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Peaches by karla brundage

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Me by jonathan stroud

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Naked to the Party by karla brundage

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Lips by karla brundage

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WHEN MONEY TALKS, IT SAYS GOODBYE. by charles frederickson

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http://www.listenandbeheard.net/porkpie.htm Pork Pie Slide Show I am proud to say that Carl (Pork Pie Phillips) Ontis was my friend. Last Sunday, Nov 6, 2006, in a small, out-of-the-way place by the name of Chris? Club that was one of the Carl?s favorite venues, I got to party with 100 of his other friends. Some I?ve [...]

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Oakland native Alison ?Chokwadi? Fletcher is often seen traveling with a small gaggle of saints called Tres Santos, a multi-cultural, multi-generational, multi-talented poetry ensemble that speaks Truth to Power. They also host the venue Poetry & Music Diversified. Chokwadi is a member of Fusion Theater, a company derived from Laney College?s top-notch students (www.laney.peralta.cc.ca.us) and [...]

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My wife Dariece teaches yoga. She flew to India on October 26 to study Svastha Yoga and Ayurveda for six weeks in Chennai, accompanied by her friend and fellow teacher Kate. Kate and her spouse Jay live in Mill Valley; we drove to their apartment and met them for lunch three days before the flight. [...]

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photo courtesy of fellinirestaurant.net Fellini 1401 University Ave Berkeley (510) 841-5200 Although Fellini is a great place to see the local artists and students that give Berkeley its creative edge, this casually elegant restaurant is more than just a neighborhood haunt. For starters, marvel at the L-shaped parking lot that bends around Fellini. Then indulge [...]

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I would like to welcome you to another week of self-exploration and universal understanding. This week?s forecast begins on Wednesday when Mars, the planet of ego energy and personal drive at 10? Scorpio will trine Uranus at 10? Pisces. The energy expressed from this Mars and Uranus trine will have you breaking away from your [...]

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A couple of weeks ago I was visited by some old friends. After a long day of communicating, I asked them if they would like me to make them a bit of supper for us all. They said, ?Sure.? So I dove into my refrigerator to see what I could come up with. I my [...]

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Back in September I put a headline on the front page of our website linked to an article about the International Poetry Festival in Medellin Columbia, winner of the 2006 Alternative Nobel Prize. Now in its sixteenth year, it is an event that fills stadiums for its most popular poets, who come from all over [...]

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November 7th, 2006 at 5:18 pm Re: Lose the Brand, Listen to the Band I have seen Joey DeFrancesco perform at “The Blue Note” in New York City. He does not play his bass line with his left foot. He uses his left hand for bass line almost exclusively. As far as him being the [...]

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Richard Nixon was president. The Beatles broke up. Just under 475,000 U.S. troops were in Vietnam, and love was sometimes a four letter word. It was 1970 when the Stephen Sondheim and George Furth musical Company opened on Broadway to rave reviews, and now in 2006, The Masquers Playhouse in Point Richmond travels back in [...]

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The sixth annual Solano County Library Foundation?s fundraiser sold out this year, with more than four hundred people attending on November 5, at The Clubhouse at Rancho Solano in Fairfield. The $75 a seat luncheon included appearances by well known authors. Lisa See?s, most recent novel ?Snow Flower and the Secret Fan? is about two [...]

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