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  • Your Travel Guide to Baghdad-By-The-Bay (2002)

    ‘I sat in the Delhi airport and watched the big electric clock in the departure hall that tells passengers when to board. I thought I imagined that time was moving in fits and starts: 1:12 a.m. for fifteen minutes, then … Continue reading →

  • A Eulogy for Brooksie Belle Ketchum Booth, My Grandmother (2001)

    I wrote the following passages in two separate sections over two separate days. Part I – 2:00 a.m. San Francisco Time, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2001 The call I was dreading came just ten minutes ago – an unhappy, middle-of-the-night call … Continue reading →

  • The Mark Morford and The Morning Fix Saga (2001)

    1-Apr-01 (but no, it’s no April Fool’s joke) The Article That Set Me Off: « SFGate.com Suspends Three Staffers Over Column » My E-Mail to the offender and many other Bay Area Media staffers: An open letter: “I may disagree with what … Continue reading →