May 5, 2012
We give honor to Mother Earth, her birthday celebrated the weekend of April 22 with many great events in the Bay Area, “Love Yo Mama” in East Oakland hosted by Nehanda Imara of Citizens for a Better Environment, one of my favorite community events. My granddaughter and I enjoyed visiting the Tassafaronga Farm.
February 12, 2009
What moved me most at the presidential inauguration was the quartet – Itzhak Perlman and Yo-Yo Ma sounding a mournful dirge, shattered by Anthony McGill’s light, airy clarinet, which was as triumphant as the coming of spring.

