polychromatic

[webster st near hamilton ave]

if you want to park your
car in downtown palo alto, you
could find yourself navigating a
rainbow of purple, lime,
blue, coral (those are the colors i've
spotted so far. who knows but
that right around the corner i might
find goldenrod or aquamarine
or tangerine!)

morning moon

[university ave & mitchell ln]

clear skies in
november (can it really be
almost winter?) and
a distant lunar
fingerprint on the canvas

keep watching the skies!

stay a while

[cowper inn bed & breakfast, cowper st at forest ave]

over a century old, elegant
craftsman style, exuding
cabin-in-the-woods and yet just
around the corner from
our bustling little downtown
(anyone want to come visit?)

flora mixta

[webster st]

cactus. surrounded by
pine needles. welcome to
california.

not your typical road sign

[somewhere along stanford ave in august]

preserving greenery
protecting new growth
promoting absurdity

is this place real?

[main quad, stanford]

i mentioned to a colleague that it is sort of
funny that i ended up at a university again
just when i thought that i would take a
break from that world, not set foot on
a college campus for at least a few
years. his reply: "sure, but stanford is
more like a country club than a university!" i mean,
just look at it.

this is your captain speaking

[center for turbulence research, stanford university]

we're coming up on
some bumpy air; please return
to your seats and keep your
seatbelts fastened

what color was your day?

[park blvd, i think]

the weather today was
gorgeous, sunny and eighty
degrees in november. golden saturday
morning overflowing with
brightness, afternoon turning sour
lemon. golden. yellow.

floating

[alma st over university ave]

travel a world of celestial
vistas: flights now departing
from the skywatch portal

despite the warnings...

[palm drive, stanford]

...i've decided to get a bike.

one too many instances of

dissonance between mine and

the shuttle's schedules, and

the time has come. i hope

that what they say about never

forgetting how to ride a bike is

true (it's been at least a decade

and a half).