Art, Poetry & Essays • But not necessarily in that order.
Along a cobblestone street in Budapest, a small hat shop sits a top a simple, stone step. The garish stores next door seek to crowd out its neighbor. With grace, charm and dignity, the little hat shop rose above the noise and invited us to come into the store–without ever demanding our attention. The proprietor […]
Before my trip to Paris, a friend of mine told me to enjoy the food in France because it’s the best food in the world. Certainly, some of the best food I’ve ever eaten, I ate in France. For a week in Paris, my wife Jill and I lived with one hand on our wallets […]
America is at a historic moment. America has a female candidate for president. America is at another historic moment. America has a black candidate. The candidates for the democratic party also offer two different forms of leadership: a fresh inspiring visionary and an experienced policy wonk. I find myself a little surprised when I say […]
Stupid kids. You want that, right? No, I didn’t think so. Or at least uneducated kids. Statistics show that children with little or poor education have a greater likelihood of being impoverished, committing crimes, and failing to participate in society as adults. Having well educated kids makes society safer, stronger, and healthier. Children who are […]
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 […]
Blue Rivers serves up artwork, poetry, and topical essays about art, culture, and the environment.