Art, Poetry & Essays • But not necessarily in that order.
The Hear Music store on Fourth Street in Berkeley closed recently. I was a card carrying member. Buy ten CDs get the eleventh one free. Every once in a while I found myself gravitating to Hear Music’s bins full of CDs. I could pluck out any CD, take it to the counter, and listen to […]
If you haven’t seen an Inconvenient Truth, it is a must see for anyone who cares about, I don’t know, their life. Our planet faces a climate crisis of our own doing. You can learn more about the movie and the climate crisis we are all facing at http://climatecrisis.net.
One of the best places to go for a hike and view flowers in the East Bay is Briones Regional Park. Take your trip in early April after the March rains. You can still see wildflowers in late April or early May, but they usually hit their peak much sooner.
by Joseph Siart A strong message has been brewing up inside me for awhile as I’ve watched world events. I need to share it with those I trust and have felt a great kinship with. I hope you’ll be kind enough to hear me out. I believe only a change in US leadership will improve […]
by Mary Gunderson It was going to be an blank title—it could almost have been a blank essay too. This is exactly what I felt after reading five of Ezra Pound’s poems. In a way, I don’t really know how to lead into this. I feel as jumbled now as when I was studying the […]