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TRAVELOGUE DAY 9


400 miles is about as far as I care to travel in a single day. But I must admit, as sure as dog is my co-pilot, I actually enjoyed the drive from Oakland to Twentynine Palms. 

Highlights: seeing the…

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TRAVELOGUE DAYS 5 & 6


Scout and I spent yesterday at The Klub in Glen Ellen, the exclusive wine country getaway expertly owned and managed by our dear friends Rocket, Peaches, Jasper, and Wilson. It was our first grand reunion since the beginning of the…

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THE OWL CLUB PART 5 — PARLIAMENT


“Beware the Court of Owls, that watches all the time,
Ruling from a shadow perch, behind granite and lime.” 

—Scott Snyder 

 

When Mr. Higgins told me how the Owl Club boasts many prominent artists and musicians among its…

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THE OWL CLUB PART 3 — THE GIFT

“Open your minds, my friends.
We all fear what we do not understand.”

—Robert Langdon 

 

Charlie Higgins leads me by the arm into a space entirely unlike the rest of this mysterious fortress. 

The dining room is…

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THE OWL CLUB PART 2 — A WEAVING SPIDER 


“Weaving spiders, come not here; 
Hence, you long-legg'd spinners, hence! 
Beetles black, approach not near; 
Worm nor snail, do no offence.” 

—William Shakespeare 
 

The Owl Club’s downtown headquarters, a stately ivy-covered red brick building off Union Square, turns out…

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THE OWL CLUB PART 1 — INVITATION

 

“Men have a desire for stability, security, repetition and order in their lives. 
At the same time they have a tendency to want to flee, 
to meet the adventure, and to destroy.” 

—Stanley Kubrick 

 

I’ve never been…

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ON VACATION

Sometimes 

I wonder 

If God is trying 

To tell me something. 

 

Or, 

On the contrary, 

If God is telling 

And I’m not trying. 

         

     —Bill Matheny

 

KINKAKU-JI

“The foundation of any national character is human nature.”
―Vasily Grossman
 

Of all the many magical places I’ve encountered in my travels, Kinkaku-ji, Kyoto’s Temple of the Golden Pavilion, is one of the most magnificent. Set…

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MEETING LELA | PART 4 — AMERICA McGEE

“Myths are lies and therefore worthless,” CS Lewis told 
JRR Tolkien, “even though breathed through silver.” 
“No,” Tolkien replied, “they are not lies.
” 
—Joseph Pearce 
 

“Dmitri, I can’t believe it! How on earth did you find me!!?” 

…

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PEANUTS

Daddy Bill would sit on the porch, reading, looking at his chinaberry tree, and eating boiled green peanuts out of a can.

After awhile he’d take off his shirt and rub brine from the peanuts can all over…

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SNAPSHOTS | PART 1 — LEAVING

Childhood memories are like polaroid photos in an old dusty box. 

They don’t provide a cohesive autobiographical narrative, only brief flashes of insight into the murky past. You sort through the random images, shuffling them like playing cards, until…

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RECURRING DREAMS

Since childhood I’ve been haunted by three recurring dreams: the clown, the flying dream, and the shadow man.

THE CLOWN

I know, I know.  

Coulrophobia is is such a cliché.  

But this one’s a bonafide nightmare.  

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OF LATE I THINK OF SANTA CRUZ 

memoria praeteritorum bonorum 

As we approach the first anniversary of this damndemic, I grow ever wistful for my old life on the road. 

My propensity for rosy retrospection is well-documented, but I’m often surprised by where the waves…

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CHET BAKER & THE SOUND OF SINCERITY

Clockwise (L-R) bassist Jean-Louis Rassinfosse, Chet Baker, Dmitri Matheny at the Chet Baker Memorial in Amsterdam

 

The first Chet Baker recording I ever heard was not one of his celebrated cool jazz hits from back when he looked…

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Spooky

But some say that on dark nights you can still hear him Zooming, Skyping, Streaming ... ghoulishly unaware that his career died long ago.

SASSY LAB


The secret laboratory in Lake Oswego, Oregon where the Mad Scientist
David Carlos Valdez created the signature scent SASSY in July 2013.

A MAGICAL WORLD



"Music, for me, has always been a place where anything is possible--a refuge, a magical world where anyone can go, where all kinds of people can come together, and anything can happen. We are limited only by our imaginations."

…

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MASHUP


THE VISIONARY



The Visionary is a leader who foresees and articulates the way forward. His audacious vision, while speculative and impractical, is inspiring. His majestic self-image, though grandiose, is infectious. You may say he's a dreamer, but he's not the only one.…Read more

THE MOTORIST



The Motorist is a love-child born of our national affair with the automobile. She embodies our deepest cultural values: the privilege of individual prerogative, the embrace of mobility, change and progress, the drive for success. Could there be a more…Read more

THE NEO-LUDDITE



The Neo-Luddite
is an activist technophobe who rejects innovation as evil. His anarcho-primitivist "Butlerian Jihad" is a sacred war against the machine. Is he a hero or a lout? Is resistance truly futile?

THE OPTIMIST



The Optimist expects a positive outcome, sees the glass as half full, makes lemonade from lemons. He ascribes benevolent motives to others and interprets situations as favorable. Where there is difficulty, he perceives opportunity. Is he a fool?

THE WEAVING SPIDER



A creature of patience and creativity, the WEAVING SPIDER is a masterful huntress. She employs a wide range of strategies to capture her prey, including quiet surveillance, mimicry, and the setting of elaborate traps. She possesses acute senses and…Read more

THE GAMER

The Gamer achieves a level of satisfaction in the virtual world which the real world does not provide. He plays compulsively, isolating himself from family and friends, focusing entirely on in-game challenges. Eschewing the life events that seem important to…Read more

THE CHOSEN

The Chosen is called upon by destiny to improve the state of humanity and the world. He is descended of and selected by those chosen before, known as The Elders. The Chosen does not choose his calling; the calling chooses…Read more

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