Monthly Archives: March 2010

Medicare and Health Insurance Reform

This link has good information about the changes the new health insurance reform bill.  If you’re sixty-five or you know someone who is and is worried or has questions, this is a good starting point. Linda Bergthold.

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Victory Garden

Here’s a different story about a garden.  Click on the link to go to a delightful short film on the White House garden and the first spring harvest. White House Garden.

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Getting Served

In the strip mall next to the Luther Burbank Center—called by some the Wells Fargo Center—there is a new vegetarian restaurant, The Garden.  I’ve heard from reliable sources that the food’s good.  I wouldn’t know, personally.  I couldn’t get served.  … Continue reading

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And the Games Continue

“This whole campaign challenging the constitutionality of health care reform is just the latest chapter in a long pageant of conservative right-wing scare tactics designed to frighten people into thinking health care reform is a horrific change for America,” said … Continue reading

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Two Bleak and Slender Books: The Painter of Battles

“She was leaving, do you understand?  She was already leaving me.  Suddenly I wanted to know how far . . . I don’t know.  How she was leaving didn’t depend on me.  Maybe geometry had something to say on the … Continue reading

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Viva Cocolat

I stumbled across this chocolate café the cold, rainy Friday I went to Petaluma to take pictures.  The cafe is in a long, rather narrow storefront. The pleasant friendly woman behind the curving counter is the owner.  She told me … Continue reading

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Grave Goods

Grave Goods; Ariana Franklin, Berkeley Books, 2009  “So, what are you reading?” “I just finished Grave Goods, a history mystery, by Ariana Franklin.” “Never heard of her.” “It’s a pen name for a British writer named Diana Norman. She’s a … Continue reading

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Sunset Line and Twine, Part I

The rain turned the air a shimmering silver. In my car, I checked my cameras, hoping it would let up soon. Half an hour earlier the clouds had thinned, paled, and it looked like the rain was over, but now … Continue reading

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The Art of the Semi-Colon

When to use one; when to eschew one; questions that have plagued writers and English students since the invention of punctuation.  I direct you to a website, provided courtesy of steampunk writer Cherie Priest, that answers all your questions and some you … Continue reading

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Open Comments, Part Two

The fun never stops! I get about twenty comments a day now and I end up spamming all of them.  About once every two weeks there’s an actual comment. The human animal survived this long by identifying patterns, and that impusle is … Continue reading

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