Monthly Archives: June 2025

I change the furniture in my room. I lash out on a very expensive leather sofa or love seat as they say around here. I throw the old love seat out on the sidewalk. I phone 311. It is a … Continue reading →

I camp for 3 days at Gold Lake. The lake is way up in the Sierras at 6,500 ft, just under the Sierra Butte mountains. The scenery, both on the drive up there and at the lake itself, is so … Continue reading →

After weeks of glorious sunny weather, Summer has come to San Francisco. It is cold, windy, foggy. I like it. It is mysterious, I hear foghorns in bed at night. It is Tuesday, I have to pick up an octopus. … Continue reading →

In my bulkiest days in Okinawa, I weighed 126 kilos. Today I weigh 90 kilos! I have lost 36 kilos, which is apparently the weight of a baby rhino at birth. The upshot is my trousers are all too big … Continue reading →