Jan 30
This kind of salad — including various root vegetables — has the diversity necessary to give a depth of flavor, and you need that if you’re going to eat it for both lunch and dinner. With a small side of protein it’s healthy and filling. I can eat second helpings, and the pounds just melt …
Jan 30
OK, so I’m an old softie. I cried during the first act of Giselle last night. Thanks to a donation to KQED, we had tickets to the San Francisco Ballet’s performance of this venerable classic. They weren’t great tickets — next-to-last row in the Orchestra section — but even from there, the show had its …
Jan 28
Pete Seeger is dead at 94. He set a shining example of life as an artist and activist and a warm, loving human being. I weep for him, and because of him I’ll go out on the street again and sing the good songs. Good bye, Pete Seeger. You’re missed.
Jan 25
Bicycling Under the Influence (BUI) is not one of the brightest behaviors. On two wheels, we need all of our reflexes, our balance, and our judgment as sharp as possible, maybe even more so than on four. You’d think, then, that an organization dedicated to promoting safe bicycling would steer clear of promoting tippling while …
Jan 14
So Google has bought Nest, the maker of smart home thermostats and smoke detectors. It doesn’t plan to stop there but to make all the mundane technologies in the home smarter and more pleasing. OK, folks, here’s your next project: synch the f**king clocks. In our home we have a digital clock in the microwave, …
Jan 13
This utopian idea has been gestating in my head for some time. Now it looks like the Zeitgeist is opening up for it to emerge. Item: an Oregon state legislator, Mitch Greenlick, has introduced a bill to make tobacco a prescription drug, and to criminalize off-prescription use. Greenlick is chair of the Oregon House Committee on …
Jan 13
Almost a year ago I blogged from a vacation trip to Ecuador. One of the highlights was a visit to the Festival of Fruits and Flowers in the city of Ambato. In the art museum there, a series of pictures executed on plant leaves caught my eye, and I sneaked a photo of one of …
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