Category Archives: L.A.

Logotherapy

Posted on September 21, 2017 by d4vid

Viktor Frankl was a Jewish psychologist who survived the Nazi concentration camps.  His book Man’s Search for Meaning is partly a memoir of his time in the camps and partly an overview of his “Third Viennese School of Psychotherapy” called … Continue reading →

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Harmonic

Posted on September 11, 2017 by d4vid
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Shift

Posted on September 11, 2017 by d4vid

Apologies in advance. For the last few years, my blog has mostly focused on my travels.  For the near future, at least, I’m going to be shifting my focus to my struggles with depression, suicidal thoughts, and search for meaning. … Continue reading →

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Punches

Posted on September 10, 2017 by d4vid

As a kid who grew up loving the 1960’s The Time Machine and Hitchcock’s The Birds, I have always had great affection for Australian actor Rod Taylor. At the Burbank international film festival, my film geek friend Gavin & I had … Continue reading →

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Care

Posted on September 8, 2017 by d4vid

My definition of self-care — Jack & Ginger, pepperoni & bacon pizza, and Marc Maron’s new Netflix special “Too Real” — may be askew.

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Iconoclast

Posted on September 4, 2017 by d4vid

Sorting through an old trunk, I stumbled on my high school prom photo.

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Specific

Posted on August 16, 2017 by d4vid

My plan was to drive up to Idaho for the solar eclipse, but I was fighting a horrible, rib-rattling chest cold.  I know you’re not supposed to do this, but I looked through my medicine cabinet to see if I … Continue reading →

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Pounce

Posted on July 28, 2017 by d4vid

My brother, sister-in-law, and niece gave me this Lego Wolverine for Christmas.  I’ve placed him on the door jamb, ready to pounce!

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Matchbox

Posted on July 24, 2017 by d4vid

As very little boys, my brother & I were obsessed with Matchbox cars.  For Christmas one year, my mother made us this giant 6 foot felt map of Hollywood for us to drive our cars around on.  It contains all … Continue reading →

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Craftsman

Posted on May 11, 2017 by d4vid

One of the things my mother gave me was her love of Arts & Crafts design.  (One of our last outings when she was still semi-lucid was to the Gamble House.  And our last outing to anywhere but the Olive … Continue reading →

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Inception

Posted on April 30, 2017 by d4vid

I took this picture of Debbie taking a picture of the award-nominated picture she took in Tibet.

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Protest

Posted on April 15, 2017 by d4vid

Went downtown to the Tax March to protest Trump. There were lots of clever signs, but this was my favorite:

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Tenacious

Posted on April 15, 2017 by d4vid

On the bridge over the 101, walking from my new place to the Universal City Metro station, I spotted this beautiful flowers in the ivy clawing its way up the telephone pole’s guy-wire.

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Hometown

Posted on April 13, 2017 by d4vid

This is looking back at Burbank and the Verdugo Hills as seen from the top of the Universal Studios parking structure. One of the words for “hometown,” 老家 (lǎojiā), literally means “old family.”

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Carbon

Posted on April 10, 2017 by d4vid

I still had some charcoal hand soap I had bought at the Shaanxi Dr. CitySuper.  I took this (potato quality) picture before the character washed away.  炭 (tàn) means “carbon” as in “coal”. 山 (shān) means “mountain.”  灰 (huī, meaning “ash”) is … Continue reading →

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