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Apr

4

2012

Mendo Folks

Author: Russell

: Plum blossoms in the garden. This tree will have some juicy fruit soon!

: A trillium flower. They were blooming all around

: Al found this on a trail near the lower pond

Wandered up to Mendocino last month and snapped some pics between rainstorms. The fairy slippers were a nice treat. Got to use my Mucks for the first time. They came in real handy when I had to dig a hole down to some busted pvc piping. And they were also great when the woofer and I dug some tree trunks out of the garden. The blisters on my hands have finally healed. (more…)

Tags: nature, photos
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Sep

19

2010

My Summer Vacation(s) : Pics

Author: Russell

: Tiffany had a great idea: wander over to Twin Falls, SC. Thing was, she didn't really know where they were! No worries, we got directions and had a great visit at a sweet nature spot.

: Stencil hunting by the Asheville train tracks means getting eaten alive by mosquitos... esp. when Kathleen and I get stuck waiting for a train to pass.

: Stencil guru Jef Aerosol wandered through SF on a family holiday and stopped by to finally get a hug from your humble narrator. He also got up on CELLspace while briefly saying howdy.

: While Southeast, I happened to come across a strange gathering of alien lifeforms known as Phish heads. Some SC folks got 3rd row seats the day of the show! I got stubbed down and shot pics of the boys (Mike Gordon in this'n).

: Steven, Jessica, and Russell take a lunch break across from our theater (that's the LA Disney Hall behind us... the REDCAT is in the basement of that UFO).

: Christine Marie poses in front of a large pair of stereoscopic glasses, which she drove by and had to check out (LA, CA)

: Borrowed Rachel's amazing bike in Chicago, IL to scoot down to the site of the Haymarket Square Riot. Was stencil hunting too of course!

: 420 meets the Blue Ridge in this high-larious graff cartoon (Asheville, NC :: while stencil hunting)

Tags: Creations, LA, nature, photos, stencils
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Feb

14

2010

China Camp Pics

Author: Russell

Tags: Creations, nature, photos
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Aug

24

2009

Yes, Mr. Pynchon, “the beach” indeed!

Author: Russell

Steeped in Metaphor

I like the hearse on the new book jacket for Thomas Pynchon’s new novel Inherent Vice. It’s a surf bum hearse, with painted pictures on top of the paint job. I have a hearse on my book shelf, reminding me of my father. Getting ready to start a new fiction story gets me excited for the new metaphors within the pages. The first line of the book, perhaps Pynchon’s set-up for a good joke, is the quote “Under the paving-stones, the beach! - Graffito, Paris, May 1968″ If that’s the beginning of the gag, then I’m already in on it!

I just watched a movie where an unwitting hero battles a well-armed military-focused corporation in the slums of South Africa. This guy’s a dupe for the corporation, which is power-hungry for using their conventional technology and hopefully getting more from the aliens. The government barely exists in Johannesburg, and Nigerian thugs make seem to control District 9. They make a living doing a brisk trade with cat food.
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Tags: distractions, nature, politics
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Jun

20

2009