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STATE STREET SCRIBE by Jeff Wing
Jeff is a journalist, raconteur, autodidact, and polysyllable enthusiast. A long-time resident of SB, he takes great delight in chronicling the lesser known facets of this gaudy jewel by the sea. Jeff can be reached at jeffwingg@gmail.com.
Teleology, Cosmology, Tautology. Rinse and Repeat.
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hy does the country seem to become more interestingly spiritual as you move from east to west? Out east, you have Plymouth Rock and Calvinism and the legacy of pilgrims in billowing black garb with buckles on their shoes, buckles on their hats; just a mess. Why all the buckles? Here in California, by comparison, our governor dated Linda Ronstadt when she was a hottie on roller skates, and we have drum circles and barefoot executives and a form of Buddhism you can put on and take off like a shirt. I think it’s called Now and Then Buddhism, though I may have misheard. See? Pilgrims over there, Linda Ronstadt in silk shorts roller skating around the governor’s mansion over here. “Oohh, maybe we should go back east and get buckles on our hats!” Yeah, send me a postcard. And we have all the good
Thought Leaders out here. Ram Dass, Krishnamurti, Gurdjieff! (gezundheit) – more soothsayers than you can shake a Borneo Rattle Stick at. The effect of which is, among other things, my having just ended that last sentence with a preposition. So, like, seriously. Is there that much difference between the search for truth out east and the search for truth here in CA? Isn’t it all a puzzle in the end? Not if the rationalists have their way.
A Tasting Experience in the Good Land Join us for a beautiful evening in the historic gardens of Rancho La Patera as you TASTE local wines, craft beer, delicious appetizers and luscious desserts from our local chefs. Celebrate with magnificent margaritas while you enjoy performances by the 2016 Spirit of Fiesta, Junior Spirit and Tony Ybarra, along with dancing under the stars with Area 51.
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Age of the Effable You see, for centuries human civilization wore colorless burlap, flung mud, poured boiling oil onto attacking ne’er-do-wells, and died in their millions of rat-borne diseases. But it wasn’t all fun and games. There was also lots of quiet gazing and awestruck silence. At day’s end, the sun would ...continued p.12
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