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I noticed that my projected bill will be much cheaper than my last, even though I haven’t changed my habits, so I did some math. At this same point in last month’s billing cycle (71.4% through the cycle), I used a net of 550kWh. As of the end of the day yesterday, I have used 122.5kWh. As I said, I haven’t changed my...

I dug a little trench from the spot in my backyard where the water pools over to a gopher hole.

A group watches the surfers in the heavy surf south of Bird Rock. Photo looks south toward Point Loma/Ocean Beach. I asked a surfer returning to the shore how it was out there. He said “exhausting.”

Near the lifeguard station, 17 December 2023.

I am a graduate student in the sociology department at San Diego State University. We are working with the Center on Policy Initiative to survey San Diegans about how they are paid at work. If you have worked in San Diego County at any point in the last 12 months, we want to hear from you!...

Sculpted and painted iguana carving, cut into a tree stump, at Del Mar secret spot.

The “Star of India,” the oldest active sailing ship, sails into San Diego Harbor on the occasion of its 160th birthday. After a five-year activity pause, the ship set sail on a small ocean-going expedition, celebrated by the San Diego Maritime Museum.

Saw this at Vons today. The corporate beancounters at the Union-Tribune’s new corporate overlords did the math and decided a fractional percent of expenses could be saved with a new, smaller print edition. Looks like the “Weekly Reader” from my childhood memories. Not sure whether to be amused, embarrassed or horrified....

They call her the little girl on a big journey. Little Amal is the 12 foot puppet of a 10 year old Syrian refugee child. She is a global symbol of human rights, especially those of child refugees. For the last few weeks, she has traveled more than 9,000 miles: 40 cities from coast to coast in the US, and 7 cities in Mexico at...

The guys next door are driving an all-electric fun car: the Moke. This thing maxes out at about 25 mph. I don’t think you’ll see it on the freeway, but these guys will be patrolling Mission Beach in what they hope will be a chick magnet, or so they tell me…

…in front of the Otto Center, San Diego Zoo, Balboa Park.

Enormous 8’ x 18’ tile mural on the facade of the Automotive museum in Balboa Park. Artists Richard Keit and Mary Kennedy of RTK Studios in Ojai. Nice work.

Sunset at Torrey Pines Hiking Trails