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Culture and acculturation

Burning Man, CultchaOctober 3, 2013935Views 0Likes 0Comments

Burning Man MOOP map, 2006 – 2013 Burning Man is the world’s largest Leave No Trace (LNT) event. Each year, after the attendees depart and go back home, a crew of people scan the entire 5-/6-square mile space, a person’s-length apart from the next, and they pick up all leftover trash … including sequins,…

Sunrise at the holy land

Burning Man, Little BitsSeptember 6, 2013835Views 0Likes 0Comments

That time I went to Burning Man early for Build Week, camped for a short while at the edge of the city at K street, and woke early to walk farther out and watch the start of a new day. Black Rock Desert: what a glorious, unlike-any-other place. Photo of me, above, by Charlie Dayburn. Photo below…

Thousands of pounds of food … wasted?

NatureMay 17, 2013889Views 0Likes 0Comments

Were people to truly understand that tens if not hundreds or thousands of pounds of food were being wasted each year in communities across the nation, there would probably be some sort of outcry. Indignation at least. Perhaps a call to action, a call to reform. Violets, both the flowers and leaves, are in your…

Free food for the taking

NatureMay 11, 2013939Views 0Likes 0Comments

I’m a big fan of wild foraging, wild edibles and — especially through the eyes of my mostly suburban existence — free food in my yard and along the pathways where I walk. Wild edible foods provide some of the most sustainable, biodynamic, healthy, seasonal and inexpensive and enriching ways to supplement my diet. I…

On dust

Burning Man, NatureSeptember 26, 20121KViews 0Likes 0Comments

There is much talk of dust at, about and around Burning Man. As there should be. Burning Man and dust go hand in hand. But note the word; it’s “dust,” not “dirt.” Dust, not sand. When I was still "a virgin" and people would speak to me of this dust, I could only think of…

Gimme

Burning Man, Stories big and smallSeptember 20, 2012924Views 0Likes 0Comments

I do believe, that in each of us — and in the human experience — is hardwired the joy of giving. And receiving. Giving is an interesting thing in that in order for a giver to experience giving, there must be a receiver who experiences receiving. At one end of the spectrum, the giving transaction is…

Kate, Zell and a wedding dress

CultchaMay 1, 2011823Views 0Likes 0Comments

I know it’s not an exact match, but I see some similarities. In 1946, my aunt, Rosellen Howell (whom, growing up, I called Aunt Zellie), headed to New York City at the ripe age of seventeen, where she then studied fashion design. Here’s a wedding dress design from her collection. And here is Kate Middleton…

On elephants and anthropomorphism

NatureMarch 20, 20111KViews 0Likes 0Comments

A tweeted @NPRnews article headline caught my eye the other day. Gotchya! Elephant Caught Cheating. It was meant “to catch” me, and it was successful. As I read the story about a young female elephant who figured out how to get the result (food) that she wanted without having to do the work (the learning and collaborative…

Groundhog Day

Things I PonderFebruary 2, 2011887Views 0Likes 0Comments

Groundhog Day is one of my favorite movies ever. For me, it has been one of the greatest messages from God/Mr. Everything/The Absoluteness That Is that I’ve ever received. Let me explain what I mean, in 500 words or less. Here goes — The story line, most of you know: Bill Murray’s character gets stuck in…

She sold me on the details

ExperiencesJuly 23, 20101KViews 1Like 0Comments

I've been in San Francisco bunches this year, and as such, have been around quite a few panhandlers. Earlier today, I was approached by a maybe-homeless-definitely-panhandling woman. She was friendly. She nodded at my friend and I as we passed her in a sure-feels-like-the-suburbs-large-strip-shopping area. We had a cart full of groceries. She looked as…

Knowing your customer

NatureMay 18, 20101KViews 0Likes 0Comments

I’ve always loved marketing and communications. Even as a kid, I was fascinated by messaging, by what worked and didn’t. And, over the years, I’ve come to understand and believe that the profession is one of respect and efficiency. Really, why bother communicating (marketing, pr, social media, media buys in advertising … whatever your tools),…

My favorite beet recipe

Little BitsMay 13, 2010898Views 0Likes 0Comments

Simple from the outside. And relatively simple to make, this beet recipe has been my favorite way to eat beets ever since I was turned on to it. I’ve even brought this dish to potluck parties a number of times, and I always come home with an empty bowl. Here’s what I do — Roast…