Progress is made in jumps not gradual increments
I am struck by how we move — in jumps not smooth gradual progressions. For the last 6 months I’ve been reading geology books and in some of them the scientists talk about how the earth systems change...
View ArticleWhere is my bailout? Who’s looking out for me?
I look at all these economic experts and I don’t see anyone who represents me. Where is labor represented? Where are the unions? Where are the folks who can help the underemployed, the self-employed,...
View ArticleOur President-Elect reads books
It matters to those of us in the book world that people read, or don’t read, books. We have all read the sad statistics* about books and reading, such as: 58% of US adult population never reads another...
View ArticleMilk is about all of us
I’ve seen Milk. Twice. The first time was opening day, Wednesday before Thanksgiving and it was raining. I went to the Castro Theater by myself. I sat in this old movie palace in a crowd of men and...
View ArticleMaking room
I’m weeding out my books. I need to make room… for something else. I’m removing things from my shelves. Books I have not opened in 10 years. Books I cannot remember the plots of. Books that don’t...
View ArticleState of Green Biz in Bay Area – forum
One of the things I do is volunteer with the Job Forum here in San Francisco and many of our participants want to know about green jobs and the state of green business here in the Bay Area. On February...
View ArticleHave a green job? How’d you get it?
I am writing a series of articles about green jobs and want to reach out beyond my own network to find interesting stories about people who now have green jobs and how they got them. Interested? Leave...
View Articlebobshaw bobshaw
i just found out a friend died. two and one half years ago. no one called me. i hadn’t talked to him in ages, obviously. and he died. and my life went on without him. without knowing. i found out when...
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