Can Your Dreams Hold You Back?

Which is the Longest Mountain Range in the World?

How a New Word Can Show You Realities You Never Imagined

Farewell to a 100-Year-Old Arts Campus

A Short Photo Essay from Oakland, California

The Idea Factory

I’m never so alive as when ideas are surging through my mind.

The Road Less Traveled

A (Sub)Urban Biking Holiday — Bill Bryson Style

A Piece of California History

Sometimes you stumble into learning something new that enriches your sense of the corner of the world in…

Gentrification in Two Striking Visuals

It was a recent 6:30 AM Sunday morning walk in San Francisco’s fabled Mission District.

Spare Me Unsolicited Advice!

A low-level pet peeve of mine is being the recipient of all sorts of advice that I never asked for.

Turning Tedium into Adventure

I love turning ordinary activities into magic adventures. Life is too short to waste on tedium.