The jacaranda have begun to bloom. The events brings me nostalgic joy when I see the purple blossoms littering the roadway. In May 1984, after a particularly depressing winter, I noticed the flowers on the expanse of lawn on the UCRiverside Campus. I was ready to be happy, ready to enjoy spring, to be alive, […]
Daughter was complaining about a male classmate, claiming that the classmate didn’t know anything about girls. I was a little surprised since my daughter hasn’t always had good social skills. I asked her, So how you know about girls? Is it from being friends with GirlT and GirlJ?” She answered: And GirlG and GirlL.” Ah,
When I was a teen, my mom, sister and I would go to the South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa as an escape from Riverside. I’d dress my best, do my hair and makeup and we’d go and browse high-end shops. Any name brand designer store was fun since nothing existed like that in Riverside
2312 is not only the name of Kim Stanley Robinson’s science fiction novel, it its the year that the story takes place. This future is where planets,moons and asteroids in our solar system have been “terra formed” for habitation. Gender and “human” has changed so drastically in the 300 years from now to then, evolution
Each year during UCSB’s “Staff Appreciation Week” there is a Bike to Work day. The event held in conjunction with CycleMAYnia, a program of Traffic Solutions. At the entrance to UCSB, a gathering of a couple dozen bikers hung around for a raffle drawing for bookstore certificates, backpack, new bike tube. Coffee, zuc bread and
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