Let’s plunge into the world of imagination. Everything in ComicCon comes from people sitting and dreaming about what could be: spaceships, talking kittens, killer robots, zombies, ten-story gorillas, warlocks, battle pigs, fairies. Entering this world as Ellie and Joel, my…
There is nothing like sleeping out in the wilderness after a day on foot and dinner by the fire. Child Harbat and I went camping recently and she’s now an official Camper. What is like hiking and camping in the…
According to the calendar, it is fall. According to store displays, it’s just about Christmas. According to what people are wearing, it’s still the middle of summer, at least here in San Diego. Global climate change deniers, sorry, but it…
Periodically you have to shut off the glowing screens, break out from your patterns of eating, sleeping, working, cleaning, and remember the things that matter. For the last few days we’ve been lucky to have family from Portugal in town. …
Consider this, a sidewalk poured in 1927 on a small side street in San Diego: It runs up a steep hill and overlooks the harbor. Before Interstate 5 was built and the airport took such a chunk out of downtown…
In one week I’ve had two ridiculous injuries. First came the pulled groin muscle which I got from trying to climb over a baby gate while holding a glass of wine in each hand. Then I managed to pull a…
San Diego is truly a place on the border and not just because of Mexico. Go out into the ocean a few miles and you can drop into deep trenches that bring cold water, whales, and deep sea creatures. This…
When it comes to any kind of weather, San Diego drivers are a bunch of morons. Take today’s rain event. In most places it would just be raining, here it gets a logo on the news and is an Event. …
I’ve the great fortune of working a few blocks from the harbor. My new office puts me just a few blocks from the water and with a downtown airport, a Navy fleet, shipping traffic, train depot, highway, and pleasure craft,…
Sometimes it can be surreal living in Southern California. You can be wearing a t-shirt outside then hop in the car, drive 35 minutes, and end up in a winter wonderland. The massive boulder piles east of San Diego are…
