Thursday, February 22, 2018

My unwritten book, Apples and Oranges

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"Knowledge is classification" John Dewey, 1925 For nearly fifty years, I collected notes for a book I titled Apples and Or...
Friday, February 16, 2018

Autographs ― Dave Eggers

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Dave Eggers ' most recent book, The Monk of Mokha is about Mokhtar Alkhanshali, a young Yemeni American who becomes a coffee entrepr...
Monday, January 29, 2018

Scholar Stones

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Impression of Shengshan 2 , 2015 by Zhao Meng I've always liked scholar's stones . Now, I've just purchased the sculpture...
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Sunday, January 7, 2018

Legalize marijuana already!

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(click to enlarge) My letter in response to Attorney General Sessions ending legal shelter for state-sanctioned marijuana was published ...
Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Visa progress: Step 1 complete

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Our visa case was approved on Dec. 14th! They do believe that we are free to marry, intend to marry, are not terrorists or criminals, ha...
Friday, December 8, 2017

Mexico mail delay

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Suspended umbrellas — an art installation in downtown Mérida As I previously wrote , the feds wanted Victor's statement of intent t...
Thursday, November 9, 2017

One Year Later

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One year ago , I wrote about my reactions to Trump's election. One of the bullet points was "I suspect this blog may return to its ...
Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Faded Poster

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The painting on the left is by Doug West. I think it is titled Taos . It was used in the poster for the Music from Angel Fire festival s...

Autographs ― ZAP 13: Moscoso, Shelton, Spain, Williams, Wilson

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The front and back covers of ZAP Comix #13 (by Victor Moscoso) I bought ZAP Comix #13 in June 1994, probably in San Francisco, and go...
Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Autographs ― Roz Chast

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Roz Chast spoke at the Los Angeles Central Library last night as part of their Aloud series. I always enjoy her New Yorker cartoons. ...