A Broad Abroad

skimmers hanging out by the sea. i kinda got my heart set on being here again soon. sigh…..

Hiking to Pua'po'o lava tube. Free hike, with ranger escort, every wednesday. The lava tube is amazing! Volcanoes National Park, The ... [Continue reading this entry]

sad that i never wrote more hawaii tips. gotta get around to doing that!

if you're an oaklander and haven't been by lake merritt lately........GO. you will be impressed by the progress!! once they got to work, they got to WORK. if you know me you know i love lake merritt. ... [Continue reading this entry]

a particularly calm morning......

ok, ok...this isn't really about eating turtle eggs. i called my sister julie from whole foods today. i needed eggs and they had brown "fertile" eggs on sale. well, i knew that most store-bought eggs were non-fertile and ... [Continue reading this entry]

..... me. yes...i'm a white girl....but i'm more painfully aware than ever of a fundamental disparity. i walked around lake merritt today, pondering the BART police killing, our crumbling inner-city schools and talk of a post-racial america. ... [Continue reading this entry]

while working on the Obama campaign i came across letters written by 1st and 2nd graders from around berkeley. all made me smile or laugh but several also revealed ills in our society as seen thru a child's ... [Continue reading this entry]

through my tears...this was how i saw the inauguration.