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Postcard: Waterfowl Lagoon, Wild Animal Park

June 23rd, 2014 · No Comments

Card is titled: Waterfowl Lagoon, San Diego Wild Animal Park “At San Pasqual.”

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the lingering sounds of shoes shuffling on hardwoods

May 28th, 2014 · No Comments

Nearly every band that played at our San Diego high school dances in the mid-’70s tried their hand at Steely Dan’s “My Old School.” Everyone would scream and holler when the song began because, well, it was about OUR school, of course (why not, right?), and we were either willfully ignoring the fact that one-half […]

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Metropolitan Rosary Chain à la California

March 11th, 2011 · No Comments

Cities dot the state as Hail Marys on a rosary chain: St. Francis, St. James, The Angels, The Sacrament – Glory be! – St. Bernard.

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Fred FM playlist: 20 February 2011 “1970 Transistor Radio”

February 20th, 2011 · 2 Comments

Approximate playing time: 78 minutes.

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Postcard: Balboa Park Organ Pavilion

January 3rd, 2011 · 1 Comment

Card is titled: “4400. Largest Outdoor Organ in the World. Balboa Park, San Diego, California. 1A-H456.”

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Richard to Alice: 23 February 1946

November 10th, 2010 · No Comments

Everybody is on liberty and the place is pretty empty.

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Postcard: Hotel del Coronado

September 13th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Card is untitled on the front.

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Richard to Alice: 2 February 1945

June 26th, 2010 · No Comments

As for the rest of me, physically I’m O.K. I have a few odds and ends to break up the monotony though. They are: fungus, heat rash, athlete’s foot, crud, and a general breaking out all over.

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Richard to Alice: 29 December 1944

June 2nd, 2010 · No Comments

One group of fellows are singing everything they can think of as loud as they can sing. Another group are singing slow, sweet songs as they should be sung. One of the guys has a harmonica.

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Richard to Alice: 6 July 1944

March 24th, 2010 · No Comments

Tomorrow we start firing our rifle, the M-1. Up till now, we have just had schooling on how to shoot. Tomorrow we see if we learned anything.

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