Dr. Jane Pisano, who has led the the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County for the past dozen years, asked me to say a few words at the start of the museum's anniversary day events on Wednesday.
Hollywood's latest critical hit is hitting a snag with audiences who are leery of its subject matter. But if history is any guide, this is not at all surprising.
Bottle Village is a fascinating place with an equally fascinating history. Although unknown in Kansas, it is well known in the 4500 block of Cochran Street in Simi Valley. Bottle Village is testimony to ingenuity, and the stamina and attention to detai...
Declining eyesight (but slowly, thankfully) and a distracted habit of mind have made the sounds of my pedestrian life more present than they might be for someone else.
The tumbleweed. Even the name is round and rolling off the tongue. We are not meant to think they are beautiful. But right now, they are unique explosions of hidden beauty, growing lush and abundant in the vacant lots and roadside acreage and not-ye...
Odds are, you'll bring the things that matter to you when you travel. But perhaps at some point those things will falter, or maybe, for a moment, you will put them away. And then you will sit quietly, absorbing a world not remote at all.
The pause between the start of October and end of December (in a good year) or February (in a dry one) is a season of browns, despite the everlasting green that annoys New Yorkers.
Problem: Homelessness, pot holes, earthquake threatened buildings, uncertain water supplies, and runaway film production. Solution: They mayor is working on it.