HOLLYWOOD—Clocks proliferate and multiply, clocks, clocks, clocks—pulsating and buzzing and beeping. We think are watching them, but they are watching our every move.

HOLLYWOOD—You will put a lot of miles on your car when someone gives an ordinary service with extraordinary pizzaz.

HOLLYWOOD—On this occasion humorist Grady Miller gives free rein to thoughts and musings about his Hollywood self-help novel “Night School.” which appeared in the Canyon News.

HOLLYWOOD—Here, in the food mall on the corner of Fountain and Vine, there is an eatery serving so much more than fresh zesty gourmet American cuisine.

UNITED STATES—Do you cringe at non-reflective lives? Get real. Only running across a street at night in black jogging clothes do the unreflective pose a threat to themselves and motorists.

HOLLYWOOD—There’s one question David Combs has had to endure countless times in 38 years on countless movie sets, “What role are you playing?”

UNITED STATES—Only six percent of all cars sold in America have manual transmission, and as the lucky possessor of one of these vehicles, I say more manual transmission.

UNITED STATES—A distinguished author retires from teaching at a distinguished local university and prompts a torrent of reflections about lessons learned.

UNITED STATES—One cheerful Amtrak attendant on the Coast Starlight is making life on the rails better one story at a time.

HOLLYWOOD—An empty horizon opens before Jason, our teacher-actor. Freedom. It is Juneteenth, his emancipation from night school.

HOLLYWOOD—Jason stood in the principal's office and cleared his throat. Principal Cloud strolled around her desk, adjusting the scarf tied jauntily around her fleshy neck.

HOLLYWOOD—To make copies required a written form be filled out, dated and signed by the teacher, swearing that it infringed no copyright.