Wordsmith Holler

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Tag: San Diego

  • Scribble, Feb. 19, 2019

    Scribble, Feb. 19, 2019

    I write every day. Everything except fiction. I keep meaning to climb back into my handyman adventure yet I am spent. Too much non-fiction to write and not enough time.

    If I write fiction when I want to in the morning hours, I feel guilty about not writing the non-fiction I have to get finished by the end of the day. So I set aside the fiction until I no longer wish to write. I have to find a happy balance or pretend the afternoon is morning.

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    Went whale watching off the coast of San Diego. Saw two whales, which broke the water four times each. I have a tiny photo of a whale’s tail going under the surface.

    One of the most relaxing cruises I have taken. In fact, I could see this being a monthly excursion where I stare off at the ocean and, while never finding a whale, feeling better and more refreshed.

    Too expensive though for a monthly cruise. Will have to look for a boat or a rich skipper uncle.

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    Saw this quote at the Ronald Reagan Library: “There is no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he doesn’t mind who gets the credit.” I love this!

    ~

    Trying a standing desk. The verdict is still out. I am too used to laying back in the chair to think. Now, I must rock from side-to-side and shift my weight. I think I enjoy sitting.

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  • Did I Mention

    Voice One: “The big highway interchange in Mission Valley was designed by the grandfather.”

    Voice Two: “I doubt it.”

    Voice One: “He surveyed the whole thing and figured out where everything needed to go.”

    Voice Two: “I think you’re mistaken.”

    Voice One: “I have his surveying notes.”

    Voice Two: “He worked for the City of San Diego but I don’t think he had anything to do with it.”

    Voice One: “Did I mention my dead mother told me he designed it?”

    Voice Two: “Dead mothers do tend to influence history.”

     

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  • March 6, 2017 Scribble

    March 6, 2017 Scribble

    You can read this if you wish although it consists of thoughts and fragments as I attempt to free write 750 words every day. Some of this may end up in a Story or a Conversation. Anyway, this is how one learn and shapes up The Craft.

    For years I have created puns without knowing it. Someone would say something, I would reply, and then everyone would start laughing. I struggled to figure out why they laughed. Later, sometimes the next day, I would realize the joke and laugh too.

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  • Driving Back from Spring Break

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    Three days earlier I studied all night with a girlfriend for a physics exam and afterward drove four classmates 12 hours to San Diego for spring break. The entire trip the girls giggled and cackled behind me while a Korean kid sat silent up front. I decided we scared Jae. Although, being a confused immigrant might also explain his silence. Either way, he only said thanks when I dropped him off at his house. For that matter, Cindy told me how to find it.

    The rest of the trip to Oceanside I drove in a blur on autopilot. All of the lights merged into a slow motion light show and I doubt I could even tell you about the trip. I arrived at the motel, went to bed, and slept nearly all Sunday despite my mother’s pleas to come to the beach. In the morning, I drove her north to Anaheim where we rode the teacups, stood in a long line for the bobsleds, and paddled a canoe. We ate dinner on the bayou, visited the pirates, posed with Mickey Mouse, and explored the Swiss Family Robinson tree house. Overall, mom had a great time and I played the sweet son. By nightfall, the sky exploded with fireworks and we headed back south. Mom slept pressed into the window missing the nuclear power plant, the Marines, and the moonlit beach. As the tail lights on the interstate blurred into red, I again drove like a drone.

    Tuesday, I left mom in the room sadly wondering why I was heading back to college. I made Spring Break last only as long as a three-day weekend with an irritating baby. At the studio I planned to make a lot of cash in the remaining days of my break.

    Before I left, Cindy called to say she wanted to ride back with me to school.

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