Listen & Be Heard Weekly Archives

memory
is in her
dna,
her path to
her way of
connecting
the future
to the past
with a thread
of data,
woven with
open source
dream language.

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THE COLOR PURPLE at the Orpheum Theatre through December 9th.
THE BLUEST EYE at the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre through November 11th.

(left to right:) Rufus Bonds, Jr., Jeannette Bayardelle, and Kimberly Ann Harris, Virginia Ann Woodruff and Lynette DuPree. Photo Credit: Paul Kolnik
The Bay area is graced with two new plays — one a musical and the [...]

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I would like to welcome you to another week of self-discovery and universal understanding. Your forecast week of major transits will begin on Thursday morning when Venus, the planet of personal relationships and artistic expression, at 15º Virgo will be in opposition to Uranus, the planet of unexpected change and universal freedom, at 15º Pisces. [...]

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If you’ve taken notice of the campaign signs around town, you’ve probably noticed the www.vallejoisburning.com signs as well. The site claims to be “The Voice of the Unsilent Majority.” While real fires rage in southern California, consuming homes and displacing thousands of people, there’s a fire in the form of foreclosures destroying homes here in [...]

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from “When the Body Calls”, Writers and Readers Publishing Inc., Harlem River Press, copyright 1998
My husband ran away
with the babysitter
and they both left
their dirty dishes in the sink.
The babysitter’s pregnant
her father disowned her
and my husband
ran a way with the maid.
The maid has been crying
since she had an abortion
and my husband
ran away with his secretary.
The secretary [...]

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from Dreamscape: Real Dreams Really Make a Difference by Martha Cinader, Tenthe Avenue Editions, copyright 1995
I worship
the planet
which is you.
I kiss the
ground you bless
with your touch.
I offer
praise to your
sweet breathing.
I thrive on
your gentle
caresses.
I grow strong
sucking your
sweet ripe fruits.
I grow wise
listening
to your songs.
My mother
My mother
My mother
My mother
speaks to me
in the night.
My mother
bleeds for me
and feeds [...]

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returning pain complaining
stretching, seizing. uneasy
dwelling.
scraping.
blisters from heart felt whining,
“take your time”, a nice soldier smiling
perspective. patience. massaging. lifting.
struggle
   only lightly hugging.
    only a silhouette showing.
   disappearing as the sun starts setting
growing pains…working
  teaching.
   Forward, onward Womban,
    [...]

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whether it’s emotion
commotion
or promotion
the point is that
something is happening
in the heat of the moment
or so slowly it’s hard to tell.
motion is meaning
in action
a reaction
instigation
or creation,
a lesson to be learned
that never ends,
about life on Earth.

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her skinny arms so tiny by jennifer wadsworwth

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TermiteFood by jennifer wadsworth

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Just to feel Needed by richard walker

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The business of health in this country is just that, a business. That has certain implications for the health-minded consumer who wants to be informed about the health choices they are making. Take the popularity of vegetable oils. Vegetable oils (corn, safflower, Crisco, soy) rose in popularity in the 1960’s when the [...]

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I think everyone loves lox. If you go over to Listen & Be Heard in the morning, you’ll find lots of people having a bagel with cream cheese and lox in the morning for breakfast. I think that almost all of the lox we’ll find in the restaurants or markets today, comes from [...]

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Welcome to another week of self-exploration and universal understanding. You will start your forecast week on Wednesday when the Sun moves into the constellation of Virgo, making us all a little more practical in our daily activities. Next week I will talk in more detail about Virgos’ sun sign, and their forecast year. Back to [...]

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Fradelizio’s Ristorante Italiano
35 Broadway, Fairfax
phone: 415-459-1618
Surprise! I know, I usually write reviews for theatre, but last Friday when we stopped for a pre-show dinner, we happened upon a gem! Fradelizio’s is a small Italian restaurant in Fairfax. It was one of those happy accidents that make life special. We will be [...]

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