Continue Reading Science through the lens of art This spring, first Ohio’s and now Tennessee’s Governor signed laws that designate methane gas as “green” or “clean” energy. The legislation is…
Continue Reading L.A. Arboretum There is a size and intensity to many things California that I am only slowly comprehending from a distance. L.A. County itself…
Continue Reading Back Home When you have been gone for two months the re-entry into everyday life is both wonderful and overwhelming. Being home feels like…
Continue Reading L.A. Contrasts I’ve been told a thousand times over that the word love should be reserved for living beings, and inanimate objects should be…
Continue Reading Glimpses of Highland Park, L.A. Just a short walk, if you want to join, another one to bring home the immense variety of what L.A. has to…
Continue Reading Serendipitous Superbloom Walk with me during this spring that has had enough rain to bring forth an abundance of wildflowers. You’ve probably seen…
Continue Reading Art on the Road: Come for the Murals. Stay for the Mothers. I BET THE BANK that not a lot of L.A. tourists make it out to Pacoima in the San Fernando Valley, one…
Continue Reading Art on the Road: Dawoud Bey & Carrie Mae Weems at the Getty. Today’s musings are dedicated to my friend Henk Pander who died last Friday. Our last phone call, two days before his death,…
Continue Reading Altadena, CA Hikes. Since it’s been a while, we’ll do two hikes instead of one today. Walk with me, if you are willing to brave…
Continue Reading Hordes of Hares This year Passover and Easter align again, bad timing for those of us who celebrate the former but like the easter eggs…
