Looking Outside
Commentary, Finding Hope, Naturecynthiahope, commentary, President Obama, health care, gun control, home, rainbows, wonder, nature, planets, gratitude
In Which We Weave A Beautiful Myth...And Make It True
After The Genie
Commentary, Finding Hope, MemoircynthiaRobin Williams, suicide, depression, wisdom, loss, family history, coping, comfort, grief, cultural icon
Don't Let the Sky Horses Go Unwritten
Why We're Mad. And Sad.
Commentarycynthiapolitics, protests, friends, hope, Bill Moyers, Iraq invasion, John Cassidy, Colin Powell, Cheney, Bush
A Sense of California (Via Books)
Hanging Out At Jasper's
Commentary, MemoircynthiaKam Jacoby, Lompoc, Lompoc bars, pictures, phots, Jasper's, dive bars, oral history, drinking, bartending, local history
A Communal Space
Commentary, Books and publications, Small Pleasurescynthiacommunity, Kam Jacoby, Lompoc, Lompoc bars, bars, drinking, third space, Michael Hickey, place-making, temperence, history, Wicked Shamrock, bartending
A Great Soul Passes
Commentary, Finding Hope, PoetrycynthiaNelson Mandela, Invictus, poem, tribute, William Ernest Henley, courage, greatness, history, inspiration