I went to Lake Del Valle with Pam on Saturday… there’s nothing like lake swimming.
The area was not what I’m accustomed to in the East. Grass here grows naturally in the winter, for 2 months, then dries to a crisp for the rest of the year. This huge man-made lake (its actually a reservoir that provides water […]

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I’m at O’Hare in Chicago, flying back home to California. My friend Jason has very generously let me leave my van in his garage for 2 weeks until I return for the Port Clinton show.
The flight I’m on is packed… this is now the norm. I’ve asked for special permission to travel with the baggage. […]

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I wish I had my digital camera, so I could throw up some pictures when I have nothing to say… like now…
Ok, one little thing… I went to the Chicago Westfest music festival last night with my friend Neil. The headliner was a band called the Redwalls who I thought were brilliant (they sound much […]

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Driving back to the Bay Area from Seattle today brought back memories of an amazing hitchhiking trip that I took down the coast, from Seattle to San Diego, many years ago with my friend Gerry. Two guys hitchhiking is a recipe for not getting a lift, so we had to devise ways around this. One […]

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I got back home this morning… drove all day and night from Denver, with Pam sharing the driving… Now I have today and part of tomorrow to do everything I can’t do on the road.
I fly to Des Moines tomorrow at midnight (with an armful of artwork) to get my van and drive to Chicago for the […]

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I hit the wall today (Whaaa, whaaa, whaaa). I’ve been overdoing it… Fri night I went to Rock Bottom Restaurant and Brewery (a rooftop bar with great views) with my friends Neil and Jason and went to sleep at 1:30, having to wake up at 3:30am. I slept the 2 hours in my van, then […]

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The Chicago Blues Festival is the city’s largest music festival, and is of course an appropriate festival for the City of Blues. Chicago became a mecca for blues after musicians from the Mississippi delta migrated there generations ago looking for a better life.
I went there this evening with my friends. What a stunning setting!! The […]

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I’m in Ann Arbor tonight, off to Chicago tomorrow for the 57th Street show. I had almost forgotten what humidity was…
I don’t often get to see my old friends from TC’s Speakeasy, the old, crusty bar in that old, crusty town, Ypsilanti, MI, …  but I’ll be hanging out with them tonight.
Alleys & Fire Escapes, […]

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This is one of the two shots from my adrenalin-fueled shoot in a Compton alley two months ago. The other shot will be ready someday before the end of time. (Hopefully sooner, because its also a good shot)
This was the second of the two that night and was done with the help of Jorge, a […]

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Last weekend while in Indianapolis, I stayed with one of my best friends, Steve, who I grew up with. He’s a professor of Spanish Literature at Indiana University in Bloomington. His dissertation was on Medieval Spanish Literature; he’s a recognized expert on Cervantes and on mythology in literature. He’s a published author - his recent book is […]

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