Shroomery

The thing about mushrooms is that when they appear above ground, it's just one tiny part of a vast organism that lives beneath the surface. In LA, it's rare to see a mushroom this large. Mostly because it's so dry that most of the year there's not enough moisture to get a mushroom going, but in the Fall when there has been even a little rain, the occasional hearty mushroom will bloom.

Debris

Will You Marry Me?

No more schoolteachers marrying stockbrokers in the New York Times society page this Fall. No, these are heavy hitting news producers, lawyers and doctors. One in particular made me swoon. An Oxford educated ballerina who worked in the U.S. Attorney’s office until she got married. Oh, before getting her masters in economic and social history at Oxford, she graduated with honors from Harvard and then got a law degree from Yale. And she’s beautiful. What does her husband do? Who cares?

Falling for Joan and David

When David was with Joan and Joan was with David. What year was it? 1993 I think. Freshly divorced with cash in hand, I discovered Joan and David and my first pair of expensive boots. It's been a long summer without them, but the fog and cool air bring my tattered, sewn, shoemaker friendly, resoled, multi-tapped, shoelace replaced babies out of the closet. Hello Joan and David.
Welcome Fall.