Life as a Fiction

Musings, come-ons, gags and stories. I mix business with pleasure and invite you to blur the boundaries with me.

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Dear Kitten. #deardiary #catsofinstagram #selkirkkitten #gato #catstagram #papaandblue #catlife (at San Francisco, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/COwrAtOh6Ex/?igshid=l36bxnpt2j5q

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It's the Beastie Boys! #catfight #sundaysofa #selkirkrex #selkirkkitten #kittens #adventurecat #papaandblue https://www.instagram.com/reel/CNQCjqFBZAD/?igshid=qjpl3dvofzh0

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The sun was setting, the moon rising, Michele was musing: "I am the story I wanted you to read to me. I am the words you said you didn't understand swirling on my tongue and given to those who drew them out beyond my lips and onto their own. I am the poem that wrote me onto that mountain with all of its facets of who we were and who we are to become. I am the sound in the wind whispering yes to myself." by michele turner (at Mount Tamalpais State Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNd1XSPBxnU/?igshid=1wd2w13wjfb2p

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We come the mountain for perspective and to hear our ancestors past and future more clearly. I always hear my mother, and she always makes me laugh. From "My Mom Said" archives: Mom: You know what I'm thinking? I'm thinking it's time we spent some time together. Me: Yes, I know that's what you're thinking about. Mom: So I want you to think about it too. [It's all I think about] Still 💕❤️💕💔💕 #momsaid #mttamalpais #gethighonmountains #heistyourlife (at Mount Tamalpais State Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNdzRyIhps0/?igshid=1jnljx5s1b7o6

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I was Asian. No one told me. No one knew. But you did. #stopasianhate #aapi #womensupportingwomen (at San Francisco, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMnyC3ohWko/?igshid=1r6000iwwtu7g

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Papa was a rolling stone #selkirkrexkitten #theclarkkentofkittycats #papacat #selkirkrex #catsofinstagram #bohokitty #adventurecat #dearrcat #weeklyfluff (at San Francisco, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMgJKj-h7EL/?igshid=1wtlu5mldmnuy

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Life in the big stinking city not so bad when you imagine away the concrete jungle. It wasn't so long ago bears walked freely. Stretch your eyes and mind on the horizon, wherever it's made, out your window or in the poetry of life. #heistyourlife #fnnch #graffitiartist #sf (at Nob Hill) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLUwUrNBd59/?igshid=1v9mgktgrseib

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That kind of day, then and now and now and again. The kitchen, the convent, the apartment in Big Sur. #merkin9to5 #heistyourlife #pennyhike (Michele is in the air ...) #loveisintheair (at Big Sur, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLAAqAyhyYl/?igshid=1ewfnr6s4fjbz

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When it ends in a fit of glory, a good long rest is likely. Reasons to believe. #heistyourlife #weddingbellblues #theyearningsky #sunsets https://www.instagram.com/p/CLAAD9cBNyq/?igshid=m9hgxrqvwtyf

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There are no unsacred places; there are only sacred places and desecrated places. Wendell Berry #naturewalks #naturewakswithmymom #earthquakehike #bearvalley #pointreyes #california #sanandreasfault #wendellberry https://www.instagram.com/p/CJlwvdfByrt/?igshid=1ik3jse78v8ym

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The master said You must write what you see. But what I see does not move me. The master answered Change what you see. Louise Glück, Vita Nova (Salon at Margaret's with @brettmakesart and @katie.gong in Dec 2020, a last hurrah though we didn't know it. There are those who practice the art of living - and those living life as a fiction. It's a fine line dance we do.) (at Sir and Star at The Olema) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJkdjR_hwTY/?igshid=152t2p9l37twz

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In Sedona she laughed at my waking sticks. I huffed like Sasquatch to Devil's Bridge. The rainbow helped. She's boundless now. She clapped as we saddled up next to the Katchina in Boyton Canyon. No need to explain Vortex to her, as she sailed on and off clouds and frequencies of the flutes and the mountains. In the Dry Creek she shared the place where we birthed and died together. Her soft rippled belly, and I, her heart, resting there forever: reassembled stones and clay #sedona #sedonavortex #katchina #boytoncanyon #naturewalks #heistyourlife https://www.instagram.com/p/CJkRbb3hrkH/?igshid=viuy1lh054ly

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Nature walks with my mom are easier now that she's passed: how rain animates soil, and the arborous white the rest of us: she tears up the forest floor singing "Let them in" "Do me a favor, open the door, and let them in" #wings #forestbaths #naturewalks #californiahikes #heistyouroldlife #invernesscalifornia (at Point Reyes National Seashore) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJkIUtsBa2L/?igshid=jz5syxur5ahb

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You know that muse, that rabbit hole of life and death, the way it stares back at you in flowers and art and dreams. The altar for our ancestors on their birthday, and their death day open hearts and suddenly everyone wants in on it: flowers, crystals, they all want in. This photo of Titika with baby Elaine, mother and child reunited in death now. #museedorsay #robertoclemente @juliebellartist (rabbit) @johnjamesdesigns All remind us of our capacity for wonder. #heistyourlife (at San Francisco, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFyMvKoheeK/?igshid=17g449qch0fxa

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All I ever wanted was to tell stories about you #savetheredwoods #rip #embraceuncertainty #lifeasafiction #heistyourlife #endwell #californiadream #karma #couldhavebeenagrandma #animalspiritguides #treesofinstagram (at Samuel P. Taylor State Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFfSo0bhfQX/?igshid=1jnzu8ko5ulbu

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"the American West is now living through a grim version of the future, in which global warming exacts a rising toll on daily life" NYT San Francisco and it's missing icons, Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz blotted out. Brave souls like our friend Sarah is a volunteer firefighter in Big Sur. There are people risking their lives for our way of life, which is about to change forever. #climatechange #californiafires #sanfrancisco #sfist #sf #fortmason #goldengatebridge #alcatraz #nytimes (at Fort Mason Marina) https://www.instagram.com/p/CE-qC01h--r/?igshid=48wbzmw4u8j1

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"Hush little baby, don't say a word, mama's gonna buy you a mockingbird" Walks in the city with my mom we're my first lessons in nature. How many birds did we bury, and sing to as they journeyed back to heaven? It's all good practice. (On this medicine walk, I find a gold crown, and then Three baby finches in their final sleep, within inches of their fallen nest. Their wee precious lives stacked against the thousands dying now and into tomorrows ... ) #GervasioGallardo #surrealistart #finches #finchesofinstagram #babybird #birdnest #naturewalk (at San Francisco, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDptTxpBsGc/?igshid=ibr5ijqm4x0z