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Jun.07.2013
These are from our local Forum:
Not in my backyard
PV Neighbors,
We've just returned from NY (college graduation) and perhaps missed the
"memo" that our streets would be closed for a fundraiser (Obama.) It was
unexpected to be stopped and turned around on Westridge at 7:15PM tonight. It
was...
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Mar.25.2012
This year’s Gold Rush Writers is still a month away, so you can save thirty bucks (a $175 value for $145) if you enroll by March 30th. This great bargain in the Sierra foothills includes your choice of sixteen workshops, three meals, featured headliners Cara Black and Michael David Lukas...
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Mar.17.2012
Snow on Mt. Hamilton last night at the 2200 foot level. That means it is cold in the San Francisco Bay Area. The night is wet and chilly. Before I finish this entry, I may get up, put on a turtleneck sweater and sweats under my old bathrobe.
The weather makes me think of...
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Dec.15.2010
Specialist Tammy K. scoots around a throng of patients, visitors and staff in the wide hallways of the VA hospital in Palo Alto. Her shoulder length blonde hair swings as her slim figure maneuvers expertly between wheelchairs and gurneys on her way to her job in the rehabilitation unit.
She...
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Oct.18.2010
According to the news reports, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's Commonwealth Club- sponsored speech last Friday was all about drug wars in Mexico, climate change, terrorism and how to fight it, State Department stuff of note. But I thought the more interesting thing -- I was among the 48...
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Oct.08.2010
Finally, my story, The Two Jacks, about two University of California music school graduates has been published. It's a story that takes place in 1974, in the San Francisco Bay Area. Since the narration involves a musical, sheet music and lyrics are in the book, (The song, I Profess My Love...
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Sep.09.2010
Now is the time to get out and visit your local graveyard! I've put together a list of cemetery tours and lectures in Northern California, but the information isn't easily gleaned. If you catch an error or can suggest a tour I've missed, please let me know.
September 11, 10 a.m.Mountain View...
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Nov.06.2009
Thursday, December 3rd, I'll be on The View From The Bay (my third time this year) doing a Photoguru segment on cool fun affordable gifts for your photo enthusiasts- perfect timing for the holiday season. Come to the taping and watch it live, check it out on your boob tube, DVR it, Tivo it, VCR it...
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Sep.27.2009
Since December 2006 Silke Tudor and I have been working almost full-time on an oral history of punk rock in the Bay Area. We've interviewed nearly 300 people, from Green Day, Rancid and Operation Ivy, on back to Maximum RocknRoll magazine, Dead Kennedys, Flipper, Avengers, Crime, and the Nuns.
The...
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Sep.10.2009
Seconds turned into days turned into weeks- I haven't blogged for almost a month- crazy.
The past month I shot a few assignments (built an on-location studio for a company in the North Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area, capturing 40 food & wine displays), taught an exposure course with a book...
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