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On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 6:53 PM J. <xxxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote: Wow, your book just appeared at my door?!? Was that you? J On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 6:57 PM Jane P. PERRY <jpperry@berkeley.edu> wrote: Bizarre, right???? The publisher said it was better that I take care of distributing ordered books. I went, wha?????? […]
The tender human face to uncharted times: phrases overheard while out walking. Bless us all. “That’s a different strain. This one lasts longer on surfaces.”“So what are you going to do? Can you pay for child care?”“I kinda feel like I am pretty sturdy health-wise.”“Have you seen the movie The Seventh Seal?”“Oh, look! [pointing to […]
I received this hand-written note in the mail. This is the response I sent back.
Every Tuesday afternoon some seven to ten people stand vigil at a busy commuter interaction in Oakland, California. The event started just after the person currently occupying the White House began their term. Alice started the vigil. She called it Town Hall on the Corner: “Bring yourselves, friends, family, signs – or use some of […]
Two magical gifts, three years apart, same perch, a hummingbird chose our front porch to build its nest in March 2016 and 2019. Despite the comings and goings, mother was not agitated and allowed me to capture these photos. What a privilege and honor to be privy to this part of nature and Mother Earth. […]
I have been trying to keep facts straight, waiting for a narrative, but now I realize my family story is a series of recognitions. A tailor emigrates from London in 1642 to the Colonizer-named Watertown, Massachusetts as part of the Great Migration from England between 1620-1640 of approximately 20 thousand people, some deemed “Adventures,” while […]
“Traffic flowed despite wet pavement.” “If a cloud passes over you, you will get snow.” This has gotta be a proverb. Bill Martin, KTVU 10 O’clock News Weather Forecaster
Alameda is an island in the San Francisco Bay, close enough to the mainland of Oakland that I can to hold my breath while driving under the water through the Webster Street Tube. I am in Alameda to hear a 1920’s style trio playing in the one German restaurant on the island. I have seen […]