Photo Journal...the story of my life
on slideshows:

• December 2011 - Karen + Vince Forever. Raccoons, yoga at Linda's, Christmas lights at Naples Marina, Lenin on La Brea, Carson neighborhood walks, ping-pong at the Hammer, Getty Center, New Year's Eve at Maureen's. Dedicated to Karen and Vince on their 20th anniversary. If they're still together. Never met them. Saw their street art. Slideshow
• December 2011 - Women Fight Back. My backyard, my neighborhood, my possum. Lunch with the gang. "Doin' It in Public: Feminism and Art at the Woman's Building" at Otis College. Liz Gil Brauer book reading. Museum of Latin American Art.
• November 2011 - Give Peas A Chance. Downtown LA walk with Larry. Occupy LA. Cops on horseback. Broadway terrazzo.
• November 2011 - Mujeres con Huevos (Xalapa, Pt. 1). Xalapa with Mike, visiting Elissa and Xochi. "Viaje al Mictlan." Dia de los Muertos. Altars. Crazy dancers. Basket of crickets. Xallitic. Cementerio Antiguo Xalapeño. Xico.
• November 2011 - Diablitos y Glorias (Veracruz). Veracruz, quatro veces heroica. San Juan de Ulúa. El Baluarte de Santiago (old fort), Emigrantes Libaneses and other monuments, terrazzo on the sidewalk, Museo de la Ciudad, Xochi's slap watch. In their day, El Baluarte de Santiago guarded the city from the shore (now it's several blocks inland) and La Fortaleza de San Juan de Ulúa guarded it from out in the bay (now you get to it by trolley or taxi).
• November 2011 - El Hogar del Son (Xalapa, Pt. 2) Raquel fixes mojarra, fandango (Veracruz hootenanny), beautiful formal garden at University of Veracruz, tacos de pastor, trucha at Rancho Viejo, Orchard Cave, visit with Armando and Claudia, Elissa fixes tacos de jamaica (hybiscus).
• November 2011 - El Capital. Mexico City, the National Palace and Diego Rivera's "Epic of a Nation." I met my friend Laura when I walked into her travel agency in 1991 to book a trip to Mexico to see a solar eclipse. She put me in the Hotel Majestic for my first stop, and it really changed my life. When Mike and I decided to stay over in la capital on our way home, I booked a room there. I believe we got the same room, sixth floor, overlooking the Zócalo, one of the largest public squares in the world, and the center of life in Mexico City (Tenochtitlan) since 1325, when the Aztecs wandered in from the west...
• October 2011 - All Have Sinned. Plants and animals. Neighborhood walks. Heirloom tomato from farmers market. Pier del Sol. Baby Adalina. Rattlesnake sausage. Occupy Venice/Venice Post Office.
• September 2011 - Let Me Be Los Angeles. Getty Center with Eugene and kids. Venice walk with Larry and Herschel. Reading ON THE ROAD at the Hammer.
• August 2011 - Favorite Red Wine. Walk around Harbor Lake, San Pedro. Walk along the LA River, with birds, grapes, homeless encampments, dogs and cats. Lunches around town with family and friends.
• August 2011 - Another Paste in the Crowd. Grand Performances, walk in Naples (Long Beach) with Eugene, cat house occupied at last.
• July 2011 - Dont Sell Out. Fourth of July fireworks, Grand Performances, Mt. Hillyer.
• July 2011 - Have You Ever Seen a Stranger Animal? California road trip with Amani and Larry. Gaviota Rest Area (good history display), Nojoqui Falls, Elephant Seals, Highway 1, Julia Pfieffer Burns State Park, Henry Miller Memorial Library, Pacific Grove, El Cerrito, Grass Valley, American River, I-5.
• June 2011 - Snag Hazard. Hike on newly-opened trail in the Angeles National Forest, closed for more than a year and a half by the devastating station fire. Season opening of Grand Perfomances, featuring Sheetal Gandi (Human Nature) and Ian Ruskin (To Begin the World Over Again: the Life of Thomas Paine. Found Cat.
• June 2011 - Tired of Giving In. Rosa Parks Park in Long Beach, Fish Canyon with jumpers and a scrambler, Cliff, Joe, possums, Playa Del Rey Beach.
• May 2011 - I Don't Like Flowers. Flowers, cats and bamboo in the garden. Carson farmers market. Library class.
• May 2011 - Friars of the Sick and Poor. Jerry came by and trimmed my palm trees, and I made a cathouse of some of the fronds. Then I went for a walk and breakfast in Manhattan Beach with Herschel. Then I went for a walk in Long Beach, and accidentally came across the Friars of the Sick and Poor, which I've been looking for ever since I stumbled across it years ago and took some pix, but I forgot where it was. Then in the garden there was new bamboo, and cactus flowers, and cats. Then I had lunch with the gang at Em's Artist Cafe on La Cienega, where I had a fantastic alligator quesadilla (emsartistcafe.com). Then I went to Linda Vallejo's opening at Studio 50 in Highland Park (www.lindavallejo.com). Then I went to the LA County Arboretum with Camille and Geri.
• April 2011 - Who Is Bob? Family gathering in Palmdale, Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve, Exotic Feline Breeding Compound, Passover seder at Ethiopian restaurant, Dodger Game, beach walk, Hollywood visit with Megan and family.
• March 2011 - See Ya Later Dick-tator. Griffith Park hike with Larry, Maureen and Herschel, Bronson Caves, Mao's Kitchen with Sammy, Marie and Davie. Cats, cactus flowers, etc.
• March 2011 - Hear These Springs. Dinosaurs: A Different View. Lava Beds, Cynthia's Hostel (www.discovercynthias.com) with Maureen, Larry, Dan, Tom, Robb, Nancy and Steve; Ash Meadows, phainopepla, mesquite, desert mistletoe, pup fish.
• February 2011 - Colonist of the Month. Compton Creek, Los Angeles Cathedral, Laguna Canyon Winery.
• February 2011 - San Diego Zoo with cousins Barry and Pablo. Snakes, meerkats, California condors, mating polar bears, hippo with baby in pool.
• January 2011 - Michael Hittleman Gallery Opening at their new location, 8403 W. 3rd St., LA. Special guests included LA City Councilman Paul Koretz and artist Adam Berg, whose creation, SOLAR ECLIPSE, was debuted at the gallery.http://www.michaelhittlemangallery.com/Default.aspx
• January 2011 - World of Clowns. Long Beach. Murals, The Breakers, Jim Berry in the public square, World of Clowns, birds, fish, Sagely Monastery.
• January 2011 - Happy New Year. Visit from Sarina, New Year's Eve at Maureen's, New Year's hike at Nicholas Flat, Jim's new digs (The Breakers,Long Beach), garden with cats and mushrooms.

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