Another World is Possible

The U.S. Social Forum has begun!
For the last two days there have been nearly 13,000 people gathered here in Atlanta under the slogan “Another World is Possible; Another U.S. is Necessary.”  And I have been one of those many folks, who are still trickling in on buses and planes and caravans of cars.
Monday, I drove [...]

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pushing ultimates

I had a fun and unexpected encounter Sunday afternoon, when I went out for coffee to Old Town Coffee and Chocolates. While sitting at one of their outside tables, an older man (in his 50s, maybe early 60s) sat down at the table closest to me. After a little bit, he began asking [...]

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pancakes and oysters

Saturday I had the opportunity to check out both the Arcata’s Farmers’ Market as well as Arcata’s annual Oyster Festival. While oysters aren’t necessarily my thing, I do like outdoor festivals, so I thought I’d check it out. I did try both “oyster rockefeller pierogi” as well as a grilled oyster with lemon [...]

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eureka!

I surprise even myself in realizing that at long last all my criteria for returning to this blog are, in fact, in place. I have no student events to plan; I have responded to really quite a large majority of my emails; I am taking quite a reasonable number of classes (none); and [...]

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