Saturday, February 9, 2013

Between Pacific Tides

Via Flickr:
"During the First World War a new fishery was developed along the coast of California, and in a few years California sardines were found in every grocery store in the land, usually in large oval tins. By the mid-1930's, the annual catch of sardines was reckoned in millions of tons and the economy of Cannery Row was in its palmiest days." -- Ed Ricketts, in "Between Pacific Tides"

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Sunday, January 20, 2013

Cannery Row

Cannery Row by Old Jingleballicks
Cannery Row, a photo by Old Jingleballicks on Flickr.

Monterey, California

Via Flickr:
"Monterey had changed, and so had Cannery Row and its denizens." - John Steinbeck

Saturday, October 13, 2012

Sea of Cortez

"Nights at anchor in the Gulf are quiet and strange. The water is smooth, almost solid, and the dew is so heavy that the decks are soaked." -- John Steinbeck, in the "Sea of Cortez"

Saturday, October 6, 2012

Summer Sky -- From My Window

"When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red."

Len's books

Of Mice and Men
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Honorary Consul: A Novel
The Iliad
The Odyssey
William Shakespeare: The Complete Works
You Only Live Twice
Absolute Beginner's Guide to Launching an Ebay Business
East of Eden
The Complete Short Stories
The Great Gatsby
The Satanic Verses
Eye for the Dragon: Southeast Asia Observed 1954-1970
1984
When Heaven and Earth Changed Places: A Vietnamese Woman's Journey from War to Peace
Moby-Dick
Love in the Time of Cholera
The Art of War
Oh What a Paradise It Seems


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