Having been on my block for a full year now, it’s fun to see certain things coming back into bloom in the same places where they first impressed me last year. The giant magnolia flowers mid-block are back. And so is my favorite perennial delight–a house down the block covered with what Brad has identified…
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Beeing Healthy in Oakland
On Wednesday of last week, a week that was already super shitty, I came home to an infestation of bees coming in and out of a small gap in the siding of my building, directly above my door. I called my landlord who said she’d drop by with some spray. When my upstairs neighbor came…
SWED-FORM SWEDFORM Sweden Swedish furniture vintage
The purpose of this post it to create a search hit for SWED-FORM, a Swedish manufacturer of furniture from the late 1960s. I came upon my SWED-FORM couch after perusing the free section of Craigs List in Oakland, CA. A couple had put their old couch at the curb and posted the CL ad. For…
Let It Snow: a Christmas memory from NYC
[audio:http://earshotpresents.com/sounds/within-earshot/let-it-snow.mp3|titles=Alejandro Escovedo Quartet / Kathleen Maddox] The images of New York’s recent snow storm make me miss the City at this time of year. Thinking about my Christmastime-in-New York memories, one night from 2006 stands out. I had the privilege of seeing one of my favorite songwriters, Alejandro Escovedo, play with a string quartet at…
Sunday Morning: a progress report
My good friends the Sieberts chronicled the progress of Jessica’s pregnancy with a photo session every Sunday morning. Coincidentally, Sophia Noelle Siebert, my beautiful goddaughter, was born on a Sunday morning (the 13th of September, 2009). Around that time, Erik handed off the Sunday morning photo series and a fitting Velvet Underground song on a…