I was just in Bakersfield visiting relatives and I realized that there is something about Santa Cruz that I may have taken for granted but just grew to appreciate more once I had returned...air.  Yes, there's air down there, too, but it's filled with smog, and is hot, humid, and gets into your lungs, and nowhere near an ocean to blow it all away.

This is a

Recipe for Happiness Khaborovsk or Anyplace
by Lawrence Ferlinghetti:

One grand boulevard with trees
with one grand cafe in sun
with strong black coffee in very small cups.

One not necessarily very beautiful
man or woman who loves you.

One fine

Hi,has anyone been fishing up at loch lomand? just wondering.

have a good week peeps!

 

 

 

Rabbitt stew coats fodder etc...hehehe hmm did they eat all them? naw there were a few left when land-ho was finnally well they unloaded from that ark fast!

goodnight everyone 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

have a

Okay, I've been in oncology nursing for 5 years, maybe more, as my rotation focus in nursing school was oncology. myself and two coworkers have decided to become OCN certified, thus advancing our practice.

I'm beginning my study with Comfort of the Cancer pain, sub-catagory is Pain. I have looked all over (books, the web, palm resources)  for a definition

Several centuries ago, the Pope decreed that all the Jews had to convert to Catholicism or leave Italy. There was a huge outcry from the Jewish community, so the Pope offered a deal. He would have a religious debate with the leader of the Jewish community. If the Jews won, they could stay in Italy; if the Pope won, they would have to convert or leave. The

At 7:30 this morning, I walked in to Coffeetopia on Mission Street for my daily cup o' joe. When I got to the counter, the big urn had just run out. "Just a minute" said my favorite barrista, deftly popping on a fresh batch in it's stainless steel container on the hot plate.

I meandered over to the condiments bar - this time the half & half was out.

No matter what you may have heard from certain people in southern California, Santa Cruz is the one and only Surf City, and any other city which claims the title has compensation issues which we need not discuss here, suffice to say they are wrong.

 

Here's a video of a couple of typical Santa Cruz locals out to enjoy the

Floating out here
Waiting for the moon

to push the tide
Floating out here
Waiting for the ocean

to carry me
To the other side...

 -Melissa Ferrick

Yet even now a master waits your word
A power within which by your voice is stirred
To lift the weight of doubt, drive out the pain
Of throbbing drums that beat upon your brain-
The old regrets and stifled memories,
Suppressed emotions and uncertainties;
It bids confusion and all fear begone
That you may rest in peace until the dawn.

Fenwicke

how is this potty theft crime going to be solved before an accident could happen...happy tuesday

An Interpersonal, Fixed Fire Sign
Sign of the Performer
Fire Image: A Volcano
Relates to the Sun & The Fifth House
Soul Purpose: To express myself creatively
and be appreciated by others
Key Phrase: “I Show”

Altar-A-GoGo
Zodiac Series
Collages for recycled altoid boxes
2.00" x

Welcome summer visitors!

 

It isn't all seaside attractions and dental mishaps here in beautiful Santa Cruz County. No, sometimes we take time to cease our toils and enjoy the wholesome pleasure of music.

 

What better way to do this than to attend the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music July 27 through August 10? 

 

The August 2 concert looks especially

I first wrote this story around 2000, rewrote it in 2002-03 to reflect events happening at that time, and just rewrote it again.  I was first inspired to write this by my friend, Mark Slane (former Santa Cruz street poet), who once told me that the only Hemingway story he liked was A Clean, Well-lighted Place, so I decided to write a similar story that