the plants are still only six inches tall. On Saturday…

Look Ma, I am a kite!

I had been promising something fun and the weather had cleared.  This is going to be great, I tell myself.  I grabbed a hat for me and a couple for him, thinking, "It won't be…

‘Seven Days in May’ Redux

Picture a vast hole being dug into a mesa at Los Alamos Nuclear Laboratories that will be 125 feet deep and three football fields in area.Now, imagine it being filled in to make one vast…

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