Wings of the Laysan Albatross
On wing skimming the sea I recognized the tell-tale shape of an albatross.
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Romp Along the Baja Coast
The sailor’s holy trinity— the sun, wind and sea. A sailboat can go if you know how to feed her wind. A destination can be a joy to reach for. You’ll need to consider the hidden forces working to challenge your bows aim. The direction of the wind is one force and invisible but tangible […]
Read More Romp Along the Baja CoastBig Sur by Air and Sea
California’s population is big and some of our most iconic tourist destinations are too small.
Read More Big Sur by Air and SeaMuch Ado rewrite
Writing here on the blog has been slower as the pace of screenwriting has seized the waking hours of my day. You’ll forgive the glazed over eyes, the seeming inexplicable delving into rabbit holes, the burden of the finite clock exacts its price and works to contain the prolific. I have been putting ukulele chords […]
Read More Much Ado rewriteI Think We’re Going to Need a Bigger Boat—
A calm last day of February here in California after a parade of storms battered the state. To the south from the Bay Area, I drove in the stormy aftermath to Santa Barbara earlier this month. Roads were open. In the Salinas Valley the fields were still flooded. I planned my stop to camp and […]
Read More I Think We’re Going to Need a Bigger Boat—Subtropical Cyclones for You and Me
I asked the store clerk how he survived the storm. “Power was out for three days. Three trees fell and blocked our access to the party. Drove up to Livermore from San Luis Obispo. We should have stayed home.” Sunday’s hard hitting bomb cyclone was reprising its 2023 role when last year a similarly intense […]
Read More Subtropical Cyclones for You and Mepineapple express—
This weekends atmospheric river event continues to unfold. I travel to Santa Barbara in two days, hoping roads are dry, rivers have receded and the mud has been cleaned up. This morning here in Northern California we have a textbook example of what is becoming the new normal, an atmospheric river fueled storm. If you look […]
Read More pineapple express—Whitewashed Green Desert
Near one half of California’s Imperial Valley water is used to grow alfalfa. Much of this crop is used to support the regions dairy operations, what isn’t shipped to the regions milk producers is exported to foreign markets. Let’s get this said plain and simple. Alfalfa is a water intensive crop, perhaps the most water […]
Read More Whitewashed Green DesertConversation with Greta Gerwig
I arrived in time to take in the Palm Springs Film Festival’s first offering, the screening of Barbi and then after a conversation with the film’s director. The film was screened at Palm Springs High School. Nice auditorium maybe seats 800. We weren’t sold out, but it was nearly so. Here is a pro tip […]
Read More Conversation with Greta Gerwigbackstage 2024
—our fetching bossa nova singer remains convinced that there is only one man that will have his way with her and that is the man she plans to have a family with— that’s funny right
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