Some Photographs

Two Accounts of Chelsea

Illustrating a Wallace Stevens poem

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Person on Bungie Cord, Lake Merritt

More Photos of Clouds in Water

The Surprising Pope Francis

The contemptuous term "Hocus Pocus" began as a put-down of "Hoc est Pacem," mocking the Latin that was once used in the Roman Catholic Mass.  There was a seeming "magic" that had good and bad effects on the imagination of myself as a small child.  While I am a "recovering," ex-Catholic atheist, I recognize that in the vast cafeteria of choices available in that church there have always been a number of great political activists struggling for justice and mercy.  With ongoing resistance to that institution, I must hope that the new pope, Francis, will continue to express very un-Catholic opinions so that I must admit that I was particular struck by the following, quoted in TIME magazine, that made me wonder, "Did the Pope arrive at this with native intelligence, or has he been reading Krishnamurti?"

Celebrating Chelsea Manning's Birthday, 17 December 2013, in the Castro District

The evening of a Castro District celebration of the 26th birthday of  Bradley Manning began with a dramatic sunset. 

 And then the Chelsea Manning flash dance supporters...