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Pelicans!
What a magnificent bird is the pelican. This limerick by Dixon Lanier Merritt captures the wonder of the bird. A wonderful bird is the...
Jan 21, 20211 min read
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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...
Dec 30, 20202 min read
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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...
Sep 30, 20202 min read
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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...
Jul 24, 20203 min read
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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...
Mar 17, 202013 min read
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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...
Dec 31, 20191 min read
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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...
Dec 23, 20192 min read
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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,...
Apr 12, 20193 min read
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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...
Apr 6, 20191 min read
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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...
Aug 18, 20182 min read
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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...
Aug 17, 20181 min read
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#FamiliesBelongTogether Rally in Redwood City CA, June 30, 2018
This Is What Democracy Looks Like. #FamiliesBelongTogether #RedwoodCity
Jun 30, 20181 min read
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"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...
Jun 24, 20188 min read
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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....
May 12, 20181 min read
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#MarchForOurLives Rally in Redwood City, CA
#MarchForOurLives #NeverAgain #guncontrol
Mar 24, 20181 min read
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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...
Mar 21, 20181 min read
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Images of San Francisco
#Images #Photos #SanFrancisco #LawrenceArgent #TrinityPlace #VenusdeMilo
Mar 14, 20181 min read
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Images of Kochi (Kerala, India)
#FortKochi #COK #TajMalabar #Kochimetro #LuluMallAluva #Kochisynagogue
Jan 28, 20181 min read
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