Category: opinion
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Covid Summer
These kayaks are sheltering place during the pandemic. This summer will be a time to remember, but at what point…in time? Currently, we are in a nightmare with sunny skies and birds chirping and then I read today’s obits. We aren’t at the point of looking back, rather, it is all about keeping our heads…
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Unrest
Statues of Father Junipero Serra have been defaced this week in California. He’s the 18th-Century priest who led the establishment of missions in this state and purportedly resorted to cruel and unusual punishment of natives in order to construct buildings and foster allegiance to the Catholic Church. The history books of the past gloss over…
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Monday Hope and Anger
The news is grim. Coronavirus upticks in parts of the country are triggering fear of a second wave of infections and deaths here and abroad. The cell phone video has proven to be a new, effective arm of justice, opening the eyes and hearts of those who have been blind to institutional biases against people…
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Bikes Have a Place and so do Masks
Last evening two cyclists approached California’s capitol building in Sacramento in a bike lane. The second photo is what was in front of them and behind me. Downtown Sacramento has bike lanes all over, making it an easy city to maneuver on two wheels, save for the occasional idiot who flings a parked car door…
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Winter Rainbow
Into the winter light crept a rainbow. I realize rainbows arc, they don’t creep, but those are the words “I saw” when I looked up in joyful surprise for a new day, perhaps, one of hope. Tragically, I took this shot four years ago–the hope from that day is fading fast under the politics of…
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Monuments
The Washington Monument is in the background with pedestrian “monuments” at the crosswalk that leads to the US Capitol where the impeachment of President Trump is now underway. However, I took this shot five years ago when I was fortunate to be in the house chambers for President Obama’s State of the Union address that…
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Peruvian Lily…Thoughts…
Hey, bloggers. Sometimes my creative tank is nearly empty. I struggle for something new, but find myself bouncing off the same old stuff that, in itself, isn’t bad, it simply isn’t…new. I’ve posted shots of Peruvian lilies before. This photo was taken a few days ago on a day where there plenty of honey bees…
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Black Oystercatchers Sound the Global Warming Alert
Dozens of organizations on the West Coast of North America are tracking the plight of the black oystercatcher, a bird that confines its life to the rocky shores along ocean waters. Rising sea waters, a product of global warming, and human disturbances are destroying this bird’s habitat and, in doing so, we are getting today…
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