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To the left is Fort Ross, a Russian Fort circa 1812 to 1841 which is now a National Park and the site of California's first windmill and shipbuilding. It is not well known but Russian scientists were among the first to record the cultural and natural history of this area. Settlers included Russians, Native Alaskans and Californians, and those of mixed Russian and native ancestry. http://www.fortrossstatepark.org/

Farther up the coast, in Mendocino County, carpenters Eric Black and Richard Wasserman built a unique restaurant and resort to honor this romantic Russian heritage of the past. The Dining Room at St. Orres Inn has won praise and respect from guests and culinary professionals alike for many years. By respecting the land, its shape and history, Eric and Rich created a romantic coastal sanctuary and one of my favorite places. http://www.saintorres.com/

Last night I dreamed that someone stole my car right in front of me and that it was part of a conspiracy. Then I lost my FACE! It just slid off while I watched my car being towed away. Somehow I got a new face that was very WASPish... and not the cool kind. Unable to get the car back I went to a party at a friend's house and I tried to explain who I was; I only knew one person there. It didn't matter. No one seemed to care that I didn't have a face; the one person that I knew invited me to sit under a blanket with him in the living room. His breathing was labored and I thought he had lung cancer.

I left to go into the kitchen. On the way I passed a fish tank where the fish were outside of the tank and standing around on their fins.

In the kitchen people were working and discussing car stealing, a criminal activity that was suddenly sweeping the city. Someone knew someone and I was able to get my car back but it came with bags of stolen garbage. I didn't want it and that insulted the thieves who made an issue that I did not appreciate how hard they worked.

I'm sure this all makes perfect sense; just not right now.

The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say. ~Anaïs Nin

I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter. ~James Michener

There's nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein. ~Walter Wellesley "Red" Smith

You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you. ~Ray Bradbury

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