For the record: I’m not a fancy, gotta-have-posh type of woman; I’m OK with “rough around the edges.” I’m instinctively drawn to character, whether quaint and endearing or quirky and eclectic. I like spice, color …
May 10, 2012
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cracks in the concrete
May 7, 2012 · richzombie
a golden dog on the porch your safari hat on the wooden chair cracks in the concrete the welcome on the mat worn off roses for the table stand shift i decline to sit feeling uncomfortable thinking i can't go …
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Rotting Fruit
June 6, 2012 · nan shartel
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/06/25719/ dreams ripen like fruit left unpicked they rot and die REQUIEM
Finding It in Shoshone, California
Slab City, CA
Trying to change the negative reputation that the Slabs had acquired over the years as a melting pot for drug addicts, hippies and psych ward releases, Builder Bill created the Range, just southeast of the …
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Inept When Hoping
May 30, 2012 · nan shartel
i would buzz about ineptly with no consigned prescription for my souls repair singly unconvincing tho little holds body and soul together and clouds have abstained from traveling in my shadow was there a time when the breadth of my …
Woman beaten on 4th and Washington
A good Samaritan stops a beating and recalls the lessons taught to her by her grandmother.
June 6, 2012
Fallbrook’s Shrinking Avocado
Since the first avocado trees were planted in 1912, Fallbrook’s avocado industry’s been thriving. The Fallbrook Chamber of Commerce estimates annual sales near $26 million. However, due to water-access issues, the size of the average …
June 14, 2012