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Train tracks, Austin Tx 1980

Buffalo Gets Evicted

This morning I took a run along the Lower Arroyo Trail.There's a guy who lives under the San Pascual bridge, near the ball park. He's been there for at least three years, (that's what he says) and maybe as long as five (which is what others…
Hollywood Sign

Run to the Hollywood Sign

Sunday morning, 6:30 am, a small bunch of us gathered at A Runner's Circle for the monthly run to the Hollywood Sign. I was running on tired legs - this was my third hill run in as many days - so I happily volunteered to sweep. A few of…
Lost and Found

Elysian Park

A favorite run of mine is the three and a half mile loop through Elysian Park along the wide trail off Morton, mostly used by local hip-but-not-hipster area residents as a dog walking path. It's a wide clay path, shaded from the sun, and the…
Coyote

Coyote

I often pass coyotes up on the fireroads climbing the hills through Griffith Park. I see them most early in the mornings, when there aren't other people around and the senses of peace and freedom are greatest. I've come to judge how…