Crazy in Suburbia

Quote o’ the Day: Being good

Something I’m working on …“Compassion is the basis of all morality.” — Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher, 1788-1860

I guess I must be a communist for quoting an ancient Greek author as a way of raising concerns about growing income disparity in the United States.… Read more “More "communist" views on the debt debate”

Some 8,000 kids, and their adult companions, took over the Lesher Center for the Arts and a block of Locust Street Saturday. The occasion was the 5th… Read more “Kids, arts and fun in downtown Walnut Creek Saturday”

An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics. –Plutarch, Greek biographer and author, 46-119 AD

A week or so ago a friend emailed me asking why I was posting “old stories” on Facebook. I emailed back asking her what she was talking… Read more “Detoxing from digital: a way back to sanity”

Walnut Creek police Monday night arrested two Walnut Creek men in connection with a stabbing that occurred during a fight in the parking lot of Walnut Creek… Read more “Arrests made in stabbing at North Main Street car wash parking lot”

Walnut Creek police announced Monday that a bone fragment found in a Napa County river bed near Lake Berryessa is that of Lou Ellen Burleigh, a 21-year-old… Read more “Walnut Creek woman’s remains identified in" I-5 strangler" cold case”

It’s true I did survive this town in that decade. I remember going grocery shopping with my mother at the Safeway that used to be located where… Read more “I survived Walnut Creek, CA during the early and late 70s”

Monday’s Walnut Creek Patch story about a 54-year-old man who apparently leaped to his death from Kaiser medical center’s four-story garage prompted discussion about whether suicide is… Read more “Does not reporting on suicide enhance the stigma of suicide and mental illness?”

Sometime over the weekend, a thief stole the 1996 Ford Bronco that is known around Walnut Creek as the SUV used by Fresh Start, the homeless respite… Read more “Late Homeless Advocate’s Bronco Stolen; SUV Used to Haul Food to Walnut Creek’s Fresh Start”