While struggling to retrieve images from a balky memory card, here are the writerly version of some lost snapshots from a week ago, setting out on Section F of the Pacific Crest Trail: Section F of the Pacific Crest Trail for the northbound begins at an offramp at Cameron Road off Hwy 58 west ofContinue reading “Section F of the PCT: Park off Hwy 58 near Mojave…”
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I just felt that girls weren’t treated with respect : Cobain
Kurt Cobain in a crucial interview, on sexism, anger, high school, and more:
A changing California: Lyell Glacier melting away
Climb it before it melts away, suggests Barney Brantingham of Santa Barbara's Independent: "(In the 30-plus years since my son Barclay and I trekked Mount Lyell’s snowy flanks, it’s been melting, not as fast as a vanilla ice cream cone in the summer Sierra sun, but melting. Lyell Glacier’s retreat has speeded up since 2000, says YosemiteContinue reading “A changing California: Lyell Glacier melting away”
Good news: Coen brothers to bring folk scene to life
While I'm on the trail, let me shamelessly plug the upcoming Coen Brothers movie, which sounds utterly irresistibly to folk music lovers. Some say it's good (from a review at Cannes via The Playlist): Arguably the least plot driven film from the Coens since "The Big Lebowski," which still provided the journey for a newContinue reading “Good news: Coen brothers to bring folk scene to life”
Exposure can kill you: Slaves of the Internet, Unite!
Sometimes a headline is enough, but this op-ed — Slaves of the Internet, Unite! — by Tim Kreider makes so much sense, it's sad that (as he more or less admits) he won't be heeded. Quote of the weekend: …the Internet seems like capitalism’s ultimate feat of self-destructive genius, an economic doomsday device rendering itContinue reading “Exposure can kill you: Slaves of the Internet, Unite!”
On the way to Walker Pass: PCT Section F
After six murderous weeks — covering the trial of Alex Medina in Ventura — I'm talking a few days off to repair my soul. Here's where I'm heading: Walker Pass (in the southern Sierra). Yes, it'll be this dry, if not drier. But have scheduled some posts to entertain you all, I hope.
How to miss San Francisco and the Bay Area
See a picture like this: via Google Earth Pics.
State cuts budget for earthquake maps, imperiling CA
For the past few weeks, the LA Times has led in its big Sunday editions with stories revealing how the city of Los Angeles and the state of California have turned a blind eye to seismic risk, despite many urgents warnings from scientists. To wit: After the 1971 Sylmar earthquake, California began an ambitious effortContinue reading “State cuts budget for earthquake maps, imperiling CA”
I can’t pretend to be interested in your books: Chekhov
A Times review of a"Seagull" set in Ireland during the time of "the Troubles" doesn't love the production but brings its wit out lovingly nonetheless. Among the production’s freshest scenes is the brief colloquy between the bluntly bitter Mary and Aston. Mary’s no-nonsense approach to the impossibility of finding lasting love is in contrast toContinue reading “I can’t pretend to be interested in your books: Chekhov”
El Nino will not save you — sorry SoCal: Patzert
Must say it's been a lovely warm weekend…even if dry as heck. Perhaps we should get used to that. Last week William Patzert, the well-known oceanographer and climate expert, dropped some knowledge on on reporter Melinda Burns re: an upcoming "rainy" season in California. Her story is called Dry with a Chance of Drier, and it's aContinue reading “El Nino will not save you — sorry SoCal: Patzert”
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