Things They Never Tell You About Your Partner’s Pregnancy

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by Grace Bon I wrote a previous article for women about things they never tell you about your own pregnancy. This one’s for the men… 1. Your partner is tired. Do you have any idea how hard it is to make a baby? There are eyelashes and fingernails and lungs and other various organs to [...]

Podcast Interview with James Redford: “I Ask Myself ─ Even if Nothing Comes of It, Will it Enrich My Life by My Having Spent Time on It?’”

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UPDATE ON James Redford Screening of MANN vs. FORD Wednesday, July 6, 7:00 p.m. at The Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center Director Maro Chermayeff and producer James Redford will introduce and discuss a screening of their powerful new documentary Mann v. Ford, focusing on one of the largest toxic-waste cases in American history. Just [...]

Remembrance ~ by Sharon Walling

From the moment we shared our first cup of coffee, my mother-in-law was my best friend. She’d call us and say to my husband, “You watch Daniel, and I’m going to fly Sharon up here for the weekend, so we can go to ‘Music Circus’.” These were a series of off-Broadway productions. She loved music, [...]

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Being a Dickhead

I finished The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Theories of the Universe. Am I any the wiser? I think so. I know there are more questions to be answered than I’ll ever find answers for. That’s alright. I know the quest for those answers is an ongoing one. As they say, better to travel hopefully than [...]

Podcast Interview with author Scott James: “People Don’t Want the Government in their Bedrooms”

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One of the best things about living in the Bay Area of San Francisco is that I get to meet and mingle with some of the most talented artists in the world: Amy Tan standing six feet away from me, singing “These Boots are Made for Walking” with the band, Los Train Wreck, as I [...]

Friday in Novato ~ by Patricia McCaron

by Patricia McCaron Hey, Listen to this. The poetry of story. A poet tells a story about stories. Poetry, gossip and the pursuit of Pleasure. Is there any other way? Now what do you think of me? You’ve got to stop and be there for the poem as long as it takes. Just stand still. [...]

The Mommy Trenches: God Smote My Child’s Personality to Punish Me (At Least, I Think So)

Before I start writing here, I’d like to issue a few disclaimers: 1. I know that ADD is real and I’m not making light of it, even if it sounds like it. 2. I love my daughter, more than anything or anyone else in the world. She’s everything to me. 3. I’m not a bad [...]

Spring is in the Air!

I don’t know about you, but I’m ready for the spring. With Groundhog Day, Valentine’s Day, and Presidents’ Day long gone, it’s time to refocus on maintaining a fit and healthy lifestyle, and putting the ho-hums of winter behind us. By focusing our energy on improving our health and the way we look and feel, [...]

The Gnosticism of the Greenhouse ~ by Lucy Simpson

by Lucy Simpson “I am perception and knowledge, uttering a Voice by means of thought. I am the real Voice. I cry out in everyone, and they recognize it (the voice), since a seed dwells in them.” ─ Nag Hammadi Library, Trimorphic Protennoia, translated by John D. Turner Back in the garden of eden when [...]

Lunar Eclipse

My youngest son is a space enthusiast. His bedroom is decorated with posters of the planets and the space shuttle. There are those glow-in-the-dark stars plastered all over his ceiling, and mounted directly above his bed is a working replica of the solar system. In February 2008, when he was twelve-years-old, he found out there [...]

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