http://la-anatomia.dthroughz.com a blog about words and life in Los Angeles Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:17:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A family of quails, mom, dad and lots o' little ones, ran for bushes when I surprised them with my car. http://la-anatomia.dthroughz.com/2009/06/23/and/ Yesterday, I passed by Iranian protesters on the sidewalk in Westwood. They were angry over the election results in Iran. Despite a good crowd, they were quite tame, and I couldn't help but contrast them with the protesters last fall when California was voting for Prop 8. I wonder how ... http://la-anatomia.dthroughz.com/2009/06/19/passing-by/ I had the pleasure of accompanying AH on a drive I often make: the 405 straight down from the Valley to Orange County. AH sputtered like she was crossing a time zone. She wondered if anything actually did exist BEYOND Los Angeles. I just couldn't help laughing because everyone in ... http://la-anatomia.dthroughz.com/2009/06/11/gray-areas/ The famous opening lines of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (in the book by Douglas Adams) informs readers that space is big. Really big. You can't imagine how mind-boggingly big it is. Now, because so our blog is, apply that idea to Los Angeles. On Saturday of this lovely Memorial ... http://la-anatomia.dthroughz.com/2009/05/24/la-is-big/ On Saturday, I: volunteered at a 5k marathon at my local community park. drove from one pole of Los Angeles to the other ate homegrown blueberries that were a leetle tart went to an ensemble recital for children at an Art Center worked on my little audio project went to an art walk in which snowboarding ... http://la-anatomia.dthroughz.com/2009/05/18/notesy-notes/ The day started out as one where things go wrong, and yet, it had moments where things go right so much so that the right things negate the bad things, and I just realize how much I love living in Los Angeles. Early morning was just chores. Go ... http://la-anatomia.dthroughz.com/2009/05/11/till-the-brew-is-good/ Sometimes on the weekends, I'll see motorcycle clubs riding down the freeway together in formation. Today was the first time I saw a racecar convoy zipping through traffic. It was pretty freaky. They would lane change a hair's breath between cars. I immediately slowed down to let them all by. ... http://la-anatomia.dthroughz.com/2009/05/03/i-spy/ Mogushi Beach (Kumamoto, Japan) What was once molten is now frozen. You've kept your faces so long to see me! Goggled eyes and agape water- mouths--depressions, obsessions of features: noses, ears, feet, all discarded as the inspiration of an era "posh today, gone in a millenium." Your toothless lips apologize. Don't. I love you all. For so long, I've faced the ... http://la-anatomia.dthroughz.com/2009/04/18/old-inspirations/ I totally forgot it was Palm Sunday today, but fortunately, AH and I celebrated in style. On this beautiful beach-kind-of-day in Socal, we headed for the hills, specifically a leafy suburb of Pasadena for an outdoor Last Supper with Jesus. The specifics of the luncheon were this: A friend of ... http://la-anatomia.dthroughz.com/2009/04/05/palm-sunday/ Here at LA Anatomia, we don't get many comments from real people. Instead, we get lots of spam, and what interesting about that is how the comments have changed. In the beginning, the comments were so obviously spam that trickery was impossible. Then they progressed into large novelesque paragraphs full ... http://la-anatomia.dthroughz.com/2009/03/17/new-leaves/