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Posted in Business Life Sustainability

Lifetime Warranty? Not so fast.

11 March 2018
Industry should be on alert: enact policies now to extend product life, and support reuse/repair. We can’t just keep chucking stuff away.

Posted in Climbing Photography Places

Bouldering Santee

24 February 2019
The Santee Boulders are a special place for me because I learned to climb here.

Posted in Border Civics Immigration Photography Places Political Social

Two Crossings, One Road Trip, Part One

30 August 2019
If you head east, past Dulzura and Barrett Junction, you’ll find Tecate, one of three international ports of entry in San Diego County.

Posted in Civics Photography Political Protests Social

Women’s March San Diego 2019

20 January 2019

“… it’s starting to feel less like a protest and more like a festival.”

Posted in Life Review Television

John From Cincinatti

05 January 2018

Among the show’s appealing qualities is its sense of hope and love amidst despair and chaos. Something about that is timely.

Posted in First Things Life

#SeekFirstThings 2018

01 January 2019

Posted in Life Political Social

Rest In Peace, George H. W. Bush

30 November 2018

President Bush valued world stability over American domination and led us steadily through a remarkably risky era.

Posted in Life Social

The Day Conspiracy Culture Was Born

22 November 2018

The other day, a guy at work told me he was thinking the Earth might actually be flat and wondered if I’d looked into it.

Posted in Automotive Life

Flying Beetles Over Chula Vista

05 November 2018

This isn’t nearly as safe as it looks. Thanks to the Beetle’s soft, drum brakes, Jack had to start pumping the pedal before touchdown

Posted in Border Civics Immigration Social

It’s All Caravans To Me

30 October 2018
Don’t be fooled into hating these people. It is the immigrants’ determination, hope and gratitude that has fueled the success of our country.

Posted in Automotive Border Photography Places

Otay Mountain Truck Trail

22 October 2018.

Action on the truck trail.

Posted in Border Civics Immigration Political Social

The Caravan to America

21 October 2018

When thousands of people walk over 1500 miles to a place, it’s more than a mere destination. At some point, it becomes symbolic

Posted in Civics Photography Political Protests Social

Kavanaugh Protest San Diego

07 October 2018

Several hundred showed up in downtown San Diego to protest the nomination of Judge Bret Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court.

Posted in Civics First Things Immigration Social

Naturalization Day in San Diego Welcomes New Americans

22 August 2018
It’s a significant thing, to welcome strangers and give them equal status

Posted in Civics Political

If Only …

07 July 2018

Less than two weeks from now, Trump and Putin are due to enter a room, alone together. We won’t know what’s said.

Posted in Border Civics Immigration Photography Political Protests Social

Immigration Protest San Diego Waterfront Park

30 June 2018
At least 6000 protestors gathered at Waterfront Park in San Diego this morning to protest US immigration policy.

Posted in Border Civics Immigration Photography Political Protests Social

Protestors Block Traffic at Otay Mesa Detention Center

23 June 2018
Protesters chained themselves to a portable barricade, blocked traffic and called for families to be reunited.

Posted in Life Mental Health Social

Suicidal Thoughts? The Road to There and Back.

08 June 2018
It’s hard to know a suicidal thought has taken root until one day you’re picking a spot looking over the lake to do it.

Posted in Cannabis Humor Life

Are Ash Catchers Right For Me?

02 May 2018
Some ash catchers convert your standard-issue, pinched-throat, beaker-chassis water pipe into a modifed, low-restriction, dual-stage cold-filtered smoking instrument. Much more impressive.

Posted in Border Civics Immigration Photography Political Protests Social

Trump Visits Wall Prototypes in Otay Mesa

13 March 2018
Hundreds of protesters converge to show support and contempt for border wall visit from Trump.