Rapa Nui NorCal?

Or, When Will The Sleeping Rock-Giant Awaken?

Last Day: Motley

Motley: rest in peace, dear sprite.

April 1, 2005 - June 2, 2015.

Thank you for twenty years of love, companionship, and bossy cat pranks.

It's quite remarkable how a five-pound cat (once thirteen pounds, but still) could fill up a whole house.

Motley-girl requested another neck-rub.

Take Note

We are the grit
That mars the paint
Or makes the pearl.

"Fiery dust,"
Lord Byron wrote,
Furious, fiendish;
Take proper note.

--MD

Cold & Rough: Kayaking Mendocino

Longing

Old shot, renewed yearning.
Mendocino water-garden and caves.

Clay Vessels

Or, I need to find a summer studio, you know?

Booklist: Work, Work, Work (Mostly Oceanic)

English 1A:  Fall 2015

Matthew B. Crawford's Shop Class as Soulcraft;
Curtis Ebbesmeyer & Eric Scigliano's Flotsametrics and the Floating World;
David Helvarg's Rescue Warriors;
William Langewiesche's The Outlaw Sea;
Nathaniel Philbrick, In the Heart of the Sea;

and various additional short essays, stories, poems, and writing aids will be included as well.