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The journal of an omnivorous reader, nerd for the arts, and believer in the public good.

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Meet Doña Viviana Alávez, the undaunted doyenne of candlemakers preserving Zapotec tradition in Oaxaca, Mexico. “City of Ghosts” is a love letter to Los Angeles that will probably make you cry. The animated Netflix kids show uses the city’s neighborhoods as the foundation for a beautiful rumination on memory and loss. Listen to author Rachel…

May 8, 2021
Five Songs For The End of The Week

President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan COVID-19 relief bill and all adults are to be eligible for vaccines by May 1. There is still a lot more to be done, but we’re off to a promising start. What a week. We made it! Enjoy.

March 13, 2021
The Last Time

There are so many days this year that are the anniversaries of the last time we did something in 2020. These pictures were taken on March 6, 2020, at the Oakland Museum of California on my last visit to a museum. The Bay Area shelter in place order took effect eleven days later.

March 7, 2021
Five Songs For The End of The Week

Smooth as silk. Sweet like honey. Made for the moonlight. Brighter than sunshine. There is no voice like Ms. Dionne Warwick’s. If you haven’t already dipped into her catalogue of hits, it’s time to get into it. Here are five of my favorites for the end of the week.

March 6, 2021
“All good things must begin.” -Octavia Butler

February 21, 2021
Five Songs For The End of The Week

This has been a tough week. Find what you need where you can. The tragedy seems never-ending. One day we’ll be able to look back at all of this. There are a lot of politicians singing this song right now. We can only hope. Sometimes you have to know what you’re about. There’s no better…

February 20, 2021
Thinking of Audre Lorde and Toni Morrison

“If I didn’t define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people’s fantasies for me and eaten alive.” -Audre Lorde “I know the world is bruised and bleeding, and though it is important not to ignore its pain, it is also critical to refuse to succumb to its malevolence.” -Toni Morrison Audre Lorde…

February 19, 2021
Five Songs For The End of The Week and The Beginning of The New Year

Easing into 2021 with gorgeous vocals and hope for better days ahead. The Queen of Soul live and lush. Has there really ever been a better version of “California Dreamin’” than this? Curtis Mayfield remains the smoothest to ever do it. Timeless. Koko Taylor never fails to blow you away.

January 1, 2021
The Only Way Through This is Together- Facing COVID-19 in 2021

2021 is going to require a collective change of consciousness and new ways of operating in the world. That change is possible and it will be hard. Who will be the helpers and the shepherds to share the vision of who we can be and keep the momentum going for better days for all of…

December 31, 2020
Angela Davis on change

“Sometimes we have to do the work even though we don’t yet see a glimmer on the horizon that it’s actually going to be possible.” — Angela Davis

December 16, 2020

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