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Riders on the Storm
August 17, 2010
I hadn’t been caught in a good thunderstorm in a long time and if you had asked me, I didn’t particularly want to be. But for some reason when I left work today, I welcomed the downpour. Seeing as I had a five minute walk in squeaky flip flops to the train, this attitude came […]
Happy Birthday, Jerry
August 1, 2010
Sixty-eight years ago today, Jerome John Garcia was born in San Francisco, California to parents Joe and Ruth Marie “Bobbie” Garcia. About 23 years later, Jerome would be known as Jerry Garcia of the newly formed Grateful Dead, formerly the Warlocks. Just 30 years after that, Jerry would pass away inside a rehab facility, leaving […]
What’s with the long faces?
July 12, 2010
This morning I made my usual 10-minute trek to the N train station and hiked up two hefty flights of stairs to get to the above ground platform. Being the last stop on the line, there are usually one or two air conditioned, empty trains parked and waiting. This is especially nice in the summer […]
Trash Can Thursdays
July 8, 2010
In my freshman year at Transylvania University – I’ll give you a minute to get the Dracula jokes out of your system…. ok, good? Good - I took a mandatory University 101 class that was to prepare us for how enormously our lives would change. The idea that a course could prepare us for the […]
Grateful Daughter
June 20, 2010
As I’ve said before, my Dad is the one who introduced me to the Grateful Dead so many years ago. This blog is in many ways dedicated to him and today, this post is all for him… When I imagine my childhood there are certain images, sounds, and smells that fill my head. These are […]
April 15, 2013
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