by beachraven | Jun 28, 2019
San Jacinto Wilderness, California I’ve been writing my weekly missive for a year. I named them missives because I didn’t want to take the time to write a long blog that no one would read––much better to be ignored with less work. My intent was to share some of the...
by beachraven | Jun 14, 2019
Del Monte Forest, Monterey, California I was walking on a path through the Del Monte forest when a crow flew over and landed in a pine tree, screaming intently like it was sounding an alarm. Immediately, it was joined by many others, a murder, all yelling at something...
by beachraven | Jun 8, 2019
Municipal Pier Monterey, California It was a bright mid-tempo rock song, and everyone wanted to get it right. We were taking much longer than we should to get the drum sounds, but working hard felt good and the song was worth it. “Let’s try the thick...
by beachraven | Jun 1, 2019
Banyan tree, Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii They look like tattoos. The tree’s over a hundred years old, and the writing is in many different languages and congee symbols. The stories they tell are old and new and dark with hope and wishes of love, and another time, another...
by beachraven | May 25, 2019
Scully 280B 8-Track Tape Machine Early in my career, I worked with a Scully 280B 8 track tape machine. It was a workhorse with a great sound and a transport like a rocket, but it lacked basic things like a tape counter. It wasn’t a problem though. After a time, I...
