"Down these mean streets a man must go". Love Chandler's writing Olympia, WA > On Jan 25, 2014, at 9:14, "Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc James Small" <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 7:43 PM > Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Testing > > > At 06:01 PM 1/24/2014, Richard Knoppow wrote: > > > Well, just to get people jealous, it is now about 74F > >here and 17% RH. We are having a "Santa Ana" condition. > > I highly recommend Raymond Chandler's 'Red Wind' > for a user description of the Santa Ana climate effects. > > Marc > > > A widely anthologized story, the opening paragraph is quoted in books on > writing as an example of a really good "hook". I used to be able to quote it > from memory. > The settings in most of Chandler's stories are authentic. If you know the > Los Angeles of the period you can figure out what inspired him. > > > -- > Richard Knoppow > Los Angeles > WB6KBL > dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > --- > Rollei List > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the > subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the > subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list