LIMUW: SANTA CRUZ ISLAND Driving down windswept, entrenched Highway 101 watercolor angelic pink, baby blue bounces off the perfectly intermittent rippled sea speckled with ambitious surfers on 12/12/2012

As I have been researching the hundreds of cryptocurrencies in existence, I have been reflecting on what should drive my involvement with any of them. You will hear commentators say that you must value

Something I have always enjoyed as an Angeleno has been looking out for graffiti artists' tags. In Los Angeles there are plenty to find! Here's a fun one to spot... I took these snapshots of the L.O.D.

These cryptocurrency charts for BTC, ETH, XRP, LTC, and ETC look very similar, nearly identical? Why? See how BTC, ETH, XRP, LTC, ETC match today. Especially for BTC and ETH in matching the same line on

THE EDISON SMOKE ROOM If only you could see this in my eyes. You’d know this Cuban humid quick-calm dimmed night fit for us. Beauty fit. I’ve been running. Now I’ve stopped. And the water runs down in

Jun 29, 9 41 17 AM.jpeg] "I'm pretty positive no good will come from focusing on the negative." by WrdSmth I took this photo in downtown Los Angeles. "WRDSMTH is a Los Angeles-based street

"Slow down. Life is not a race." by Wrdsmth I took this photo in downtown Los Angeles. I'll be adding to my blog many snapshots of street art, Los Angeles style. About WrdSmth from Wikipedia:

SHE-GURU Sweet smelling figue On the LA highways Of dancing mantras And dusty beams Of red disc sunlight, Wrap up our Fair maelstrom-eyed Guru twisting out Our discontent To pocket her.

RICHARD VOGEL/AP PHOTO This Sunday I was strolling the grounds at the La Purisima Mission in Lompoc, CA when right around 1:15 PM I heard a tremendous clap. I observed this large contrail. Stupendous!

MORTAL LOS ANGELES One part bourbon Half part lemon juice Honey to taste Crystal tumbler Drink to the never forgotten bronzed racehorse Sea Biscuit. Drink to the San Gabriel Mountains hosting the races.

The most compelling demonstration of the widespread adoption pattern of bitcoin is the "S-curve of technological adoption" from the "diffusion innovation model" by Everett Rogers (Figure

This might be the coolest Amtrak train stop in all of California. Of course the grand Union Station in downtown Los Angeles is our crown jewel--but it's a station, not a stop. So, where is this interesting

OLYMPIC SPA There's this bathhouse called Olympic. She-gods and maenads commune there. Opaque steamy white lumbering currents thicken the air with water Grecian hotness. Mad women with singing breasts

Unknown Knowing: Daily Poem No. 3 A poetry series by Katie M. McGrath POINT DUME WIND HOPING Of the hypnotizing sea that takes you, carries you, shelters you, I am jealous. For the foam-laced, kelp-laden

Unknown Knowing: Daily Poem No. 2 A poetry series by Katie M. McGrath TARA LOST SUMMER (Died 20 years of age, suicide) I haven’t written of that sea dog barking into the squeezebox, sleepless night, the

"Lane splitting is riding a bicycle or motorcycle between lanes or rows of slow moving or stopped traffic moving in the same direction. It is sometimes called lane sharing, white-lining, filtering,

This story will be a series called UNKNOWN KNOWING, containing a new poem everyday for 30 days. Each poem will evoke emotions, ideas, and visions for readers on the themes of California Stories, Our Lives