Lana Del Rey — And Hawaiian Shirts — A New Year Begins — February 21, 2023

March 17th: the day every year I start wearing Hawaiian shirts every day through Thanksgiving.

Today brings another tradition: February 21st — the day we start a new “Lana del Rey” season.

Born to die.

I’m finally getting it: mammalian evolution.

Dinosaurs: born to die.

Poolside: sun starting to disappear behind the apartment complex. Cool breeze. An incredibly beautiful day.

People starting to grill.

La parilla.

Best thing I ever did in retirement: Duolingo.

My mind wanders: Los Feliz Blvd, along Griffith Park.

Brooklyn Baby: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntZONYzAMCo.

Bose headphones. Loud.

This may just be the most perfect day of the year so far, and it’s just February.

West coast: nice but for beginners — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py_-3di1yx0.

Belle: what is she doing today?

Pat: if only.

Is there a genre between poetry and prose?

And we circle back to Lana del Rey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnxpHIl5Ynw.

Another day like this and I’m going to quit blogging. LOL.

I’m going to head out to DFW at 6:45 p.m. to surprise Sophia. She arrives from Denver at 7:10.

Agree 1000%. Holding cash is crazy: https://twitter.com/ecommerceshares/status/1628151579789369349.

Wow, I’ve been saying this forever: “free money” is not “normal” — https://twitter.com/artofinvestmnt/status/1627868018431741952.

Not a reader in a 1000 will know how big this was: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B8mNATB71s.

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The Photos -- February 22, 2023