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Jun.15.2013 Bit of Bad Luck Charged my RX7's battery and took it for a spin, washing off the accumulated dust at the car wash. Then - I stopped for a pedestrian in the crosswalk. The guy behind me didn't. Nobody was hurt. My car is damaged - rear bumper cap, Borla exhaust tips are bent back, one split. Nothing...	Aug.27.2012 Rules of the Road When you drive, don’t think about the sixteen year-old boys who share the road with you, especially the ones who’ve already had accidents. They shouldn’t be allowed to drive a Big Wheel, let alone a car, but don’t let that spoil your ride. If one approaches from behind while you’re stopped at a red...
Sep.29.2011 Favorite Old picture: Memories of Mom, or Why I Enjoy the Macabre Mom left Dad, again, and we were driving from East Texas to New Mexico. There was a horrible accident on the flatlands, and Mom pulled over to do the looky-lou thing. I might have been...	Feb.25.2011 Broken The notes of Vivaldi’s Spring danced in the air. I rushed to the phone because it was our daughter’s ring tone. I was expecting her call. RJ beat me to the phone. I heard him exclaim, “What? The orthopedist said it’s broken?” I snatched the upstairs phone. “Jillian, what’s broken?” “My L4 vertebra...
Mar.21.2009 back from l.a. I N C U N A B U L A i don't wish to alarm you. this is just a report of last weekend. my talk on buddhism & poetry for cherry blossom festival (an ohigan howha) at venice hongwanji buddhist temple went well as did the haiku workshop the next day. (they'll print some of the haiku in...	Feb.22.2009 The Proof is in Black and White I was forced into reality this weekend. It has taken fifteen years for me to admit this out loud, in my head, and to people I love. I wonder why. I believe it is because this mistake cost my mother her life and my siblings and I her love and protection. My mother was killed in a car accident New...
Oct.21.2008 Crash! Oct. 2, day before her 80th birthday, G. on her way to York Gallery to pick up newly framed paintings for Santa Cruz' annual Open Studio event, gets slammed into by a truck, which demolishes, totally demolishes! entire front portion of our Honda Accord. All plans for Open Studio get put aside to...