





John Burroughs Junior High, Class of '62
“The
calamities to individuals which were
inflicted by the late war are for the
most part irreparable. The government
cannot recall to life the million of
our youth who went to untimely graves,
nor compensate the sufferings or sorrow
of their relatives or friends. It has
no safe general rule but to let bygones
be bygones; to turn from the dead past
to a new and better future; and on
that basis to assure peace, reconciliation,
and fraternity between all sections,
classes and races of our people.”
Samuel Tilden, quoted by Roy Morris,
Jr., FRAUD OF THE CENTURY – Rutherford
B. Hayes, Samuel Tilden, and the Stolen
Election of 1876. |
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Clemency for Troy Davis!
"On Monday August
17th the Supreme Court issued an order
mandating a new evidentiary hearing for
death-row inmate Troy Anthony Davis. With
its ruling,
the nation's highest court decided that
Davis should have another chance to prove
his innocence before the state of Georgia
puts him to death." - AI
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January 20,
2009
A New Era of Peace
"And
because we have tasted the bitter swill
of civil war and segregation, and emerged
from that dark chapter stronger and more
united, we cannot help but believe that
the old hatreds shall someday pass; that
the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve;
that as the world grows smaller, our common
humanity shall reveal itself; and that
America must play its role in ushering
in a new era of peace." — Barack
Obama Inaugural Address
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January 11,
2009
I had the strangest dream...
Just a few words to wish you all a happy,
prosperous and peaceful new year...more
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November 11, 2008
Exciting times, huh?
I was in New
York on election day. My parents took Jay
and Linda (my brother and sister-in-law) and
me to see Lion King on Broadway, and the show
happened to be Tuesday night. My sibs and
I were kind of sad because we couldn't vote in our own communities, had to vote absentee, but the day had surprising rewards.
First we marched
our parents over to our old elementary
school so they could vote. It was kind
of a long hike for my dad, but he did all
right. We were walking very slowly, of
course, so on the way, Linda invented an
Obama dance... more
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October 29, 2008
Last night after
work, I went to
Phillip's barbeque located at Crenshaw
and Adams, in Los Angeles. It is near the
10, Santa Monica freeway. I was standing
in line waiting for my order.
A Black woman in her fifties was standing behind
me. She tapped me on my shoulder. I turned to her
and she was "beaming". She said "I just voted."
I looked to her left shoulder and there was a red
white and blue stick-on that said "I voted". She
said she wanted to vote in advance but found that
she could not, because she was not... ... more
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 From the archives:
Featured
Section
ROMANIA
JOURNAL
1999 visit to Oltania and Maramarush (Romania)
to see total eclipse of the sun.
Featuring
video of the eclipse, a visit to a country
cemetery, chess and barbecue with our hosts
in a Southern Carpathian Mountain village,
a peasant livestock market, the Jewish Cemetery
in Sighetu Marmaţiei,
an interview with the leader of the Jewish
community in this northern city, a Jewish
center before the Holocaust, and Transhumansa
(a visit with nomadic hersmen in the mountains.) |
New
book by Robert Rashkin
The
Edge of the Ice
He says I'm not
objective, and that's true, but I think
this is just great. Bob lives on a ranch
in Colorado with a bunch of dogs; they're
always walking around together, and he
started taking notes. He ended up with
three beautiful speculations on how humans
and wolves learned to hunt together,
and how wolves came to be domesticated
dogs. Good stories, especially for people
who live with dogs. |
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Tentative
Description of a Dinner Given To
Promote the Impeachment of President
Eisenhower
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 1958
This
poem is out of print and unavailable
anywhere. We wrote to Ferlinghetti to
get his permission to reproduce it here.
He never answered. This is much too good
a poem to be lost, so here it is anyway. |
Some
words about immigration |
Playwrite
Harold Pintar Nobel Lecture - 12/7/05
Art,
Truth & Politics
Video
and text
12/25/08: Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter dies at 78 |
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Estampas
de la Revolución Española
The
Offices of Propaganda...in their
fervent desire to show the world
the epic moments of their Revolution,
have undertaken the publication
of these scenes from the Spanish
Revolution, a happening which has
opened the doorway to a future
of a greatness both spiritual and
material.
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PHOTOBLOGS 2004-2007
Baskets,
rope, Fish Canyon Falls, Mojave
Desert, Colombia Gorge, American
River, and much more.
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My
Reagan Years |
Tree
Huggers Photo Gallery |
Voices of Israel and Palestine |
Conquest
of Mexico |
Romania
Journal |
War
in El Salvador |
The
Dagger |
Complete (sort of) Site Map |
Why
Not War? |
Hiking
in Southern California |
and
featuring: Bob
Brault, American poet |
TONALKALLI - Edited by Elissa Rashkin
Buy SWEATSHOP-FREE
CLOTHING online
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World's
Strangest Show - July
2009
Korean Friendship Bell, San Pedro tide pools, Santa Monica bike ride, Hammer Museum. |
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Youre
Homeless Tonight -
July 2009
Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum (http://dominguezrancho.org/), rocky beach in San Pedro, walk in Manhattan Beach, going-off-to-gradschool party for Penina, cactus flowers. |
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Photos
on Picasa
These
photos are posted on Picasa Web Albums,
Google's free photo-sharing site.
It works great in Windows. A little
iffy on the Mac. I think a newer
Mac will see them fine, but my older
Mac won't display them. Give it a
try. If you can't see them, sorry!
If you can see the photos, I hope you will
try the slide show feature. Note that you can control
the speed of the slide show. Just move your mouse
on the screen and you'll see the controls.
All
Albums |
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Cartea Lui Mormon - June 2009
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Sugestion Mortal Colectiva - June 2009
Flowers and birds in the garden, Hollywood Park Race Track, Grand Performances, concert at El Sereno Community Garden, bee swarm in an apple tree, about town. |
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Go
Baby Go - June 2009
A day at the races at Hollywood Park, one of the classic SoCal tracks that will probably close forever after this season, to be replaced by yet another mall-condo complex. |
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Reptiles
Enter Here -
May 2009
Fish Canyon, Cactus Flowers, Long Beach Museum of Art, Feeding the Birds |
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Flower
Theft Is a Crime - May
2009
Cactus flowers, Fish Canyon, UCLA Sculpture Garden |
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Get
Hammered and Sickled - April 2009
Family visit, Long Beach candy store, Alameda Corridor, Passover Seder, La Brea Tar Pits and Page Museum, downtown, MOCA, Little Ethiopia |
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Hello, My Name Is Trouble - April 2009
Millard Canyon hike, beach bike rides, pink bicycle, incredible sand castle at the new Annenberg Community Beach House, retired racing greyhounds out for a walk |
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The
Shoe Wants You - April 2009
Arroyo Seco, LA County Arboretum, Biddy Mason Born a Slave, DAC Gallery opening, Santa Anita Race Track |
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I
Need a Beer - March 2009
LA Marina, Patricia Yossen at DAC Gallery, cats and cacti in the garden, Gary Gach at Beyond Baroque, Bolona Creek, LA County Library volunteer of the year (that's me!). |
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Palm Canyon - February 2009
Palm
Canyon. Possible largest grove of
California Fan Palm, Washingtonia
filifera. Wild cacti. |
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Caution Rattlesnakes - February 2009
Chinatown, Griffith Park, garden with cat, squirrel, cacti. |
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You
Had To Have Been There - January
2009
Colby Canyon Hike, Manhattan Beach Bike Ride, Blacklist Memorial at USC |
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Vamos Por Mas Victorias - January 2009
New Year's gathering at Franklin Park, environmental art, Linda
Vallejo at L2kontemporary, orange trees and mountains, party at Iris and Eddie's, Manhattan Beach |
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La Mejor Comida China - December
2008
Santa Monica Pier, Venice Beach, Belmont Pier (Long Beach), garden, cats, squirrels, Self Realization Fellowship Lakeside Shrine, New Year's eve. |
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Avocado Xing - December
2008
Around
town. Point Dume. LA River
bike ride. Kenneth Hahn
State Recreation Area. |
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Still
Delivering the Goods -
November 2008
Central California, Salinas River, Monterey County Agriculture and Rural Life Museum, Mission San Miguel Archangel, San Luis Obispo Mission and Historical Museum, Gaviota Beach, bold pelicans. |
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Fire
Is a Natural Adventure - November
2008
Carson Carwash, Mojave National Conservation Area, Las Vegas, Red Rock Canyon, Colorado River (Laughlin to Parker), Southbay skies darkened by fire, Sunday afternoon in Santa Monica. |
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Law
West of the Pecos
- November
2008
Flash flood at Red Rock Canyon, joshua tree forest, Johnsondale, Trail of 100 Giants, granite dome overlooking Kern River Valley, election night, Chinatown, opera recital, cactus flower. |
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Let's Make a Comet - October 2008
Mt.
Hollywood, Griffith Park Observatory, Memorial
Branch Library, Vermont Square Library, miniature
golf course ruins, Mt. Waterman hike, lunches,
dinners, cats, squirrels, cacti in the garden. |
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Where
Valor Proudly Sleeps - October
2008
In
the garden, I watched cats and squirrels.
Then I went to the Veterans Cemetery
in LA. Then I went to the Getty with
Geri. Then I saw a church on King that
used to be a synagog. Then I went to
the Farmers Market for lunch. More cats
and squirrels. Barbecue at Arnold's to
celebrate his birthday. Pet Adoption
Festival at Hancock Park.
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Laughing
Samoans - September
2008
Two
Cathedrals walk in downtown LA,
Cats and squirrels in the garden,
hike on the Pacific Crest Trail
in the back range San Gabriels,
Bruce Lohmann's garden photos, LACMA.
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'Twill Soon Be Past
- September 2008
Nicholas
Flats, Ventura, Goats in downtown
LA, Dance concert, Tropical dragon
fruit, Possum in the garden, Uncle
Sammy's cacti.
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All Power to the People!- August 2008
Mt.
Waterman hike, Don White memorial,
MacArthur Park, Black Panther mural
in Southcentral LA, Dinosaurs along
I-215 |
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Baltimore - July 2008 Druid Hill Park, American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore Harbor, Federal Hill, Holocaust Memorial, Baltimore Museum of Art |
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Brooklyn
- July 2008 Brooklyn Bridge, Promenade, Botanical Gardens, Grand Army Plaza |
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Manhattan
- July 2008
Central Park, The Cloisters, American Museum of Natural History, harbor cruise |
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Music
Is My Boyfriend - July 2008
Least Tern chick, rockets red glare, Obama replaces David Alvaro Siqueros on LA mural |
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Fix Your Accent - June 2008
First Day of Summer at Getty Center, Hammer Museum |
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High Voltage - June 2008
Miles
from India at Grand Performances season opener, around LA and Carson, my garden with birds, teachers demonstrate against state budget cuts, dinosaurs roam the halls at LA County Museum of Natural History, Fish Canyon hike, cactus flowers. |
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Rome
Fell - March
2008 |
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