Category Archives: this blue marble

means either geography as in something far away, as the blue marble is like a globe; or means environmental per se like recycling, pollution, green — ok, maybe should be a subcategory of “green marble”? formerly I wrote “this round marble” by mistake and then covered by linking posts to “geometry”. An oblique Jimmy Dale Gilmore Jesse Winchester reference through “Big blue Ball”.

Fire go come say labor

Posted on August 21, 2014 by markweiss86

Not really. I saw a group of rather bored and uninspired people, checking their devices — about 8 out of 40 or so, or pack up their stuff and leave. I met my quasi-neighbor Gary Kremen, running for Water Board, … Continue reading →

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What do you see in this image?

Posted on August 19, 2014 by markweiss86

I see: 1. colors 2. a shape, bunny rabbit? New England state known for leaves turning in fall? 3. numbers, letters, not quite words. Qwerty? Hazbot? Nimby? 4. Is this a reference to Raushenberg, Switters, Walker Evans or what? (it … Continue reading →

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Rue-DOOR-en felt the most real so we GOOG-led it and found a section of an island in Finland that we someday hope to claim as ancestral homeland

Posted on August 16, 2014 by markweiss86

(TRIBUTE TO BIG DAYS OF JOSEPH ZIRKER, SARAH CAMERON SUNDE, THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS, AUGUST 14-15, 2014 PALO ALTO AND SAN FRANCISCO) I do not know Jodi Wilgoren also known as Jodi Rudoren. Her sister Debbi Wilgoren was three years … Continue reading →

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Will Sigua Monument in Los Altos Hills

Posted on August 15, 2014 by markweiss86
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Weiss to appear at Elks Club Palo Alto September 22 at 1:11 p.m.

Posted on August 15, 2014 by markweiss86

Palo Alto City Council candidate Mark Weiss, the minimalist who mixes Ralph Nader with Donald Judd*, will appear at the Elks Club on Monday, September 22, 2014 for exactly one minute, at 1:11 p.m. Twelve candidates will appear at a … Continue reading →

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Joe Zirker show at Art Center

Posted on August 15, 2014 by markweiss86

Joe Zirker actually asked me to shoot his show, both the art and the people, and I complied with about 34 shots before it got dark enough that my camera starts to automatically use a flash, and I stopped. That … Continue reading →

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Counting blue cars

Posted on August 14, 2014 by markweiss86

Outro, a number one modern rock hit by Dishwalla, on Pet Your Friends:

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Mads Tolling Highlights the Twilight, August 16 in Palo Alto

Posted on August 9, 2014 by markweiss86

Mads Tolling Quartet plays the City of Palo Alto parks concert series, The Twilight, Saturday August 16. To my mind, as someone who has run Earthwise Productions of Palo Alto for 20 years, and produced more than 200 shows here, … Continue reading →

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Our neighbors Ivonne Baker and Nancy Pleibel, plus their dogs Picasso, Peaches and Ginger, enjoying Kaitlin McGaw from a safe distance Thursday at Cogswell Plaza

Posted on August 8, 2014 by markweiss86
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Greetings from Sarah Manning

Posted on December 10, 2013 by markweiss86

  Hi Mark, Thanks for the note. Hope you’ve been doing well out there in the Bay. Sure, you can repost, although I ask that you take out my contact information (the PO Box address). And if you repost Scott … Continue reading →

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