pacific notes

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I’m lucky. I work each day with bright, ultraliberal folks in an environ-ment that’s possibly as progressive as anywhere in the world, in surely the most multicultural place on Earth (or as multicultural as anywhere): the San Francisco Bay Area (I’ve lived in Berkeley over a quarter century [Jan. 13, 2018: now, over 40 years]).

everything's a preface

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Every day is a new beginning, they say—which, by the way, isn’t trivial to survivors or thriving elderly—or anyone in love with living.

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