Last week I was finally able to see the cover image of my book, fifteen years after it was published. That’s a funny sentence that needs a bit of explanation.I wrote a book on the pioneering spirit that makes California awesome. The cover was a mash up of the state water project, one of the few pieces of public works visible from space, and Big Sur, by wide acclaim the most amazing confluence of land and sea on this pale blue dot. I recently had the privilege to take an aerial tour of Souther...

Last week I was finally able to see the cover image of my book, fifteen years after it was published. That’s a funny sentence that needs a bit of explanation.I wrote a book on the pioneering spirit that makes California awesome. The cover was a mash up of the state water project, one of the few pieces of public works visible from space, and Big Sur, by wide acclaim the most amazing confluence of land and sea on this pale blue dot. I recently had the privilege to take an aerial tour of Souther...