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Whither Modern Life?

Recent additions to Democracy Wall on Valencia Street.

I’m immersed in reading all the time, and much of what has attracted my interest in the past year or two are books that try to explain how the structure of capitalism is mutating during this violent, chaotic and barbaric time. No doubt we left […]

As Darkness Engulfs Us

I’ve been AWOL from this blog for months now. My dad moved into an assisted living facility in Millbrae and it’s been very time-consuming, to say the least. I had all sorts of problems with his health, the institution and its billing practices, and all the planning associated with leaving his home, watching my sister […]

My Horizontalist Life!

I have to admit I spend a great deal of my life in the horizontal position! I sleep a good 8-9 hours a night and then I wake up to read for another 1-2 hours each morning before I get out of bed… (lucky me, I know!) After my last post on the World […]