Are “feet of clay” really just human flaws?

June 24, 2026
Surprise, surprise. Deepak Chopra was an Epstein buddy. Cesar Chavez raped women and minors. Many big names appear in the files in what seem to be incriminating ways. Powerful men and yes, women, too, overlooked, ignored or even took part in nefarious activities. Horrific things happened....

When hippie chic was new

May 2, 2013
Do you remember these leather bracelets from the 1960s? They're everywhere today, but back then hand-worked leather bracelets were a brand new fashion...

Bears, manhood and fatherhood

May 1, 2013
Sitting Bear, by Linda Israel The bear was my father's icon. Born of Italian immigrant parents, he was first generation American, the only one of his...

Bathing beauties 21st century style

April 30, 2013
I saw these sculptures in a San Francisco gallery last month. She sat in the window posing for tourists, looking as real as can be. And from the back, just as...

Posting on social media not same as “enjoying”

April 29, 2013
Painting, Sonoma, CA   Enjoying a lunch with my wife at Happy Lunch Spot. -Facebook post. Here's what I say. Remove your smart phone from the...

The Tucson Inn

April 28, 2013
I don't know why I love this so much, but I do. Maybe it's because I can look at it and see entire stories.  Spartan rooms with old, scuffed wooden...

Girlfriends & destiny

April 27, 2013
Girlfriends are sisters that destiny forgot to give you. Oh, I'm not so sure that destiny forgets much. So it has to be purposeful.  March came in like both...

Recipient insane: meds needed

April 26, 2013
from collage by Laura Kennedy I dreamed that you bewitched me into bedAnd sung me moon-struck, kissed me quite insane.(I think I made you up inside my...

Senior Citizen discounts EVERYWHERE!

April 25, 2013
This is your lucky day! Today's post is a public service citizen for Boomers and those even older. That's right, an entire post listing fabulous senior citizen...

What you put into it

April 24, 2013
Whisk n Ladle, La Jolla, CA Any cook will tell you that you get out of the pot  what you put into it.Drop in fresh, delicious ingredients and your dish will be...

Flowers when you’re dead

April 23, 2013
in a bucket-Union Square SF florist who wants flowers when you're dead? nobody. J.D. Salinger, Catcher in the Rye That's right. Nobody. I don't like those...

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