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Trying to focus on the positive. ❤️🌍🕊️🌈☀️🏝️🌺🪇 Science! 🧬🔬🌊🐙🌱🪺🐣🥐🍷📚💡💉📱✈️ 🧠🪐✨ ❤️ Kindness ❤️

Book cover for The Odyssey of Homer with blue waves, held up in front of ocean, in shade of tree, framed by two palm trees
Excerpt of movie schedule: The Stanford Theatre Summer 2026 including the Films of Marilyn Monroe June 3 - September 6 Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday June 3-7 The Big Sleep (1946) 7:30 (plus 3:35 Sat/Sun) To Have and Have Not (1944) 5:40, 9:35 June 10-14 Key Largo (1948) 7:30 (plus 3:30 Sat/Sun) Dark Passage (1947) 5:30, 9:30 June 17-21 The Seven Year Itch (1955) 7:30 (plus 3:20 Sat/Sun) Some Like It Hot (1959) 5:15, 9:25w w was
Coastal view of surf with natural rock jetty and pink ice plant flowers in foreground
Gray-toned book cover with photo of author in front of a building and text that reads: FOREWORD BY AMAL CLOONEY HOW TO STAND UP TO A DICTATOR THE FIGHT FOR OUR FUTURE MARIA RESSA WINNER OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
Protest sign of a drawing of orange face with swoop of blond hair wearing a gold crown, all enclosed within red circle with a slash across, stating underneath “Since 1776”
Book cover stating “Complete and Unabridged. The Legendary Underground Classic of Hollywood’s Darkest and Best Kept Secrets. Kenneth Anger’s Hollywood Babylon” Has a photo of Jayne Mansfield, smiling and leaning forward in a low-cut dress
Close-up photo of pipe bowl with design of horizontal lines
Forest pines thickly covered in snow
Book cover for Medgar & Myrlie, Medgar Evers and the Love Story that Awakened America, by Joy-Ann Reid
Protesters with signs and some in costumes as dinosaurs and a bunny in a black leather jacket
Photo of the elderly Del Rubio Triplets singing and playing guitars while wearing festive red holiday outfits
Book cover for The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown. Cover shows the silhouette of an 8-man rowing boat with a golden sunset reflected in the water
Book cover for Maus by Art Spiegelman. “Winner of the Pulitzer Prize”. Graphic of a stylized cat head over a Nazi symbol in front of a white disc (moon?), looming behind two frightened mice wearing trench coats
Book cover for Persepolis, The Story of a Childhood, by Marjane Satrapi. Shows a drawing of a young girl wearing a headscarf and sitting at a table with arms crossed, centered in a red background with a spiky border around her as well as around the edge of the book cover
Pope Leo as young man dressed as a Blues Brother with sunglasses and black fedora
Sunset with sun near horizon
Protester with sign stating “No Kings in America since 1776”
US Geological Survey map marking recent earthquake near Berkeley, with insert box stating it was M (magnitude) 3.1 and 2 kilometers east of Berkeley CA at 9:23:45 on 2025-10-16
Three smiling older-women protesters on sidewalk. Two are seated due to mobility issues (including due to being cancer survivor) yet still came. One holds sign that reads “Honk if you’re not in the Epstein files”. Another holds a sign that reads “Keep your grubby greedy hands off Medicare, Medicaid & Social Security”. Third stands behind the two with tote for Resistance Summer School. A small American flag appears in frame (from other protestor (who is out of frame)
Final bow by cast dressed in Edwardian style on a stage set of a drawing room with flowers and chandeliers
Curtain call of gangster-themed cast of Richard III by Shakespeare. Entire cast is on stage to take a bow in front of audience. Some low cubby shelves in background have a gold crown in each cubby
Protesters lining the street holding signs and U.S. flags. One signs says “I’ll take my democracy neat, no ice”. Another sign says “Faux-King Joke” with picture of Trump wearing a crown and clown nose. Person in front holds tote that says “Resistance Summer School” and wearing T-shirt that says “All Rise” with image of bird, representing the play/book “To Kill a Mockingbird”
Nighttime at a bridge lined with small lights and banners, leading through a forest to a glen with a distant stage and tall trees lit with purple light
Sticker for “Resistance Summer School” with a shield enclosing the symbol of a resisting raised fist, a book, and an old-fashioned fountain pen, surrounded by olive branches and the saying “A Luta Continua”. Text and images in gold ink on a white background
Map of CALIFORNIA WATERWAYS showing state of California with illustrations for the following LEGEND: • Natural Lake / River • California State Water Project (SWP) (Reservoir / Aqueduct / Pipeline) • Federal and Local Water Projects (Reservoir / Aqueduct or Canal / Pipeline) • State / Federal Joint Use (Reservoir / Aqueduct) • Feather River Fish Hatchery, Oroville • John E. Skinner Delta Fish Protective Facility, Byron • State Water Project Visitors Facilities • Cities • Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta region “Most of California's natural waterways like rivers, lakes, and streams are located in the northern one-third of the state. Yet 80% of the water demand comes from the southern two-thirds. Some communities rely on natural surface water. Others use wells or pumps to access groundwater. Still others depend on complex water systems built during the 20th century. These "water projects" store and transport water across the state. The State Water Project (SWP) is the largest of the projects. Over 27 million people receive part of their water supply from the SWP. Most live in Southern California. Others live in the San Francisco Bay Area, San Joaquin Valley, or along the Central Coast. The SWP also helps to irrigate about 750,000 acres of farmland. Some project reservoirs provide flood protection or water to generate hydroelectricity. Reservoirs also provide recreation like boating and fishing. Whether natural or human-made, California's waterways are important. They drive our economy. They support our environment. Most significantly, they're an essential part of our daily life.
Three red-draped statues, each in arched opening on third floor of historic brick fort, overlooking a large courtyard
Graph of 2011-2025 Jan-Aug data by year from Metropolitan Police Department illustrating overall declining trend in violent crime; within years in graph, data drops by half. (Assume partial timeframe used for comparison in current year.)
Flyer for Bay Area Aloha Festival in San Mateo CA
Two women dancing with arms extended, wearing green and dark gold colored Tahitian-inspired costumes including green fronds and a white orchid-like flower in their hair
Photo of display case of individual desserts in a range of colors
Protestors with signs that say “Resist Project 2025,” “Never ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble - necessary trouble” (with photo of John Lewis), and “We the people”
Small hummingbird nest in an apricot tree
Basket of freshly picked apricots with apricot orchard in background
One protester holds a sign with a crown melting in the rain with a rainbow underneath protecting a group of people, under which it reads: “ We the People…”. Another protester holds a sign with an orange head with swoosh of yellow hair and an askew crown with a giant red circle and slash overlaid and text underneath stating “since 1776”
San Francisco’s domed city hall lit up in bright rainbow colors
Protesters wearing giant 2-dimensional puppet heads of Musk and Trump
Protesters holding signs stating “Fight Back, No Kings,” “We Are Seriously Under-reacting,” and “Make Lying Wrong Again”
Man wearing Trump on mask with nearby protesters. His bare belly is showing and he is wearing a pacifier. One young protester has a sign saying “Skibidi tyrant,” and another sign says “Musk—Go to Mars, Take Trump with you. Don’t come back!” A protester in the background is wearing a t-shirt that says “Make Orwell Fiction again”
People standing along curb of street holding protest signs such as “This is what democracy looks like” and “It’s not left or right it’s right or wrong” and “Hands off my Democracy” and one sign with a stylized orange head with wavy yellow hair, wearing a crown, encircled by a black circle with a slash across it