Category Archives: Art Galleries

Silicon Galleries

April 18, 2013

Art aficionado Bill walked into frame shop in Silicon Valley and asked owner, where are galleries around here?
There aren’t any, he said, just places like this that make custom frames and hang few paintings.
All this wealth. Why isn’t area great for galleries?
Don’t quote, but there are lots of technical people.

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Basketball and Other Activities in Las Vegas

July 23, 2009

As summer school ground toward conclusion in late June I was anxious to get a break from teaching and spend hours a day writing in my office at home.  I tried to do so and some days did but what I hadn’t remembered, though it happens every year this time, was I also needed release [...]

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