“You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you’re finished, you’ll know absolutely nothing whatever about the bird… So let’s look at the bird and see what it’s doing — that’s what counts. I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and…
The Wreck of the S.S. Tennessee
…She was a favorite craft and one of the best sea boats that plowed the Pacific ocean. She was the home, the pride and the refuge of her officers and crew, and many a tear as salt as the brine that surrounds her shattered hull has coursed unbidden from manly eyes and sprung up involuntarily from…
Golden Gate Bridgeworkers Protest at 75th Anniversary Events
All is not well at the Second-happiest-place-on-earth. After 38 meetings, over ten months of negotiations, GGB officials are unwilling to move past the first item on their agenda: Healthcare cuts to active and retired employees. 380 members of 19 unions make up a Coalition that has exceeded the District’s monetary target of budget savings. What…
Sunset Photography and the Golden Gate Bridge
Have you ever wanted to photograph the sun setting behind the Golden Gate Bridge and found yourself unable to get the sun and the bridge lined up the way you envisioned? There is good news: help is on the way in the form of The Golden Gate SunDial Project. The Sundial website provides you with…
A Wild Flight of the Imagination: The Story of the Golden Gate Bridge
In celebration of the 75th anniversary of the completion of the Golden Gate Bridge the California Historical Society will open an exhibition on February 26, 2012, 79 years to the day that groundbreaking festivities took place. As part of the region wide celebration organized by The Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy the exhibition will feature…
In Memory of Those Who Sacrificed All
“I saw them die all around me and there wasn’t a damn thing I could do about it.” —”Slim” Lambert, survivor 75 years ago today, just 100 days before it opened, 10 men lost their lives in a single accident during the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge. At the time it was estimated that one…
Bridging Us All —The 75th Anniversary Theme of the Golden Gate Bridge
The Golden Gate Bridge 50th Anniversary Commemorative Brick walkway is now just a memory to us. I wonder what reaction future generations will have to this chapter of Bridge History. The decision to remove the bricks has been a rather divisive one, judging from the responses I have received from the public at large. Bridge Officials…
No Sounds of Silence
In 1973 I damaged my hearing and have lived with a constant ringing in my head. The proper term for this is Tinnitus and 50 million other Americans suffer from it too. Tinnitus is the #1 disability for today’s veterans and the bad news is that there is no cure. The American Tinnitus Association is working to…
4 AM—The Magical Hour
4 AM is the most difficult hour for me on Graveyard shift because it is the time when my body and mind want to meld into an inert blob.
The Eyes Have It
Four years ago I had cataract surgery on both eyes and at that time my surgeon suggested that I wear sunglasses with polarized lenses when I am outside during the day. She said that my blue eyes are more sensitive to the light rays reflected from below. My employer provides many articles of Personal Protective…
