© 2011 Jess Smith. All rights reserved.
In honor of yesterday’s brief and unbecoming snowfall (which, granted, has already melted away), it recalled a scene in Branford’s Youngs Pond Park and Mother Nature’s winter trickery: the day it fell cold once again after several successive, and convincing, … Continue reading
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Chris and I passed through Bombay Beach on our way to visit family camping on the east side of the Salton Sea. We only had about twenty minutes to spend due to a considerate gesture gone awry. The quiet, downtrodden … Continue reading
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Funny that the irony in the name Garbage Beach, one of a handful of pristine seashores at Sunset Cliffs, is that there is none. Once upon a time the upper canyons housed a landfill, much of which I’m told washed … Continue reading
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Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcala is the first of the 21-mission system that made its way up and along the Californian coast. The expedition of Franciscan Friars on the Baja mission was led by Father Junipero Serra (a face … Continue reading
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When you think of accountants drab thoughts of ho-hum and too many numbers might come to mind. Mr. March, or should I say the Misters of March, not only completely decry my previous statement, but have a phantasmagorical sense of … Continue reading