Jan 21, 20211 minPelicans!What a magnificent bird is the pelican. This limerick by Dixon Lanier Merritt captures the wonder of the bird. A wonderful bird is the...
Dec 30, 20202 minJessie's Message (for Captain Margaret L. Putman)Once upon a time, I had a dear friend named Maggie. She taught herself calligraphy, sitting at a drafting table and painstakingly writing...
Sep 30, 20202 minCalifornia BurningAgni, the Hindu god of fire, once came in disguise and approached Krishna and Arjuna as they were resting near the Khandava forest. Once...
Jul 24, 20203 minBlack Lives and the Journeys to Racial Justice (Part III: Protests After the Murder of George Floyd)On May 25, 2020, a teenaged girl filmed a crime on her cellphone. The murder of George Floyd. The video recorded by 17-year-old Darnella...
Mar 18, 202013 minBlack Lives and the Journeys to Racial Justice (Part II: Non-fiction & Art)In this America, Miles Davis, Trumpeter, composer, jazz innovator, While standing outside a jazz club in New York where he was performing...
Dec 31, 20191 minMagic in the Moonlight: Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, ArizonaTowering saguaro cactii, the blush of a gorgeous sunset in the blue desert sky, and a crescent moon greeted us as we entered the Desert...
Dec 23, 20192 minMusical Instrument Museum (MIM): Connecting the World Through MusicWhat an amazing place! The Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix, Arizona has been touted by tripadvisor.com as "Phoenix's #1 attraction...
Apr 12, 20193 minNature Never Did Betray the Heart that Loved HerThere are places that calm one's spirits, still one's restless mind and offer comfort, solace. These are the places where I love to walk,...
Apr 6, 20191 minSpring Blooms and a Peacock at Filoli GardensFiloli is a historic house and garden in Woodside, California, and is one of the 28 sites owned by the National Trust for Historic...
Aug 19, 20182 minKauai, the Garden Isle of HawaiiThere are few places on earth where, the second your feet touch the ground, the stress drains away. Hawaii is my #1 place in that...
Aug 18, 20181 minRudraksha trees and a Shiva temple in Kapa'a, KauaiAt the botanical gardens in Princeville, the tour guide pointed out some deep blue spheres on the ground, which she said were fruit of...
Jun 30, 20181 min#FamiliesBelongTogether Rally in Redwood City CA, June 30, 2018This Is What Democracy Looks Like. #FamiliesBelongTogether #RedwoodCity
Jun 24, 20188 min"Welcome to your Intellectual Home": My Smith College Reunion"Welcome to your intellectual home!" These were the warm words of President Kathleen McCartney as she welcomed an auditorium filled with...
May 12, 20181 minYosemite in the Spring: Waterfalls, Rivers & Dogwoods in BloomYosemite National Park, the nation's first national park. A place of breathtaking beauty, where one is humbled by the majesty of nature....
Mar 24, 20181 min#MarchForOurLives Rally in Redwood City, CA#MarchForOurLives #NeverAgain #guncontrol
Mar 21, 20181 minJunot Diaz's reading of "Islandborn" at Kepler's Menlo ParkJunot Diaz read from his new children's book Islandborn at Kepler's bookstore in Menlo Park. It was a sold out event, which started with...
Mar 14, 20181 minImages of San Francisco#Images #Photos #SanFrancisco #LawrenceArgent #TrinityPlace #VenusdeMilo
Jan 29, 20181 minImages of Kochi (Kerala, India)#FortKochi #COK #TajMalabar #Kochimetro #LuluMallAluva #Kochisynagogue