Climate Justice Month, Day 5
May Lemonade Flowering and fruiting back yard tree.
Climate Justice Month, Day 4
Gorgeous Weeds Volunteers bloom in the back yard.
Climate Justice Month, Day 3
Determination Nature gets her way, making her own urban jungle.
Climate Justice Month, Day 2
Obscene Fertility Fuchsia in the backyard
Climate Justice Month, Day 1
Honoring World Water Day Climate Justice Month, Day 1. Today's surf by Sutro Baths.
Climate Justice Month, D-1
Roses in the backyard. Make way for the buds!
Climate Justice Month, D-2
There's a lot of natural beauty... and natural ugliness... in cities like San Francisco. I'll be posting photographs from the extremes and middle frequently from now through Earth Day to honor environmental justice, join my church's Commit to Respond activities, and to generally enjoy what's around me in the city. Larger and clearer versions of most pictures will be posted in an Ozdachs SmugMug gallery. A wet afternoon has this lily looking slick!
Rock Hudson Died of Alzheimer’s
In a wildly incorrect statement, Hillary Clinton yesterday praised Nancy Reagan and her husband, President Ronald Reagan, for helping America de-stigmatize AIDS and its victims. In an MSNBC interview, Clinton expressed appreciation to the Reagans: "It may be hard for your viewers to remember how difficult it was for people to talk about HIV/AIDS in the 1980s," Clinton said. "And because of both President and Mrs. Reagan -- in particular Mrs. Reagan --we started a national conversation." The fact is that the Reagans were not helpful in starting a national conversation. They were completely closed-mouth and unhelpful, even when their supposedly close friend from [...]
Throw Back Thursday
I logged into Weather Underground this morning for a quick view of what the days are going to be like in Ashland for my long weekend stay. Years ago I'd pinned four frequently looked at cities to the WU menu. There along with home town San Francisco, destination Ashland, and ancestral home of Middleborough is Kayseri, Turkey. Four years ago I'd put Kayseri on my dashboard so I could easily find out what the weather was like for the then-21-year-old gay refugee I talked with almost daily on Skype. He'd escaped with his life from Iran into Turkey where he was [...]
Super Mediocre City
Super Bowl 50's playing location may be in new stadium in Santa Clara, but the pre-game hype is centered in San Francisco. The City's tourism industry is amped up on near-lethal doses of steroids and it is spewing on to the streets a mutant blend of football/corporate hype mixed with Orwellian fear of terrorism. Ferry Building from Super Bowl City Going downtown on public transportation is an amusement park ride showcasing the schizophrenic sizzle of the Super Bowl festival. Getting on your normal morning Municipal Railway car you are likely to be greeted by three heavily armed "Homeland Security [...]