Ravenswork Studios, Venice, CA

Ravenswork Studios, Venice, CA

Ten years ago this week, I closed the Ravenswork Studios facility in Venice, CA. We supplied sound services for thousands of TV and radio commercials, documentaries, and films, creating and pushing sounds together into something meaningful. I’d been trying to shore up...
The Waitress’s Eyes

The Waitress’s Eyes

Donna’s eyes through a kaleidoscope, The Hamburger Bahnhof Museum, Berlin, Germany  We ventured out to one of our favorite lunch spots. The restaurant removed half the tables and spread customers about in alternating booths. We sat down and looked at the...
Juggling the Heat

Juggling the Heat

Highway 1, Central California Coast All-day long, I pulled hot plastic parts out of a plastic injection molder. It was a crazy machine with a plastic feeder, about nine different heating and cooling temperatures, and a mold that popped out a part every 30 or 40...
Claude and the Fawn

Claude and the Fawn

Nepenthe, Big Sur, California When I was a child, I saw a black and white photo of my grandfather, Claude Redenbaugh, on his ranch in Wyoming. He was walking away from the camera, holding a bucket with a big red nipple that looked like a cow’s utter. They used it to...