A Change in the Wind
Here’s a story I wrote for the Ojai Quarterly’s summer issue about the peril that we — meaning our somewhat democratic form of government — face from a “would-be” dictator. The warning comes with authority: W. Michael Blumenthal as a child lived in Nazi Germany — the family barely escaping annihiliation in 1939 — and…
They say that journalism is the first draft of history. One can see a flaw behind that reality in the case of the flooding of the mountain town of Wrightwood this December. The news media is all over the latest disaster, with telling pictures: That’s from a solid LA Times story about what just happened,…
Here’s a story in Ojai Quarterly about my struggle with the legacy of my long-time hero John Muir while walking his trail — in smoke — this past September. [This first image comes from the story in the winter issue of the magazine, as linked above, and has a slightly different tone and fewer pictures…
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City-dweller, noodle lover, camera collector and fan of everything with a lens. I’m always trying out new gear. Edison is my outlet to share my new discoveries with the world.
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Kit Stolz