Give Ten Dollars, Fund a Library. And Maybe Get a Fabulous Prize.

It’s that time again, we’re opening our fourth annual fundraiser for Passports with Purpose. This year we’re supporting the literacy program Room to Read — I’ve written about why I like this cause here, but that’s not what I want to tell you about now. Right now, I want to tell you that I have …


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No Longer Waiting

I used to have a line in my bio that said I was “waiting for Conde Nast to call.” Well, that has happened, in a few different ways over the past few years, though please don’t think I was just sitting at home wishing, I actually did some things that caused it to happen. Anyway, …


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Thank You.

I have two or three opinions about what one ought or ought not to do with a blog, you might have noticed. And the reason I’ve got to be so opinionated about this kind of stuff is that really, without this blog, well, I’d have a different life. This year, blogging sent me to crunch …


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Pahala Slideshow

Slideshow misbehaving? Here’s the static photo page. And I may have got some names spelled wrong; I welcome corrections, I’m happy to make it right.

The Kid with the Tattoo

The kid is a live wire. He’s jittery, his presence makes me nervous, afraid, almost. From where I sit I can see him staring at himself in the wardrobe mirror with great intensity. It’s not right, it’s not just vanity, it’s something scarier. Meth, I think, or blows to the head. There’s an electricity coming …


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A Side: In My Life

In My Life, with many thanks to Joel Katz of Seaside Recording.