Author Archive
September 23, 2018 by tomdalzell
Lovely! Simple! 1613 Derby
I am a day late from my schedule -I almost always post on Saturday mornings -and here we are it’s Sunday morning. I confess, but first I owe you an explanation of what confession means to me. I was raised in the Episcopal Church. We did not confess one on one, we had no confessional, […]
September 15, 2018 by tomdalzell
Michael Delacour- His Walk to the Park
Michael Delacour has been the human face of People’s Park since April 1969. He was one of several who conceived of it and built it, he fought the University and Governor Reagan to save it, he has nurtured it, he believes in it. He personifies the values and vision of Berkeley of a certain time. What […]
September 15, 2018 by tomdalzell
Possible Color Photo Covers
If you click on the photos they go close to full screen The only one that is vertical that I have from what we are using is this: This one is in between: Here are some good content ones that are horizontal. Idea – wrap it around to be front and back cover. […]
September 8, 2018 by tomdalzell
Counterculture Stores
Once upon a time, Telegraph Avenue and its tributaries were home to elegant stores – Abel, Andre Godet, Fraser’s, George Good, Nicole’s, and others. Sprinkled in there were hints of Bohemia, but an intellectual, academic, sophisticated Bohemia – the used book stores and used record stores, the Éclair bakery with croissants, a few stores selling […]
September 3, 2018 by tomdalzell
Holiday Field Trip: Plastic Water in Santa Cruz
Today is a holiday, which means a notional field trip. Today is Labor Day, which means many things, one of which is thinking of the Anglican hymn of my boyhood, “Come Labor On.” I learned what a snare was from the line “The enemy is watching night and day / to sow the snare, to snatch […]
September 2, 2018 by tomdalzell
Arnold Haller of (El Cerrito but who used to work in ) Berkeley Makes Masks
Patricia St. John who I know from the Berkeley Breakfast Club and the East Bay Nursery told me that I should meet Arnold Haller and see the masks he makes. Haller worked on Fourth Street in Berkeley for Cal ink, which became a division of the Flint Ink Company of Detroit. He worked for them for […]
September 1, 2018 by tomdalzell
To make up for the fact that this week’s assignment will be late, four photos of new work by Doug Heine
I was in Sacramento almost every day for the last two weeks. This was yesterday as union members and I prepared for a day in the halls of the Capital in support of wildfire legislation. Which is my excuse for not finishing this week’s post in time for my usual Saturday publication. To avoid […]
August 25, 2018 by tomdalzell
Bitchen Kitchen(s)
This doozy is a Rite-Hite All Steel Kitchen. The complete set cost $27.95. It featured the finest girl-sized modern appliances (he Kenmore Toy Range, Coldspot Toy Refrigerator, and Happi-Time Sink with loads of built-in play value. $55.00 in 1965 had the same buying power as $217.20 in 2018. Pricey toy! It is, I submit, a bitchen kitchen. […]
August 24, 2018 by tomdalzell
Another Addison Sale! Jewelry that rocks.
Geneva Addison will be selling a store full of antique and vintage jewelry this Friday through Sunday. I posted about the sales that Addison and her mother put on for Eli Leon and Ron Morgan – they were spectacular and popular. This too is spectacular. Shown above are African trade beads, which are also known […]
August 20, 2018 by tomdalzell