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What a magnificent bird is the pelican. This limerick by Dixon Lanier Merritt captures the wonder of the bird. A wonderful bird is the...
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- Dec 30, 2020
- 2 min
Jessie'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...
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- Sep 30, 2020
- 2 min
California Burning
Agni, the Hindu god of fire, once came in disguise and approached Krishna and Arjuna as they were resting near the Khandava forest. Once...
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- Jul 24, 2020
- 3 min
Black 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...
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- Mar 18, 2020
- 13 min
Black 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...
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- Dec 31, 2019
- 1 min
Magic in the Moonlight: Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona
Towering saguaro cactii, the blush of a gorgeous sunset in the blue desert sky, and a crescent moon greeted us as we entered the Desert...
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- Dec 23, 2019
- 2 min
Musical Instrument Museum (MIM): Connecting the World Through Music
What an amazing place! The Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix, Arizona has been touted by tripadvisor.com as "Phoenix's #1 attraction...
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- Apr 12, 2019
- 3 min
Nature Never Did Betray the Heart that Loved Her
There 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,...
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- Apr 6, 2019
- 1 min
Spring Blooms and a Peacock at Filoli Gardens
Filoli is a historic house and garden in Woodside, California, and is one of the 28 sites owned by the National Trust for Historic...
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- Aug 19, 2018
- 2 min
Kauai, the Garden Isle of Hawaii
There are few places on earth where, the second your feet touch the ground, the stress drains away. Hawaii is my #1 place in that...
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- Aug 18, 2018
- 1 min
Rudraksha trees and a Shiva temple in Kapa'a, Kauai
At the botanical gardens in Princeville, the tour guide pointed out some deep blue spheres on the ground, which she said were fruit of...
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- Jun 30, 2018
- 1 min
#FamiliesBelongTogether Rally in Redwood City CA, June 30, 2018
This Is What Democracy Looks Like. #FamiliesBelongTogether #RedwoodCity
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- Jun 24, 2018
- 8 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...
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- May 12, 2018
- 1 min
Yosemite in the Spring: Waterfalls, Rivers & Dogwoods in Bloom
Yosemite National Park, the nation's first national park. A place of breathtaking beauty, where one is humbled by the majesty of nature....
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- Mar 24, 2018
- 1 min
#MarchForOurLives Rally in Redwood City, CA
#MarchForOurLives #NeverAgain #guncontrol
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- Mar 21, 2018
- 1 min
Junot Diaz's reading of "Islandborn" at Kepler's Menlo Park
Junot 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...
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- Mar 14, 2018
- 1 min
Images of San Francisco
#Images #Photos #SanFrancisco #LawrenceArgent #TrinityPlace #VenusdeMilo
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- Jan 29, 2018
- 1 min
Images of Kochi (Kerala, India)
#FortKochi #COK #TajMalabar #Kochimetro #LuluMallAluva #Kochisynagogue
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