August 2, 2020, Casualties are everywhere in the coronavirus pandemic era. Something has to give if businesses and schools are sheltering in, shutting down or in some cases permanently closing. Who is going to fund the taxes for cities, counties and states? What is going to be a major source of revenue in the boys…
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Inside? Dream In French
August 1, 2020, Are you at home right now? Voluntarily or mandated? Do you need cheering up? The solution is simple and you already know what it is. Think in French. About France. About falling in love. About eating good French food while someone else pays for it. About watching a French romantic comedy, which…
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Desert Isolation, Self-Discovery
August 1, 2020, For some of us, it is a place to be completely avoided. At all costs. It is dry and unforgiving. Isolated too. You can feel the absence of life all around you. By contrast, you know it is filled with animals and bugs that sting and bite. Many of us want no…
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Let Your Life Turn To Jelly
August 1, 2020, Just a touch will do. We don’t want too much sugar but we love the taste of jelly or jam on our toast, muffins or pancakes to go along with our coffee. Which must have cream. Nicely stirred. Fairly hot. We can smell it now. Do you love jelly or jam? We…
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New Homes In The Dynamic New Oakland
July 30, 2020, Despite what some think, the San Francisco Bay Area is still building and selling homes. Oakland is leading the charge. Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California. A major West Coast port city, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San…
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Doors Continue To Open For Female Grappling
July 29, 2020, You’ve got plenty of time to think. We all do during this global pandemic. What are you thinking about? Scratch that. What should you be thinking about? Our suggestion? Think about activities, endeavors, pathways, competitions, industries and the like that have a very positive future. There is so much gloom and doom…
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Securing Food Supplies During The Global Pandemic
July 28, 2020, Three times a day is when most of us participate in a ritual as old as man and as important today as it was thousands of years ago. Eating our daily meals. Some feel it is a necessity. Given the amount of hunger in third world countries, it could be argued it…
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Deepfake Technology, You Should Stay Awake
July 27, 2020, Technological innovations in the world are happening as we sleep. All of the time. Should we be concerned? Aren’t there experts and government people paid to keep a watch on these things while we’re on vacation at Disneyland or pouring ketchup on our hamburgers at fast food restaurants? We sure hope so…
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Sheltering In, Cake Celebrations Continue
July 27, 2020, Let them eat cake. If only we could. And we can. Eat it ourselves. Often. Especially during pandemic times. We’re inside a lot with a sweet tooth. Some industries are completely disintegrating, going bankrupt and being devastatingly altered forever while a few are thriving. The cake industry is on the financial sweet…
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Summer, Swimming Pool Dreams
July 26, 2020, Visions of underwater magical worlds can come to life when we are swimming. Depending upon your poison, as the expression goes, you might prefer your swimming adventure in the ocean, lake or river. As for us? We prefer the swimming pool. Aqua blue and filled with mystery. There, the only monsters we…
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San Francisco’s Historic Plan To Support Working People and Small Businesses
July 25, 2020, In times where the American public needs to preserve and increase her workers and their family’s ability to make a living, a substantial and often historic public works program is necessary and vital. It is a great deal for the government and organizations involved. We can look to history for a much…
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