Health Insurance Bill — in support of the government option

Editorial by Bea Garth
Whilst I was almost to the end  unconvinced, the House passed the historic Health Insurance bill which includes the government option last night. Overall I think this should give us hope that  something can actually be done right in these United States even now in 2009. While it is not a perfect [...]

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In Memory of Tim Cottengim

“Wheelchair Angel” by Tim Cottengim, copyright 2009

In Memory of Tim Cottengim (1957-2009)

by Chris Arcus, copyright 2009
Editor’s Note:  Friday, November 20th there will be a reception for Tim Cottengim’s  Retrospective   at Works Perfroming Arts Center from 7:00 to 9:00 PM at 455 South First street.  The Gallery exhibition will be  open Nov. 19th, 20th, [...]

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Tim, I hardly knew you……

“Three Spirit Figures” by Tim Cottengim, copyright 2009

Tim I hardly knew you….
by Al Preciado, copyright 2009
for Tim Cottengim
I can still remember those Snake-skin pants, almost painted on to his body,
probably by himself.  Jumping up and down slinky Kangaroo                      crazy
crunked  in time to the music, his music, medicine of sound, the salve, the [...]

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Caterpillar

by Bea Garth, copyright 2009

I watch
a green caterpillar
crawl across the hem
of my black dress,
the sinuous creature’s
yellow brown hairs
radiating bristly
fine haired filaments.
I put the caterpillar
onto the ground
and watch it struggle
crawling up and down
the blades of grass
on its approach
to the oak tree
we are sitting under
and I wonder
is this like me
or you
struggling to reach
the other?

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Nudes by Lynn Rogers

These are two nudes by Lynn Rogers (with another below), like examples of which will be shown Oct. 15th, 2009 at the Stone Griffin Gallery (411 E. Campbell Ave., Campbell CA)during this month’s Thursday Gig.
Lynn Rogers and poet Steve Arntson will be the features. Open Mic. follows. The event goes from 6:30-9:30 PM. It [...]

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Nude Sketch in Reverse

by Lynn Rogers, copyright 2009
nude sketch in reverse
Lynn Rogers will be presenting several of her drawings and paintings Oct. 15, 2009 6:30-9:30 PM at Thursday Gig at the Stone Griffin Gallery, 411 E. Campbell Ave., Campbell, CA.

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Homage to my father in the summer of 2008

by Al Preciado, copyright 2009
This was the summer
The summer of a thousand wildfires
This was the summer of my nephew playing Stairway to Heaven
The summer of the hell hounds of pain
bounding up ladders into our houses
This was the summer of my father’s struggle and then passing
Into another world, into arms of his long absent mother
This was [...]

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WALKING TO THE NORTHERN BEACH ALONE

by Greg Hall, copyright 1997, 2009
Despite the wind
There is nothing here
But my footprints
When I return)—
The summer broken
And the autumn still smoking
The winter
Wounded to death—
Roses are rising
Inside the breasts
Of the spring—
The year turns,
And the ocean
Is reversing itself,
The wind hesitates,
Not sure whether
To oppose my return
(That driving wall
Of mysterious
Breath and sand),
Or to lash me forward
Agreeing without words
That all [...]

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Painting by Erik Kaye

“Red on Green People,” abstract watercolor by Erik Kaye, copyright 2009

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Fragment by Evelyn So

“The kitchen fills with a sweet
aroma while he beats potatoes and onions,
seasons the pan where skins brown
and loosen.  I almost
taste the crisp jackets, onions
smooth as butter.  We munch
on carrots and celery from the bowl
full of lettuce, olives,
sliced cucumbers, peppers more
waxed and yellow than my smooth,
golden face.  So many
vegetables, so fresh, and it’s
winter!  This is California…”
Opening [...]

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