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A butterfly affect

Posted on July 30, 2018 by markweiss86

I’m a gonna speak to City Council in about 30 minutes, after 14 or so speakers, about butterflies literally and metaphorically. Eleanor Laney, Palo Alto Garden Club, was tabling at California Avenue farmers’ market Sunday about monarch butterflies and planting … Continue reading →

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Draft of a letter to editor of Palo Alto Post about how stupid they are in their reporting on public art

Posted on July 30, 2018 by markweiss86

Dear Editor: I’m beginning to wonder why you mention Bo Crane so many times in your paper —especially second to last page, or cover three, or Page 11 — when you didn’t for example mention Manuel Neri (b. 1930) a … Continue reading →

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Letter to Jon Jang, pianist composer historian, possibly Palo Altan (diasporic)

Posted on July 17, 2018 by markweiss86

not by konitz I mean but i left “knit” because it was once a venue in ny. Jon, excuse me if I have this wrong but i mentioned you on my blog Plastic Alto in a long list of Palo … Continue reading →

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I wish I knew how it would feel to be free

Posted on July 17, 2018 by markweiss86

Billy Taylor wrote “I Wish I Knew” in 1963, before I was born. Nina Simone recorded the most famous version, in 1967, on “Silk and Sumpin’”, released as a single, later used in recent times out of context by some … Continue reading →

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Henry Butler, 69

Posted on July 16, 2018 by markweiss86

It’s appropriate if the New York Times ran Henry’s obituary on July 4 because he was an American original. I just sent out some thoughts to another of his former agents or managers, and left two voice mail to total … Continue reading →

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Two stylish girls

Posted on July 9, 2018 by markweiss86

Dmitri From Paris, Sacrebleu 1994 v. Demetre Chiparus, porcelain, died 1947   How do i look:

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ROKA v Roka v ROVA

Posted on June 27, 2018 by markweiss86
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Central New Jersey w. Mid-East Palo Alto

Posted on June 23, 2018 by markweiss86

Couple years ago I read that former assistant city manager and Kaliningrad Steve Emslie EMSLIE and going to work with or for Peter pao to manage 800 apartments Near University Avenue 101 and what we used to call whiskey Gulch … Continue reading →

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Pecker v Pecker

Posted on June 20, 2018 by markweiss86

I couldn’t make this “up”.

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Egg, sky

Posted on June 16, 2018 by markweiss86

This is not an egg it’s a ceramic flower and Rome or young

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