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By the C by the sea

Answer to the most frequently asked question around here: No, Clint Eastwood is no longer the mayor;  but he’s still Carmel’s most famous citizen. Among other local oddities like no streetlights, no high heels and no eating ice cream on the street ( NOT urban legends but actual city ordinances)  my biggest surprise 15 years […]

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Is blood thicker than water?

She’s the only person left on the planet who changed my diapers.   She remembers the day I was born.    She lives across the country;  I see her very rarely. At 91, she moves a little slower and shakier—but she’s as sharp and salty as ever.   She reads like crazy but she doesn’t use a computer— […]

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Carried away….

…..by what comes out of my dinky little camera when I point and shoot…  as I did today between storms.

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5 Reasons to love George Clooney

So shoot me.  I totally thought I was over him.…until these 5 recent developments: Reason #1 Eleonora. My change of heart started with her comment  when I dumped George in favor of Alec Baldwin.–  She suggested that I reconsider —due to her personal experience after recently working on a film with George in Italy.   She […]

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Beauty and the Beach

At home there was no power– so during a break in the storm I went where the power was. Some people are drawn to deserts or mountains;  I feel most grounded by an ocean.   And I’m  not a fair weather friend. Actually, foul weather is pretty fabulous at Carmel Beach….. …..or where the beach usually […]

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a never-seen view of Haiti

I’ve never been to Haiti.  My friend Bob Beers has.   We worked together in Miami television;  he later traveled extensively throughout Latin America for CBS News.   After a 30-year friendship hiatus, we reconnected when a mutual friend tracked Bob down via Facebook and I got to see him last summer.  He sends me messages and […]

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