Recall Chesa Boudin — Yes on H
Based on my personal experience of his failure to stop a senseless prosecution of a PTSD victim and my observations of people released by Chesa causing death and damage, I am voting YES on H.
“Once on This Island” at OSF
It was good to be back in the Bowmer Theater to for a fun evening that is full of energy, good singing, lively movement, and entertaining and meaningful music. Ozdachs' rating is 4 stars out of 5.
“unseen” at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival
unseen has too many themes, too many possibilities, and too many symbols to be either fun or worthwhile. It's a well-meaning piece with two fine actors, and you will discuss your ideas about how to improve it. But, overall, it's only 2 stars out of 5.
SeQueL, November 21, 2008 – November 23, 2021
Honoring SeQueL who lived from November 21, 2008 to November 23, 2021. SeQueL’s spirit has guided the Ozdachs for twelve years and her memory will continue to empower and comfort us.
Taking Care of the Poor, San Francisco Style, 2021
There is something humanly disturbing and wrong about how we have decided to NOT handle poor homeless people in need. Here's what I saw on Castro Street last week.
Mother Nature and the Side Fence
Just a fun observation. Back in March, 2018 we noticed a small volunteer growing in a small crack in the concrete on our side fence. The little guy is looking pretty healthy three years later!
Deaths Beyond Counting
A house on the 700 block of Waller caught my attention in June. As I walked by I noticed that the residents were displaying the current US COVID death toll in their front windows. Stickies formed the numbers of today's total in one window while the other front window showed yesterday's toll. The windows on a residential street shocked in contrast to the cool, remote news reports of the pandemic's impact. I walked by several times on my morning treks, watching the numbers grow, until on June 27 I decided the non-panoramic scene should be preserved as another Sign of [...]
1828 Days Later
Yesterday I completed my fifth year of doing at least 30 continuous minutes of exercise a day. That means today's five-mile outdoor walk was my 1828th day of exercise in a row. As I've said before, this consistency is Doug Wilcoxen's fault. Doug and I were at the opposite ends of Wig Hall at Pomona College our freshman year. The dorm geography meant although I liked Doug, we weren't close friends. I just knew that he was very bright and we shared a definite label of "Not a jock". When Doug posted on Facebook in late 2015 that he was [...]
Signs of The END
Sometime in March I decided to gather photos of the signs that marked the END of streets. Today I uploaded my 450th END to the gallery "Signs of the End" gallery.
A Meaningful “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” hits Netflix tomorrow, December 18. I was lucky enough to see it last Friday, and I would like to recommend it! Highly! Forgive me if I assume that you know that the original play was written by August Wilson and that you know his importance in American Theater. My name was watermarked on all scenes so that I couldn't record it and anonymously share it before its release. And, you probably know that “Ma Rainey” is set in Chicago in the 1920’s and is the play deals with a recording audition for Ma and her band. [...]