Living in California

May 22, 2013 I was driving to my morning class at Georgia State University on Nov. 27, 1978, when I ...
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"...Gay brothers and sisters,...You must come out. Come out...to your parents...I know that it is hard and will hurt them ...
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If it was possible to die of loneliness, I would have died a thousand times since coming to California. Luckily ...
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My sentiments exactly, courtesy of Otis Redding: Sittin' in the mornin' sun. I'll be sitting when the evening come. Watching ...
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Don't judge me for what I'm not. Honor me for what I am. Understand me for what I've been. Join ...
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I feel like a satellite That has spun out of orbit Hurtling away into nothingness. I am begging the Universe: ...
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So I bought a new vacuum cleaner. It's so awesome! What kind of person gets excited about a new vacuum ...
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On nice days, I walk one block from my office and eat my sack lunch at the beautiful Yerba Buena ...
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Living in San Francisco sometimes feels like being a participant in a circus sideshow; but that's why I like it! ...
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Yes, the Fillmore Jazz Festival. For two days literally outside my door. I have never had so much fun!!! Partied ...
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It was a hard decision to make, but Madie and I decided it was best if Shasta came to live ...
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[youtube_sc url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UL5Cj3qMDBc" title="Tai%20Chi%20Nathan%20%20NG" theme="light" modestbranding="1"] I have taken several tai chi classes since I came to SF from this guy, ...
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It's August in Atlanta. Actually it's August everywhere, but in Atlanta, August is particularly apparent. For 50 years I sweated ...
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It started in May. As I walked the sidewalks near my office on Mission and Third, mysterious hand-lettered cardboard signs ...
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She hated to be called Mary Ruth. She worked hard to shed her Southern accent, and as a result, I ...
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Today was one of the loveliest days weather-wise that I've seen in San Francisco. 70, sunny, and not too much ...
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I took Shasta out for her walk as usual this morning. This daily ritual is really the most complicated part ...
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Since the day I left Atlanta, I have not known what was going to happen next. At first, this was ...
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I had never heard of Fleet Week before I moved to SF, but it is a big deal here. The ...
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This town is full of lost souls, driven mad with loneliness and despair, alcoholism and abandonment. They wander the filthy ...
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I've been seriously studying these books since I got here. Interestingly, they each say pretty much the same thing. Enlightening ...
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The first Sharon is my Sharon by birth, half-sister, half-mother, whole love. A Marilyn Monroe look-alike, always. Even now pushing ...
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At yoga class this morning, my friend Alan shared a lovely poem that he had written. I'm sure he had ...
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As a resident of San Francisco who now commutes up to 4 hours a day, I have been forced to ...
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I just deleted my Yahoo account. I've had the account for over 10 years, since the time when having a  ...
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Visited Ft. Cronkite this weekend. It's a WWII gunnery battery on the coast of San Francisco. My dad was stationed ...
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A real live go-go dancer at the Neptune Beach Festival in Alameda this past weekend: ...
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The Daily Bart started well, on this Friday the 13th. Even tho I opted for the later train, I was ...
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Almost everyone on Bart is plugged into some type of mobile device - phones  and tablets of every brand. I've ...
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Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Welcome to the Daily Bart. If you’re lucky enough to live in the San Francisco ...
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It happened again this morning. I've seen it happen a few times now. It's almost happened to me, but I've ...
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How to Ride Bart - Part 1 Catching a ride on a Bart train is a confusing and mysterious process, ...
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Today is a very sad day for Bart...a Bart police officer fatally shot a fellow officer while searching a suspect's ...
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I was looking at a photo on Facebook this morning. It was an image of Obama standing in the White ...
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Luckily, I was planning to work from home today. Because when I opened up my news app, the first thing ...
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I'm leaving California. Six years after this journey began, my California adventure is coming to a close. I came, I ...
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