Angelenos

Self-Pity

Rattle / August 31, 2016

So few birds I know by name— bluejay, cardinal, sparrow, crow, pigeon and pigeon and pigeon again. This morning I […]

Rattle / August 29, 2016

My answering machine received a call from a machine that said it had an important message for Oscar Rivera. It

Rattle / August 26, 2016

was Granny Clark’s cure for all ills. Ice for a banged forehead or skinned knee. Ice for headache, sniffles, fever.

Rattle / August 24, 2016

So the last will be first, and the first last. —Matthew 20:16 At first, jockeys rein their horses in. Then

Rattle / August 22, 2016

Before the war nisei were so much cooler than we sansei kids give them credit— after all they could listen

Rattle / August 19, 2016

I’d like to find her. Compare notes. Which of us got lucky? I’d like to know why? My parents could