A Gori in Long Beach

Just when you thought the world was heading down a sluiceway filled with scum covered detritus hurtling toward the dark abyss, joyful reminders of hope and sanity sometime crop up that make a person sit up, blink her eyes, and take notice that maybe the Great Scimitar is not hanging over our collective heads after all. For instance, when you see a young person parallel parking into the realm of adulthood with some semblance of control, passion, wonder, and good humor.

Such is the case of one Rebecca Green, daughter of our friends and former neighbors Stephen and Elise, and who is now taking some summertime off from UC Berkeley to live and learn in Delhi, India. She’s started a blog, with lengthy albeit fascinating missives describing her adventures. Please take the time to check it out, and send her some encouraging greetings. Hi Becca! Becca’s Blog is here.

In honor of one of her postings I offer the following:

Animals I’ve seen in the road and / or in my house:

Hummingbird
Squirrel
Moonjelly
Chris Smith
Japanese beetle
Benny, Abby, and Bootsy
Garden spider
Black crowned night heron
Seagull
Stephen Green
Silverfish
Brown moth
Wild green parrot
Assorted dogs and their excretions
My face in the mirror after poker night