Category: opinion
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My Favorite Parking Lot
I’ve always found a space at the San Francisco Legion of Honor Museum parking lot, a sign that I’m either lucky, or that not many people go to the museum on a weekday during school days.
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Is It Safe?
A few years ago I painted a watercolor entitled, “Is It Safe?” A man is peering over the edge of his life, unsure of what’s ahead while a giant tongue hangs over him like the sun in our universe. The tongue is the nonstop BS in life that renders us hopeless, or euphoric, depending on…
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Dogs Before the Storm…
Our two rescue dogs romped on the beach yesterday during the proverbial calm before the storm. Much of the sand has been washed away by high tides this month. Higher tides are expected over the next two weeks. The winds struck around 10 last night–damage survey to come. (The calm before the storm included the…
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Breaking News…
There will be breaking news tonight. Our double-down lying President will lie to the nation about…(fill in the blanks) in a nationally televised address. Politics in this country has been “fill in the blanks” style for most of my lifetime. Predictable results have been a sedative for the oppressed who have given up on “change.”…
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Goodbye 2018
Ready to ring in the new year. Mass shootings, natural disasters and Trump were stains on 2018. My built-in stain remover, hope, is teetering, but still alive. I end this year with an image and a poem. Orchid There is no balance in life When the arc of an orchid Weighted with fragile beauty Cannot…
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Time To Think…
The year is about to end. Time to read self-help books, listen to digitized motivational speakers, or surf the net to see what others are doing to prepare for 2019. I’ve been here before, many times, and I can honestly say I don’t have the answers other than to say it is time to think.…
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Peace
These flowers flourish next to each other despite their size difference. I could launch into a tirade about how humans are pounded with marketing that reinforces the urge to have a bigger car, a bigger house, etc., but I won’t. I’m maxed out on anger over the fear mongering that goes on in this country.…
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FilmStruck Departs…for now
I love watching last Century foreign movies that have withstood the test of time. FilmStruck was an online service that allowed me to see these classics that I had originally viewed in art house 40 and 50 years ago in the states. But this service shut down a few days ago with several promises that…
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