So Dark, So Soon

So Dark, So Soon

Why is so dark at 5pm? Okay,  we know that daylight-savings time is done for 2022. On a recent Sunday, I was having a great dim sum dinner just under the Ghirardelli sign. As we strolled afterwards, I paused and took a look back @ Pier 45 where I collect all that...
Fall is on

Fall is on

I know the fall equinox has past but I wanted to go back to the summer solstice for this. This photo was taken back in June and I have been saving this story since then. Each week I make the run to SF for  oysters at more or less the same time. I notice the arc of the...
Truckin’….The Prequel

Truckin’….The Prequel

The bus came by and I got on. That’s when it all began. Before I was trucking for real (to interrupt that on-going series here)  I began the journey during my first year at university. It has been long strange trip for sure. This was taken at our duplex having...
Truckin… Day 2

Truckin… Day 2

The first days are the hardest days, don’t you worry anymore.  You may recall from last time that I moved to California with everything I owned in the back of my 1950 Chevy pickup.  This was the very next day and my first full day as a California resident. Today...
The journey here

The journey here

This photo was taken during my move to California in 1977. I got here as fast as I could.  It occurred to me yesterday that I’ve had a truck all my adult life, save a few years.  I thought of this as I filled and emptied three full loads from my 1975 Chevy truck...