We're getting rain here in Los Angeles -- buckets and buckets of rain -- and the most beautiful winter sunsets. That picture above wa...

La Brea Blvd. Los Angeles I have been revising my "book" in the main library in Santa Monica. I wander past the main desk and...

at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles I wasn't going to say anything until it was a done deal, but it's a done deal for the most ...

I took Oliver and Sophie to the beach in the late afternoon yesterday so that we could walk for a bit, eat dinner at our favorite beachs...

Oliver and I went for a very long walk today in Santa Monica. It was a blustery day and incredibly beautiful. He actually skateboarded wh...

Summer Song William Carlos Williams ,  1883  -  1963 Wanderer moon smiling a faintly ironical smile at this brilliant,...

I hate to sully the pages of the blog with the photo above, but it struck me today that it's the perfect adornment for the mind crea...

I actually rode my bike with Henry and D from Venice Beach to Santa Monica this afternoon. It was completely overcast when we started, as th...

Today on my walk I listened to the writer David Gilbert talk to Terri Gross of Fresh Air, and at some point he answered a question abou...

I know it's freezing in much of the country, but here in southern California, it's decidedly spring, cloudy in the morning and c...

This has been one hell of a weekend so far, what with Oliver acting in OLIVER! , Henry getting into the high school that he wanted, baseba...

 Thank God I live out here, because when I have the blues, like I had today, there's nothing to do but take a quick ride to the beach ...