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    The Oscars: They Matter … and They’re Fun!

    The Oscars: They Matter … and They’re Fun!

    By Jan Wahl– The 93rd Academy Awards honor films released between January 1, 2020, to February 28, 2021. During that time, many of us didn’t go out to the movies…

    Comedian D’yan Forest: I Did It My Ways

    Comedian D’yan Forest: I Did It My Ways

    By Michele Karlsberg– Michele Karlsberg: D’yan Forest has always done things her way—or her ways because she’s lived a dozen different lives. Being a desperate Boston housewife, a New York nightclub…

    Dykes with Drills: Hacks for Stripped Screws

    Dykes with Drills: Hacks for Stripped Screws

    By Julie Peri– Stripped screws are one of the challenges that you may encounter when building with wood. If a screw strips when it is halfway into a piece of…

    There Will Never Be Another Alvin Baum

    There Will Never Be Another Alvin Baum

    By Louise “Lou” Fischer– When I heard that Alvin Baum had died, it took a while to sink in because the Al Baum whom I knew for almost 20 years…

    Tulips, Calla Lilies & Hope: The Journey Homeward

    By Kit Kennedy– Poet in Residence–                                               for Frida Kahlo   Neither desire nor greed brings a bee to the tulip.Simply, survival. Yet, eventulips have a shadow-side:stark, still, resolute. Flowershave a polar opposite, too. Calla…

    Four Ways to Counteract Proposed Tax Law Changes

    Four Ways to Counteract Proposed Tax Law Changes

    By Brandon Miller, CFP– If you’ve ever played chess—or watched The Queen’s Gambit—you know that the game is all about forethought and reaction. You strategize what you want to do…

    Big Abilities and Style

    Big Abilities and Style

    By Philip Ruth– When is too much too much? It’s a subjective question with a highly personalized answer.  In terms of cars, the response has no baseline. Pretty much any…

    Nunny Honey Bear Suddenly Appears at Powerhouse

    Nunny Honey Bear Suddenly Appears at Powerhouse

    By Sister Dana Van Iquity– The Sister Honey Bear Mural appeared on the Powerhouse wall in the SoMa neighborhood on the day before Easter Sunday. A flock of nuns of…

    Supporting Mayor Breed’s Highly Qualified Nominee for Highly Specialized Commission Seat

    By Sophia Andary, Louise Fischer, Lisa Williams, and Cyn Wang– As diverse colleagues who work individually, and collaboratively for representation, diversity, and inclusion, we support Mayor London Breed’s nomination of…

    Donna’s Chronicles, “That promising glint of light…”

    Donna’s Chronicles, “That promising glint of light…”

    By Donna Sachet– That promising glint of light at the end of this long and winding tunnel of COVID-19 was on full display in the Castro over the past few…