By bluerasberry on 2017-05-10
When I first moved to New York in 2012 I lived in uptown Manhattan with a housemate whom I liked a lot. It was a great situation for me. She was a long time New Yorker, we both worked in publishing, she was a great conversationalist, we often ate together, and in general was whatever […]
Posted in gay stuff, New York City, presentation | Tagged library, politics, Snowden
By bluerasberry on 2016-11-16
In November 2016 I and my friend Lee went on a tour of about 10 cannabis shops in Seattle. Cannabis is legal in Washington state. Lee and I have both done regular activism toward legalization of cannabis for years, with us participating since 2001 when I moved to Seattle and him participating for years before […]
Posted in Seattle, Wikipedia | Tagged marijuana, politics, Vivian McPeak
By bluerasberry on 2016-11-12
The process elected Trump to be President of the United States on 8 November. Lots of people are publishing reactions. I am from Texas, and because I know the culture there, I always felt that Trump was a respectable candidate from the perspective of my culture of birth. Most of my friends are in Seattle […]
Posted in election, New York City, Seattle | Tagged harassment, politics, president, violence
By bluerasberry on 2011-02-20
I went to meet with Arun Pathak. He lives at the monastery for the 23rd Jain Tirthankar’s birthplace, which was a detail Nandan had not mentioned until we arrived. I first read about Pathak in 2005 before I ever even made plans to visit India. This was in relation to his Deepa Mehta Water protest. […]
Posted in education, India | Tagged Arun Pathak, politics