DAILY GRIND

I wake up early:I try to do an hour or so of work in my office before breakfast:
Then I go wait at the bus stop, near what used to be the fabulous Jimmy's House of Sparkles car wash. You can see where the neon was removed a few months ago. If I was king, I would turn it into a beer garden. Maybe call it the White Horse Tavern:
Here my bus is approaching the Bay Bridge:
Here's the latest phot of progress on building the new bridge:
After working all day at SFMOMA, I go back home, eat dinner, & spend another few hours working in my office:

New-ish Artwork

I've been making a bunch of new paintings & sculptures & photographing them in preparation for adding them to my Etsy store, try to sell some so I have a nickel or two at holiday time, to pay the rent etc., maybe get a lump of coal for the stocking. Here are some of the new pieces.

Nature Savage & Tranquil

One day last month a bird of prey took down a pigeon & spent a good half-hour snacking on it in our back yard. Last week things were much calmer. Pretty much the only activity was Boojum snoring.

St. John's School

I have recently been in contact with someone I went to school with in 5th-6th-7th grades. Here is a photo from probably 8th grade, say 1967 maybe. I'm on the right. I was appalled to see how short I was, but then I remembered that I was a year & a half younger than the rest of the kids in my class.