Blog… Traveling with a Journeyman 29 Sep 201825 Feb 2019 As I started to think about what this blog could be about, no single theme came to mind. I don’t have one definable area of knowledge to share. Like many…
Blog… Back to Cadillac Country 8 Aug 201817 Mar 2019 While on vacation driving through France’s lush Dordogne and Bordeaux countryside, my travel companion and I marveled at the many traffic roundabouts radiating like stars in multiple directions, all of…
Blog… Cookie Conundrum: Macaroon or Macaron? 8 Aug 201817 Mar 2019 On my recent summer trip to France, I visited a few (or fifty) patisseries and enjoyed various heavenly desserts. Some pastries were already familiar to me, like chocolate eclairs, and I’d also…
Art… Is Portable Supportable? 8 Aug 201817 Mar 2019 It’s another summer to bask in the warmth, but for two weeks, I’m not home in sunny San Diego but on a trip to experience the beauties and delights of southern…
Profiles Clearing Hurdles: A journey past military and domestic foes on the way to the Gay Games 6 Jun 20182 Mar 2022 The first Gay Games were held in San Francisco in 1982, and Jill Waters competed in tennis and track. She’d already battled a U.S. Navy intent on expelling LGBT people.…
Profiles From Circuits to Silkworms: An engineer’s journey into fashion design 9 Mar 201817 Mar 2019 At engineering school, high math and science scores are demanded at the door; it’s not a place where art students gravitate. It might be the last place to learn to…
Journalism Coffee and Molotov Cocktails Served to District 3 Constituents 22 Feb 20188 Feb 2019 The following February 2018 news story was written as an assignment for a News & Feature Writing class at UCSD Extension in San Diego. The cozy hum and hiss of…
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