Josiah Vega
Thursday Last night, I drove out to Malibu to see if my jacarandas were blooming. They are an obsession of mine, one of many. They won’t grow at all unless I fertilize them like mad with Miracle-Gro, and then they…
Tuesday Today, while I was visiting my son and daughter in law and granddaughter in wonderful Greenville, SC, marveling at the loving gift my son and his wife had given me for Father’s Day — a triptych of my Pop,…
SaturdayANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY IN BEVERLY HILLS: blue skies, light breeze, temperature in the low 70s, no humidity. This is why we love Southern California. The smell of flowers out by our pool is intoxicating. It is March. In the east,…
Every so often, maybe every 30 years, the movie industry comes out with a work of art so powerful, so magnificently on target about the human condition, that it simply must be seen. That would have been Gone With the…
Monday Now, let’s see what we are supposed to believe today from the Obama Ministry of Truth…. First, that Hillary Rodham Clinton could possibly be taken seriously as a Presidential contender or a President. This is the woman who traveled…
Thursday A horrible day. I was up all night with nightmares of crashing cars and maimed passengers. I slept late and awakened feeling deathly ill. There was a bad feeling in the air. I learned why at about 3.30 when…
Sunday SO HERE I AM in my beloved Greenville, most charming and friendly of small cities. All of South Carolina is wonderfully old-fashioned and warm, but Greenville is the best place ever. The main street is chock-full of helpful, open…
Thursday Last night I dreamed I went to Manderley….where does that come from? Some famous movie. Rebecca? I think that’s it. Rebecca. Anyway, last night I dreamed I was in Miami Beach, helping Tom and Kitty move out of a…
Wednesday Wow, this has been a tricky few days. First, about a week ago, I flew to New York on an uneventful flight, which I already described. Terrible food. I gave my speech, and headed down to the Eastern Shore…
