On My Cloud, Baby

The clouds around these parts were really wild tonight.I went out in back and took these after a sudden and intense downpour of hail. All this after an 80-degree day here on the coast. That' s a heat wave in this town. Did anyone else notice interesting clouds or weather?

Say It With Dead Flowers

6/27/07
Golden Gate Park
Photo: J.R.



"Dead Flowers" The Rolling Stones/Live in Amsterdam 1995



The fact that I've visited some morbid themes recently has not escaped me.
Maybe it's the whole almost-a-half-century-thing. Whatever.

Off to San Francisco for a few days tomorrow, and seeing my dearest Gem. She lives near Seattle, and we get together yearly. If we're lucky.

This year marks 30 years we've been best friends. We met on a gondola at
Squaw Valley, Lake Tahoe. Which is, coincidentally, involved in a
massive wildfire right this minute. (Tahoe, not Squaw Valley.)
Gem and I were young ski lift operators together, back in the proverbial
"day". We've shared countless wild adventures.

We're (much) older now, and (somewhat) wiser. The adventures continue, despite those changes. Thank goodness.


The change will do me good. Like many, I am so fed up and angry about this fucking government that it borders on complete irrationality. The latest Cheney bombshell only made me crazier. Angst overload.

Break time!