News from the Forge

When Helen arrived in Seattle, we first had lunch at the Pike Place Market W hen I look back on 2009, what will be the most important things...

Center of literary and political activism for many years, City Lights Bookstore anchors the North Beach scene in San Francisco A white-haire...

Who ARE those masked superheroes on rollerblades? I can't believe it's July already. Half of 2009 is over? Well, I've obvious...

Tulips and sidewalks and sun (in Pittsburgh) -- oh my! This season (as always) is so busy there’s not even time or energy to blog! Blossoms ...

Amazing pitcher plants at Sarasota's Selby Gardens can catch and devour animals Hourglass sand on Longboat beach Slips through toes and...

Before coffee this morning, the almost ex-President hosted the new one! Photo from CNN. Today is the first day since the Iraq War started i...

Poetry stenciled on the window at the Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center on the Long Beach Peninsula Forget what I might resolve It's...