Seven stories about Celeste (8/16/08)
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Little surfer girl:

Choosing a hotel in Santa Monica:

Auditioning for
Baywatch at Zuma Beach

At the Millikan library, getting a sip of water before slipping back into the stacks to research the origins of the cosmological constant:

In Monterey, out sniffing for jellyfish:

Lounging in Pacific Grove:

Pricing real estate at Carmel:

Bathing at Big Sur:

Making the acquaintance of a Large Tree:

Back in Monterey hanging with the seals:

Discovering the Meaning of Life [which, we perceive, is mainly about cruising the Coast Highway south of Carmel with the top down]:


Self-portrait of the artist in his motel room:

Tashi in Park City with Dottie, preparing to go forth and teach rich people how to ski:

Absorbing a bit of sage advice:

Sampling the local vintage:

And again, on Dotties porch:

Sleeping through Wyoming [the rational choice]:

And back in Boulder Creek:
____________Pasadena, capital of the nineteenth century (4/6/08)