Monthly Archives: January 2009
Bluey, Bluey
1960 The TV camera at KPIX Channel 5 in San Francisco zoomed in to get a close-up shot. Mayor Art plunged his hand down into a mass of post cards, twisted his wrist back and forth, and pulled one out. … Continue reading
Sharing the Road
Men are not the keepers of herds; herds are the keepers of men. Henry David Thoreau My students and I spent time evaluating Mr. Thoreau’s quotation about simplicity. We discussed the literal meaning, too. And I shared my own story … Continue reading
The Coral Hand
We so want to be unique. We are! Yet, among the mass of people clinging to a cable car bumping and jerking up the Powell-Mason Street line, we feel like one of many here in California. We study our palms … Continue reading
I’ve Got the Whole Wide World, In My Hands….
Circa 1979 OK Yogini, you take the Vietnamese students and practice their pronunciation with them. And you, Maria, you go to the other corner with the Afghani students and do the same. I will work with the other kids from … Continue reading
Thank you Mr. Morris
Mervyn’s Department Store closed all of its 150 remaining locations last month. Unable to compete with the likes of Target, Wal-Mart, Kohl’s and other deep discounters, Mervyn’s, founded by stock boy turned entrepreneur, Mervin Morris, advertised its final sale. I … Continue reading
My Kid Likes Your Kid
My kid likes your kid. No, this isn’t a dialogue at the sandbox between two new moms. Dr. Eric Berne served up his psychological ideas in the 1950’s by subdividing our “selves” into three states: parent, adult, and child. One … Continue reading
