Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Sea Breeze
Monday, June 22, 2020
My Brother's Retirement
Wednesday, June 03, 2020
They Closed My Favorite Starbucks
This was my Starbucks of choice, the place where I got my coffee most mornings before commuting to work, where I visited every Saturday and Sunday afternoon, where I dropped by almost every day during summer vacation. Call them a victim of Covid-19 because once they closed “temporarily” at the peak of the pandemic, that was it. Starbucks decided to take down the sign and board up the place. With no drive-thru business, they probably weren’t making enough profit to justify keeping their doors open. The place was always packed when school was in session, but that was part of the problem. The college kids from the surrounding Claremont colleges would park themselves there with their laptops and not move for hours, which meant little money flowing into the store’s coffers.
My Writing Process - the Planning Stages
Using manual processes to write in this digital age might appear odd or anachronistic — perhaps even an affectation. But I don’t care. I us...
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This audiobook is now hosted at https://tomfasano.com/2021/01/the-crucible-audiobook/ .
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I’ve been driving around town scouting locations for my independent film. Today in Griffith Park I found a beautiful bench designed by loc...