I Went to a Couple of Protests. Notes about That, the Shadow Side, and Staying True

One problem with living in San Francisco, there are too many wonderful people and too many things to do.  In view of the recent developments, it seems like now I need to make time for a protest every weekend or so.

Great.  So I went to a protest yesterday, and a week before that.  Here are a few notes and thoughts about what happened then and in between.

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‘A poem about the Spaniard Miguel Serveto’ by Joseph Brodsky

The poem below, in Russian, is copied from here.

Brodsky wrote it, when he was 19.  Nineteen.

Initially, I posted it here over a year ago, aspiring to translate it one day.  Today was the day. Continue reading “‘A poem about the Spaniard Miguel Serveto’ by Joseph Brodsky”

In Between

A month ago, I resigned from the job that brought me out to the Bay Area.

It’s OK, I started a new one this week, closer to the City.

It was a right decision.  It was the time to leave.  It was past the time. Continue reading “In Between”