Sitting in a window seat, watching the countryside glide by, landscape after landscape sliding one into the other to make a complete picture of here, ...
My Urban Off The Grid Life
Growing up in the sixties and seventies, even in rural America, was an explosive and enlightening experience. Everything was changing. Everything was ...
The Cafe Life
Sitting at my regular table in the back of the back room at my evening cafe in Berkeley, I can look out the front wall of windows to the donut shop ...
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Mayan *Tsikbal
Using the words Maya and Mayan and knowing the difference between the two is not a simple concept for an English speaking brain. These two words are ...
How To Speak Alien
I love the idea of space travel as much as the next guy. I love the idea of star family visitors even more. I would think that if they can make it ...
The No Cell Phone Zone
I don't own a cell phone. Why is that? It's very simple. I don't want one. I really don't. And in case you are thinking that I am that much ...
The Color Of Indian Corn
What is it about these rich colors that don't seem to appear anywhere else in nature? I'm sure they do, appear - wine, indigo, burgandy, sienna - but ...
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The Berkeley People’s Park Mural
There is a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious that you can't even tacitly take part ... you've got to put your bodies on the ...
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Dia de los Muertos | Day of the Dead
Every year on the weekend closest to November 2, Oakland's large Latin American community celebrates The Day of the Dead with a street festival in the ...
Networking Between Tech And Art
In the past, I have thought of making a business out of bringing together techies and artists, for the purpose of meet and greet, collaboration, and ...