Monthly Archives: September 2026

A toast to those no longer here, and to us who keep their memories alive…

Exhibit B…wilting https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-09-08/miserable-humidity-persists-in-southern-california It’s been a week…of wet, wild, wilting, wearying & (soon) welcome weather!

Next-to-last show for your 2026 amphitheater season last night, and normally we limit our day-after Saturday recaps to snapshot, still-photo ledes; we do not want to be one of those mouthbreathing concertgoers who spend the whole evening holding the damn … Continue reading →

Not sure if this counts as manmade (or even womanmade!) global warming, but whatever the cause, your Hot Philippine Summer continues with no end in sight…

We had long been aware of the phenomenon of the local jacaranda trees being able to bloom twice during a calendar year — once at the usual, never-varies time between Memorial Day and Independence Day, or from late-May through early-July; … Continue reading →