Posted in People who don't know any better on Sep 30th, 2008 No Comments »
I was thinking maybe this is true everywhere. But now I don’t think so.
Back east they have to predict snow, rain, hurricanes, thunderstorms, and big extremes in temperature. That’s a lot to know. But we could read the weather, too..like if the leaves turned inside out, big rainstorm coming. The smell of snow. Like that. […]
Posted in Silver Lake on Sep 30th, 2008 2 Comments »
I’ve been running around the Silver Lake walkway for almost a year and a half, since the May ‘07 fire in Griffith Park. This summer I got shin splints so bad I couldn’t even think, and the pain would stay for days. I took aspirin, and tried to massage my legs, or stretch them, but […]
Posted in People who don't know any better, Creatures on Sep 26th, 2008 3 Comments »
Rob Lowe played for a charity golf tournament in Iowa, and hit and killed a goldfinch with a golf ball. This happened (Defamer) over a year ago, in June of 2007, even making the hit list on TMZ, but on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night, Rob isn’t much of a conversationalist, so this was “new” […]
Posted in Breaking the 4th Wall on Sep 24th, 2008 No Comments »
…in case you missed it at LA Observed the other day, who kindly mentioned my Sarah Palin cartoon.
“Dear Islander, enclosed are the 5 books you wanted most…”
It’s mostly about my cartoons, but also includes desserts, my pets, and other goodies. It’s called, Why I Did It.
I might cross-post now and then, but not much. Here’s […]
Posted in Forest Fire on Sep 24th, 2008 2 Comments »
George Grace, founder of the Griffith Park Natural History Survey, was also clever enough to find a new stream of water in the park!! (Well, the only stream, actually.) And he didn’t even have to use a divining rod.
There is a subterranean stream under the Toyon landfill (garbage dump) in Griffith Park that the Master […]
Posted in Creatures, Everyone's a Photographer on Sep 4th, 2008 No Comments »
Yes, that is a squirrel on the electric tower. He’s King of the World! Or at least, of Silver Lake.
I rarely see squirrels in Los Angeles. I’m not saying they’re an endangered species, but they’re nowhere near as common as skunks, or even coyotes around here. Back east they’re everywhere. (But I miss chipmunks […]
Griffith Park, Interrupted
Griffith Park and Silver Lake blog, by Donna Barstow.
