Throughout the summer I occupied the vacant 290 square foot studio behind Steve’s apartment, sleeping on Lynn’s sleek black couch, waiting to move in at the beginning of the year.  I spent little time at 60th Street.  Here, too, there is a giant redwood tree out the window, and a yard I have almost to myself.

In October we took a trip to Pyramid Lake, Nevada

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November, Lone Pine, Saline Valley, with the Leonid Meteor Shower overhead–painting  AFTER THE METEORS, After the Meteors reduced  Leaving Saline Valley, we traveled up a side road to Camp Vega, now burned out or demolished by the park service when Saline was blended into the National Park.