I drove up Venice Boulevard today, back from a doctor's appointment on the west side, no traffic, blue skies, hot dry sun, the si...

This morning, I woke up and read about Alex Truesdell, a recipient of a MacArthur Genius Award. She is described as a visionary social...

If I were French, I might call our current situation with Sophie -- the hives, the CBD, the THC, the Vimpat and the Onfi --  LA  SIT U A...

I periodically use the cue words: Mrs. Braddock's laugh.  That iconic scene from The Graduate includes the most maniacal, fabulous la...

I posted the above photo, innocuous enough, and told my Instagram followers that if such things turned them on, they should come over he...

I'm waiting in my bedroom. There's a man from Armenia in my kitchen, crouched down by my dishwasher. He's waiting for the Q...

Le Silence , 1900 Odilon Redon to J. I first saw the Symbolist painter Odilon Redon's work  Le Silence at a museum somew...

My mother and father with me at UNC Parents' Weekend September 23, 1982 33 YEARS AGO!!!! I have always had "good skin,...

* I kind of winced around all day because of my previous post where I used the f word and waxed righteous about a woman's right ...

It's the day after International Peace Day, so let's rant. I get at least three emails every single morning from various marke...

This morning I read the New York Times article about the Afghani military practice of raping boys and young men, even at military bases...

Silk floss tree is blooming It's hot. I'm not.

I saw a pigeon dying in the middle of the turn lane on La Brea this afternoon. I sat at a red light and watched its wings flapping, its ...