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Full steam across the snowy West
A sumptuously slow start to the year.
Xander Beattie
California-based novelist who wrote "The President" (PRONK, 2025). Collector of fountain pens, secondhand books and swimming spots.
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Merry, merry (and good riddance to those tumultuous teens)
Raise that eggnog: we're at the end of an era and the beginning of a new one.
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There's a bat in the sink
Cabin fever in California
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A seal pup, a man and a dog...
Greetings from Kommetjie This morning on the beach, I looked up when I heard a bark. Lucy (pictured) was dashing towards a youngish seal pup which was now making his clumsy way towards the icy Atlantic. I called away Lucy, and we watched the seal’s hasty re-entry into the
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"People just like you have died on this trail"
Hot and bothered in the Mojave
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California dreamin'
Beneath the redwoods
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From the mountains to the sea
Reflections from the edge.
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The 1.5 mile high club
Somewhere above the rainbow.
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But why do the barns have stars on them?*
An American adventure begins.
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Farewell Facebook, hello email
I'm going old school, and you're invited.