Found last Saturday at the Berkeley Farmers' Market. As I was photographing it, someone removed the left half of the squash from the table and ...
Photo Of The Day: Datura
Found on a walk around Berkeley last weekend. Trumpetvine, or Datura, is a common flower here on the West Coast of California. Long yellow flowers, ...
Space Traveler Wannabe
Last week there were not one, but two spacecraft explosions. One was the Antares rocket that was unmanned, taking supplies up to the ISS - ...
Dreaming Of Train Travel
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, ...
Coming Back From Crazytown
Crazytown is the one place on the planet that really really sucks to visit. Primarily because it can be lurking around any corner in any town or ...
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 Cousins Have Come And Gone And I Am Still Recovering
We chose to meet at one of my local cafes last Sunday morning. As I sat there with my coffee and muffin, I thought about what we might do during their ...
Waiting For The Cousins To Arrive
It's a very rare event when one of the family members comes "Out West" for a visit. The large expanse of DNA that makes up my family creates a large ...
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 ...
Out Of The Archives:
Cenotes: Sacred Sites or Swimming Holes?
Previously published in 2005. My bicycle seat was set a little too low and my legs wouldn't straighten out completely when I pedaled, giving one ...