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Why we should move the “Rebel flag” to museums and take if off our public spaces
“Rebel flag” I’m writing to my fellow white people, many of whom I have seen write emotionally about why they fly the “Rebel flag” (often given other correct and incorrect names, so I’m going to put it...
View Article180: Day 17: Short period, a quiz, and Ahmed
I’m getting so used to 80 minute blocks that I’m not sure how to handle a 40 minute period when it gets thrown at me. Today was a 40 minute period day (five classes in one day, how did I ever handle...
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Before we were scared…
I wrote this poem in 1998. I think it still applies 18 years later. The Scream by Edvard Munch Before we were scared the streets were our own we'd wonder the town and call it our home; anyone we would...
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Beach cleanup daily — without leaving your home
Each third Saturday in September in California, the California Coastal Cleanup Day gathers thousands of people to help clean tons of trash from our beaches and waterways. The 2017 event occurred on...
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Swords to Plowshares at the national weapons labs: Late 70’s/early 80’s
Poster from July 1979 protest at University of California Regents meeting In the late 1970’s/early 1980’s, I was part of a movement to convert the nation’s premier nuclear weapons developing labs...
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Why building housing on Peoples’ Park is not, and will never be, a good idea.
People’s Park stands at 2.8 acres. (UC Berkeley photo by Brittany Hosea-Small, photo links to website.) I suspect most Berkeley residents don’t go to People’s Park very often, if at all. Even as one...
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Happy fathers’ day to all my fathers
On Fathers’ Day this year, I heard a sermon by Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern at the Unitarian Church of San Francisco that challenged member of the congregation to think of all the ‘fathers’ in our...
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The pleasures of a relaxed morning commute
10/12/2018 A commute can be what you make of it. 6:00 AM As my alarm goes off, I roll out of bed and head to the kitchen. My customary breakfast is a bowl of oatmeal with raisins and a banana, plus a...
View ArticleThanksgiving 2018 at Año Nuevo State Park
Katie and I spent most of Thanksgiving weekend at Costanoa (which features a lodge, restaurant, tent cabins, and camping) on the San Mateo Coast. Only slightly over an hour away from our home in San...
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Fuel savings calculator for driving 55 on highways
My commute from Grant High School in Sacramento to Davis, CA When my school returned to in-person teaching in May, I started a short daily commute with about 13 miles on a highway with no traffic...
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