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Mi casa es tu casa
Mi casa es tu casa
Eh, not so big.
Note: For varying reasons, my husband, grandson, and I took a cross-country road trip June 25 to June 29, 2020. I’m belatedly publishing my journal entries.
June 29: Every year when we journey to Michigan, there is always that thrilling moment when we first see the Lake. Usually, we get it driving up from the south: topping a hill we see a dark blue horizon, almost…
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Singing sad sad songs
Singing sad sad songs
One silver lining of Covid-19: cheap gas in Minnesota
Note: For varying reasons, my husband, grandson, and I took a cross-country road trip June 25 to June 29, 2020. I’m belatedly publishing my journal entries.
June 28: Our last night on the road, we stopped in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. On our way to the hotel, we picked up a pizza from a lakeside restaurant. For a moment, I had a fantasy of…
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Let it snow
Snow Shine
Note: For varying reasons, my husband, grandson, and I took a cross-country road trip June 25 to June 29, 2020. I’m belatedly publishing my journal entries.
June 27: My grandson, Shine, turned 9 shortly before he joined us for the summer. Born and bred in Miami, he has been exposed to a lot: art, Caribbean and Latin culture, hip-hop, cutting-edge cuisine, the beach. But our five-day,…
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Yellowstone at half mast
Yellowstone at half mast
Sign at entrance to Grand Teton National Park
Note: My husband, grandson, and I took a cross-country road trip June 25 to June 29, 2020. I’m belatedly publishing my journal entries.
June 26: There are signs of the coronavirus everywhere. Store mascots and yard animals wear masks. A notice at the entrance to Grand Teton National Park shows antelopes social distancing. In Las Vegas a masked…
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Welcome to the Pandemic Road Trip
Welcome to the Pandemic Road Trip
Note: My husband, grandson, and I took a cross-country road trip June 25 to June 29, 2020. I’m belatedly publishing my journal entries.
June 25: I know, we’re crazy: We are driving cross country during the worst pandemic of the century. (“Worst pandemic of the century so far,” Homer Simpson whispers in my ear.) It’s our annual road trip, from our home in Los Angeles to our cabin in Michigan,…
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This is not a pep rally
This is not a pep rally
A protester in San Pedro June 6
On Saturday, June 6, San Pedro, California, had its first large gathering in response to the protests that have swept the world since the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer. There had been smaller protests, in front of the San Pedro police station and city hall, but this morning event was the first to draw several hundred people, in a march…
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Anthems and change: A Turn It Up! IG Live event with Shana Redmond Join UCLA Professor Shana Redmond and I in conversation June 9 about the soundtracks of social change, from "We Shall Overcome" to "Fight the Power" to "U.N.I.T.Y." to "Alright." A Turn It Up! Tuesday Instagram Live eventa!
Solidarity on the streets of San Pedro
Solidarity on the streets of San Pedro
People protest peacefully in front of San Pedro police station June 2, 2020.
There were silver Priuses and white SUVs. A fire truck, two garbage trucks, public works trucks, an ice cream truck, a city bus, and several semis honked their horns as they drove by. One rig’s blast sounded like a train whistle, long and loud — that got our adrenaline going. Lots of men in pickup trucks honked or raised…
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No Mercy
USS Mercy leaves Port of LA
We watched her sail in and we watched her sail out. The USS Mercy Hospital Ship left Los Angeles today after almost seven weeks. I’m glad she was here, and I’m even happier to see that she is no longer needed.
When the Navy ship arrived March 24, California was in early pandemic panic. Five days earlier Governor Newsom had predicted25 million Covid-19 cases in the…
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In my element
Tomorrow I get to return to the place where I am literally in my element: the ocean. Los Angeles County beaches reopen for activities in the morning; I am grateful to the state, county and city for letting us see the light of day. I sincerely hope we don’t blow it; I’ll be social distancing and wearing my mask — when I’m not in/on the water, that is. I’ve been imagining tomorrow’s schedule for…
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Let us exercise our right to exercise
Let us exercise our right to exercise
The Argonaut, a weekly newspaper serving the west side of Los Angeles, asked to republish my Blue Wave blog post calling for open spaces to be, well, open. I updated and expanded itfor them. Since press time, Los Angeles announced it would reopen most trails today (Saturday), and beaches might reopen mid-week — with most of the precautions and restrictions I suggest. Here in San Pedro though,…
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Have your cake and eat greens too with Colossus Bread delivery A couple weeks ago, I wrote about supporting small businesses and farms by shopping locally and via Farm Fresh to You delivery.
Blue Wave
Photo by Sue Maralit
I have been on a wild goose chase. Literally. I worked for the Youth Conservation Corps in Wisconsin in the summer of 1984, and our job one day was to walk through the wetlands chasing Canadian geese. We started at one corner of a swamp, about a dozen feet apart – socially distancing decades before that was a thing. At the opposite corner was a net. It was molting season so…
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Post-Lockdown To Do List
Post-Lockdown To Do List
When I get outta here, here are the first things I’m going to do:
1. Swim.
2. Kayak.
3. Walk to the end of the fishing pier at Cabrillo Beach .
4. Paddleboard.
5. Eat out at a different restaurant every night for a week and tip 40 percent.
J. Trani’s
Rex’s
Senfuku
Musso and Frank Grill
Maria’s
22nd Street Landing
Dominique’s Kitchen
6. See a movie or five.
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The Milkman of Human Kindness
When I was a kid, the milkman of human kindness came to our house every week. We had a metal box outside our front door and once a week, in the morning, it would be magically filled with milk — even, sometimes, with chocolate milk. I know, this sounds too good to be true, but it was the 1970s, and I did grow up in Wisconsin.
And now, thanks to the pandemic, I am once again having milk delivered…
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"Black & Blue" Revisited
“Black & Blue” Revisited
Upon the reissue of the Rolling Stones’ album Black and Blue, Edward Helmore of The Guardian interviewed me about the controversial ad campaign for the album. As I told him, it was an ad that backfired at the time and hasn’t aged well. Oh bondage, up yours!
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The imbalance of nature
The animals are taking over the beach, and they are hungry. With humans now banned from the spaces their tax dollars fund, critters are free to roam. Giant flocks of grebes and terns have made the inner and outer waters of Cabrillo their home, holding cacophonous mating gatherings — yes, orgies — day after day. Skunks roam the beach and hills brazenly, toddling across the sands. A fox trotted…
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