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The San Francisco Bay Area in The Overstory

p. 378:  SPOILER-FREE Three months later, a machine shed in a lumber yard up near the Olympic Peninsula explodes. Mimi reads about it in the Chronicle. She’s… Read more “The San Francisco Bay Area in The Overstory”

November 11, 2019November 14, 2019 by anthropologist

San Francisco Chronicle Datebook, 27 January 2019

Loving the cover story: In 1969: Nixon became President, the Beatles released Abbey Road, Sly and the Family Stone released Want To Take You Higher, The Who… Read more “San Francisco Chronicle Datebook, 27 January 2019”

January 28, 2019 by anthropologist

Mick LaSalle’s Review of ‘American Animals’

from the San Francisco Chronicle, 8 June 2018: Seems to diss Evan Peters, lol. But interesting for describing the film’s “American thing” (i.e. yearnings) Even though without… Read more “Mick LaSalle’s Review of ‘American Animals’”

June 19, 2018June 19, 2018 by anthropologist

The Writing on the Wall: San Francisco Chronicle, 16 May 2018

Editorial, p. A9: The Trump Administration has exported its politics of provocation to the last place that needs it, the Middle East. The all-too predictable immediate result… Read more “The Writing on the Wall: San Francisco Chronicle, 16 May 2018”

May 17, 2018May 17, 2018 by anthropologist

Still More Awakenings: Sea Urchins

Last night was Second Saturday in Mendocino, and the weather was beautiful. Self walked down the street to the Artists Co-op on 10400 Kasten Street and saw… Read more “Still More Awakenings: Sea Urchins”

April 16, 2018April 16, 2018 by anthropologist

“Worlds of Decay, Renewal Merge Unexpectedly”: Elegy for a City, San Francisco

Like a lot of people, I have mixed feelings about a walk in the city these days. The Sunday before, my companion and I had walked the… Read more ““Worlds of Decay, Renewal Merge Unexpectedly”: Elegy for a City, San Francisco”

March 19, 2018March 19, 2018 by anthropologist

Looking Back: George Saunders

Self blogged this on 25 December 2013 (Christmas Day, self only just realized after writing the date). Title of post: 2013 Top Ten Books of the San… Read more “Looking Back: George Saunders”

November 27, 2017November 27, 2017 by anthropologist

Quote of the Day: San Francisco Chronicle, 17 August 2017

After the deadly white supremacist march in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend, people have taken to social media to identify or “dox” the participants in order to… Read more “Quote of the Day: San Francisco Chronicle, 17 August 2017”

September 18, 2017September 27, 2017 by anthropologist

Sentence of the Day: San Francisco Chronicle, 26 January 2017

In a review of Silence! The Musical by Lily Janiak: Lambs don’t actually appear in the 1991 thriller Silence of the Lambs; they’re a metaphor for the… Read more “Sentence of the Day: San Francisco Chronicle, 26 January 2017”

February 14, 2017February 14, 2017 by anthropologist

Quote of the Day: San Francisco Chronicle (26 January 2017)

“We’re still a sanctuary city.” — Ed Lee, Mayor of San Francisco, quoted in a San Francisco Chronicle Editorial on Immigration Policy (“His wall won’t work”)

January 28, 2017 by anthropologist

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