...fall asleep at the appointed hour, in good spirits, having almost finished your crossword puzzle, OR at the very same appointed hour, hea...

The Wet Spring That Was is also occurring in Idaho. My dad called to say, a few hours ago, that a severe weather watch was in effect in east...

I can't remember if I ever wrote about how, when we tried to go to the Watts Towers a year and a half ago, we drove around Watts with o...

Here, it is hot during the day, as one might expect. At night, it cools down. Here, in this house high on a hill, just north of Joshua Tree ...

At Rockn Fish , in Manhattan Beach. We are sitting on the patio; the historian has his back to the door, which means I am in precisely the s...

Today, after we got up, ate breakfast, returned to our room with every intention of going down to the beach to contemplate the vastness of t...

At Mangiamo's, after a long day of driving: Server: ...and another appetizer special, sweet potato gnocchi, in a sage butter sauce, wi...

Sunday, Mother's Day, we had a big gaggle of family over for a barbeque in the rain. To prepare for this, we mowed the backyard and did ...

Dear The Vegetarian Option, Because there was no fish option, which is what I usually opt for at the occasional institutional dinner event, ...

At the Tastee Treet, Home of the Space Burger, at the south end of Pocatello, ID: Guy at the counter : Will this be to stay or to ...

Condiment says: Please file a report on your bookmaking class, please, and show examples, if copyright allows. In lieu of a full report of ...

It's been a banner weekend at the movies around these parts. With my aunt and cousin and son, I saw Source Code , on the one hand one of...

I got up at 6:30 to be at the Publication Center at 7:30 so some students could work on their stuff, and print, and bind. I was in the room ...

: a little sickness that comes with the more light, a little sleepy at five o'clock, a little worry that a crash might be coming upon th...

1. Finding a five-dollar bill in the pocket of a coat I haven't worn since last fall. 2. Discovering that the crazy leopard print canvas...

I am thinking rather obsessively of vegetables, Los Angeles, Idaho, northern California and my oldest darling friend, the desert, music, mov...

Dear Hightouchmegastore, Have I neglected you of late? I believe that I have, and I want you to know I'm aware of this fact, and it gnaw...

The historian is proofreading a manuscript. The historian: Don't ever do anything that requires footnotes. Me: I won't. As God is ...