One of my social activist calendars (yes, I have more than one) lists March 12 as Jack Kerouac's birthday, which just happens to be the day we're flying to San Francisco, famous for the City Lights bookstore, among other things in the Beat Scene. Val wanted to go to City Lights since she has been processing a collection that included a copy of "Howl" by Allen Ginsberg. I think.

On an unrelated photographic note:

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