Category Archives: Series

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Life Lessons: Grocery Bags and a Bottle of Ketchup

Saint Anthony Park public library looks about the way I remember it, back in the early 1960s: from this angle, at any rate. It was on the other side of a small ‘downtown’, between Carter and Doswell Avenues on Como. … Continue reading

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BART Drivers and the Importance of Being Human

San Francisco’s BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) system wasn’t the world’s first automated transit system, or even the first in this country. But it was among the first all-new American rapid transit systems designed in the 20th century. BART was … Continue reading

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A Crate of Oranges

Number-three daughter asked me to see if I could get a pomegranate. This was a week or so back, in mid-January. There weren’t any in the produce section. Or, rather, I didn’t see any. So I asked when, or if, … Continue reading

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Early Diagnosis, Tardy Treatment, and a Gimpy Hip

When I was in college, first time through, someone who had one leg in a cast struck up a conversation with me. He was clearly not having a good time. His leg, particularly his foot, was healing from a motorcycle … Continue reading

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Kids, a Subway Station, and Offhand Advice

One of the many things I liked about living in San Francisco was the city’s public transportation system. I don’t know about the situation now. But a half-century ago I could get up, eat breakfast, catch a cable car, connect … Continue reading

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