Listen & Be Heard Weekly Archives

Awake night light jungle twisted branches of thought. One character linked to the insane personality of the other. Bipolar in a universe of singles. The fear of aloneness hearing cracks in your walls; the joy jumbling into the municipal pool in Hillside, Illinois at 3 am. Bipolar, witched, and alone. Late to work staring at [...]

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Over two dozen cities and towns lay claim to being the birthplace of Decoration Day, or as we call it now Memorial Day. It is a day, as is the Jewish holiday Rosh Hashanah, a holiday that is not only the beginning of a new year, but it is also the Day Of Remembrance. It [...]

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?ÄúCal Tjader?Äôs Latin Concert?Äù by Cal Tjader T.S. Eliot once wrote about April being the cruelest month. Hall of Fame baseball player and conguero Orlando Cepeda would probably think Eliot off by thirty days. May 2007 began with Cepeda stopped by a California Highway Patrol officer for speeding. The Associated Press reported on the officer [...]

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I would like to welcome you to another week of self-discovery and universal understanding. Your forecast week will be full of change, creativity, and expression. How you express yourself will be the theme for personal growth and self-awareness. I would like to wish all those expressive Geminis out there a Happy Earth Day. This is [...]

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The third chapter in the saga of Captain Jack Sparrow is a bloated, convoluted tale. A pirate’s life was rough. Buccaneers had to deal with constant exposure, hazardous ventures and bad food. The goal: Get rich or die trying. Instead, in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, the characters and their inter-relationships are at [...]

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Goat Cheese Queso de Chivo Pine Nuts Mint leaves Basil, sprinkle lite Pica de Gallo Bitter Orange juice Sweet Soyo, 1 tps Green Olives sliced thin, Goya Mushrooms toxic free, fresh please, your choice Red pepper, sweet Focosscia bread ring, 12inch round If you prefer pizza crust dough, so be it Pine nuts _ cup [...]

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Jupiter 2181 Shattuck Ave Berkeley, CA 94704 510 843-8277 Monday ?Äì Thursday 11:30a.m. ?Äì 1 a.m. Friday 11:30 a.m. ?Äì 1:30 a.m. Saturday 12 p.m. ?Äì 1:30 a.m. Sunday 1 p.m. – 12 a.m. The best thing about Jupiter is the outdoor patio. Multi-layered brick with lots of plants, this is a beautiful setting quite [...]

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Poem dancer, Russian yellow in revolutionary white snow. Am I really Yuri Zhivago Hidden in this funeral procession Held high by paw bearers, looking at my dead father? Lifting him up stairs into the Russian Orthodox church? Only for the sake of snowflakes & the pouring of aged Vodka on the casket? Only for the [...]

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I warned you darts with advise strong words tripping over emotions like an imbecile – so you think you?Äôre Leonard Cohen loving some naked Nancy in a cluttered matchbox apartment overlooking European culture simulated, above some obscure, narrow Montreal street? For your information, straight poetics from insanities Almanac, Leonard Cohen died years ago in a [...]

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