Bach’s sons remained in the homeland — until the last, Johann Christian. Born in 1735, he was called, though even from beyond the grave, father…
Posts published in August 2010
Once in a while the US Supreme Court gets things right. It did so recently regarding Healthy San Francisco, the city's local “public option” now…
Since 1775, when the Spanish vessels Santiago and Sonora anchored in Trinidad Bay, the surviving American Indian nations of California's northcoast have withstood violent conquest,…
We didn’t usually have to leave the waterfront for entertainment. Waldo Point was its own ongoing movie and endlessly entertaining. But when Mark Whittington, the…
“Fate tried to conceal him by naming him Smith.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes As I answer the ringing phone, I am distracted by my cat…
My friend is sick and in bed at home, dying. (I know, bummer of a blog post, aye? Would you rather I did movie reviews? …
Yosemite 2010. It was an epic trip. My climbing buddies from our J-Tree adventure, some of their siblings, my son and of course, our climbing…