BurningbirdI think I picked up my use of the elipses (…) from Herb Caen. He was a master in its use. Punctuation, grammar — these are tools to use, not rules to follow. Herb Caen days continue. The following is an excerpt from an April, 1995 column: SUNDAY was a great day for kite-flying, sailing, jogging, […]
Did I go over the top in the last posting? I did, didn’t I? I do this sometimes, have you noticed that? Probably why I’m called “Burningbird” rather than “Miss Dove” or “Miss Seagull” or “Cute Little Wren”. There’s a whole lot of difference between stealing a sign — though this is wrong and not […]
I know it seems at times as if Jonathon and I have become weblogging’s first tag team. I can’t help it — he finds these interesting things and makes these extremely open observations, and my hands go to the keyboard and I feel compelled to add my own observations to his. I have no control over […]
If you’ve been reading my weblog for a bit, then you know that every once in a while I post photos from my front window. Well, I hadn’t done this recently, so I thought I would update you with new views from this last week. There are two multi-mast sailing ships in the area, and […]