A minimalist archive, moments in time.
Christmas at the house in Truckee, with the tree up in the corner under the beams and the dog in a red bandana, tolerating it. Snow had piled deep enough on…
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Jazz night under the Truckee Hotel tonight. A small combo — grand piano, upright bass, drums, trombone — with a singer in a black dress at an old-style…
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Out after dark for an evening walk through the holiday lights, and Rue des Orfèvres has gone completely over the top this year. Every shopfront is buried in…
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A November weekend on the coast, a long haul over from Truckee for it, and Mendocino turns out to be a town you can walk end to end before lunch. The MacCallum…
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Drove down from Truckee for a walk along the east shore, and the lake was as flat as I've seen it. No wind at all — the far side sat in haze and the water…
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Up above Donner Summit again, and it still doesn't look like November. The runs at Sugar Bowl are bare brown grass, Lake Mary is wide open, and the only snow…
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Two halves to this one. First, SDSU football at Snapdragon Stadium — the three of us in the stands while the Aztecs lined up against Colorado State, black and…
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Drove all the way down from Truckee for a day hiking among the redwood trees in Santa Cruz County. Started at the visitor center on the Redwood Grove Loop…
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The Embarcadero runs along the east side of San Diego Bay — the name is Spanish for "boarding place," which fits, since the whole stretch is Port of San Diego…
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North almost to the Oregon line this time, up into Siskiyou County for a hike on Mount Shasta. Everitt Memorial Highway climbs twelve miles out of town past…
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