by beachraven | Jan 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
Bright stabs of sun filter through the fig tree, the plants glow with every shade of green while a blue-sky circling buzzard looks for dinner. It all feels so alive. There’s gotta be a story here. And a gardener is clipping and raking, as scents of fresh earth...
by beachraven | Jan 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
In the ‘70s, I lived with three roommates in a rental house in a Denver suburb. We set up the communal stereo on a shelf supported by cinderblocks in the living room, and it became the heart of the home. My crazy graveyard-shift job gave me time alone in the house...
by beachraven | Jan 8, 2022 | Uncategorized
Monterey Bay, Pacific Grove, California That’s the second time today I turned my head and caught someone staring at me or turning away. It happens the other way too. I’ll look at someone, maybe they remind me of somebody or have an attractive quality, and...
by beachraven | Jan 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
El Carmelo Cemetery, Pacific Grove, California I had a New Year’s Day missive written and ready to go about a shiny wetness that covered the outside world from the night’s rain, a chill-filled house, and a kind of relief that hung with me. It...
by beachraven | Dec 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
Toyon Berries, California Native I’m not really qualified to write about the holiday season, having been a Scrooge most of my adult life. However, I do like getting together with family and friends, and of course, who doesn’t enjoy colored lights....
by beachraven | Dec 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
Monterey Bay, Monterey California It was in the forties this morning when I pushed my bike into the street. As I dropped down the hill towards town and built speed, the wind cut through my jacket like ice. The wharf was abandoned save for a vendor setting up to...
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