I concluded last week’s column with the following: “…I believe that the Democratic Party needs to do far more for working-class voters – and not just in terms of discrete policies they can point to, but getting reacquainted with the 70 percent of America that does not have a college degree, and whose incomes have […]
Letters: Taking action for planet Earth
Taking action for Planet Earth Life as we know it on planet Earth is in peril because warming oceans and acidification are killing coral reefs and altering the web of life in all oceans, plants and animals are going extinct, global ice is melting and droughts, flooding and wildfires are increasing as a result of […]
The A Cappella Handyman: California Dreaming at the Rellik
This Sunday, April 9, the Rellik Tavern at 726 First Street along with Benicia Literary Arts and Benicia First Tuesday Poets presents “California Dreaming, Poetry and Tales from Traveling West,” 4 to 6 p.m. Open Mic follows at the break. If you’ve never been to The Rellik, get here quick! It’s beautiful inside, contemporary art […]
Poetry Corner: James Garrett “Brown Girl”
Feelings now enfold me, Of depths of sea so blue. Waves, with white foam falling shoreward, Each moving nearer you. Towards miles of gleaming beaches, Where one with tanned brown skin, Stands waiting, looking seaward, And thinks of what had been. Little brown girl lovely, With long hair, dark and clean, Within me you stay […]
The A Cappella Handyman: Songwriting 2.0.2
It had been a tough day at work, so by the time I rode the BART train out of The City and to Pleasant Hill, then drove home to Benicia, I was ready to turn on the TV and disappear into some mind-numbing TV. I grabbed the remote, sank into my favorite chair and as […]
Creativity at Work: Attitude, Fear & Heart
Creativity at Work: Attitude, Fear & Heart Just a few short years ago I was missing, ignoring, an important part of my life’s callings and nudges, and not happily fitting in the corporate job and lifestyle I had created. I needed a change in attitude and action. I wanted to love as many moments of […]
From Heidi’s Kitchen: St. Patrick’s Day
Saint Patrick was a gentleman, who through strategy and stealth, Drove all the snakes from Ireland, here’s a toasting to his health. But not too many toastings lest you lose yourself and then, Forget the good Saint Patrick and see all those snakes again Well, Faith and Begorra, It’s time again for that green beer/Jameson’s […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: Nothing
I’m comprised of the stuff Of the moon and the stars And the dust of the void And the galaxies far I’m a part of the oceans And part of the grass And the creatures long gone From our planets dark past I’m part snail and part dog And part monkey and yak I’m a […]
Benicia women go to the Oscars
Former City Councilmember and current fashion aficionado Christina Strawbridge brought a key group of Benicia movers and shakers to the Oscars Sunday, landing in the front row on the coveted red carpet where they cheered the stars of the big screen as they made their way inside Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre. Community services officer for […]
Letters: Sickening attacks on Jewish cemeteries
Sickening attacks on Jewish cemeteries This is a call to action to my fellow citizens of Benicia, whom I know to be people of good will. I was sickened to learn of the most recent attack on a Jewish cemetery, this time in Philadelphia. So soon after a similar attack in Missouri, I felt I […]