Missing Persons, Suspects, and Convicts

 My Distinguishing Mark (Written in Dermatographia). July, 2011. Distinguishing Marks Driving home the other day I passed police activity at the side of the road. A squad car blocked the bicycle lane, its lights spinning round like an amped-up lighthouse, as the officer spoke to the driver of a compact car with a fat tailpipe […]


Missing Persons, Suspects, and Convicts

 My Distinguishing Mark (Written in Dermatographia). July, 2011. Distinguishing Marks Driving home the other day I passed police activity at the side of the road. A squad car blocked the bicycle lane, its lights spinning round like an amped-up lighthouse, as the officer spoke to the driver of a compact car with a fat tailpipe […]


>Missing Persons, Suspects, and Convicts

>  My Distinguishing Mark (Written in Dermatographia). July, 2011. Distinguishing Marks Driving home the other day I passed police activity at the side of the road. A squad car blocked the bicycle lane, its lights spinning round like an amped-up lighthouse, as the officer spoke to the driver of a compact car with a fat […]


Missing Persons, Suspects, and Convicts

 My Distinguishing Mark (Written in Dermatographia). July, 2011. Distinguishing Marks Driving home the other day I passed police activity at the side of the road. A squad car blocked the bicycle lane, its lights spinning round like an amped-up lighthouse, as the officer spoke to the driver of a compact car with a fat tailpipe […]


Television Values

Matilija Poppy. May, 2011. What’s it Worth? How much is your stuff worth? Lots of television programs address that question. On Antiques Roadshow, hopeful folks drag their treasures to an auditorium, where experts determine the value of that old painting, vase, or childhood toy. Each episode features one item that’s appraised for some wondrous sum of […]