Susan called me at work yesterday afternoon. There was a nervousness to her voice that I picked up immediately and I feared one of our animals had been hurt. “Joe’s passed away,” she told me. Joe was her tenant, the last of the three renters who occupied the house when she bought it in 1999. …
It was only later that I learned that barely a half-block away from us this EARLY this Friday morning some kid mistook the gas pedal for the brakes and plowed down a driveway and through a converted garage where his dad was sleeping, pinning him injured beneath the vehicle. I’m pretty sure everyone involved is …
It’s amazing how 10 pounds of rice and 10 pounds of beans can fill up a backpack. I’ve had these foodstuffs for several weeks, but the Burrito Project I’ve been involved with went dormant after I bought them. With intentions expressed toward getting the Hollywood Burrito Project going again next week, I hauled these a …
The 78th Annual Blessing of the Animals is taking place at Olvera Street this Saturday beginning at noon, with the procession commencing at 2 p.m. Susan and I have made this a spring tradition since 2004, bringing our Russian tortoise Buster who serves as house ambassador for our four cats and two dogs. I snapped …
It’s 52 degrees and calm outside right now at 3:50 a.m. It seems not as socked in as yesterday, but it’s early yet — literally. I’m up this morning this time not because of an tresspassing critters, but instead to get my ass on down to the 14th running of the bicycles known as the …
My daughter invited me to a concert she was involved in last night. That’s her sixth in from the left in the pink scarf — centerstage, as it should be. Despite a cold she sang beautifully. I’m so proud of her.
Tomorrow should be a fun day of discovery. After learning of the Second Annual L.A. Archives Bazaar at the Huntington Library and Gardens in San Marino on Saturday, I pitched the idea to Susan earlier of taking all that history in and going multi-modal in getting there — by bus, train and bike. And I …