Up there we see everything, Oakland to the left, El Cerrito and Richmond to the right, Marin forward, over the Bay, Berkeley below, all red rooftops and trees of cauliflower and columbine, shaped like rockets and explosions, all those people below us, with humbler views; we see the Bay Bridge, clunkety, the Richmond Bridge, straight, low, the Golden Gate, red toothpicks and string, the blue between, the blue above, the gleaming white Land of the Lost/Superman's North Pole Getaway magic crystals that are San Francisco.

High school teachers who want to get reluctant readers turned around need to give the students some say in the reading list. Make it collaborative: The students will feel ownership, and everyone will dig in.

There is no faith like the faith of a builder of homes in coastal Louisiana

Be strong, be brave, be true. Endure.

Yes, a dark time passed over this land, but now there is something like light.

If your hand doesn't work for it, your heart doesn't feel sorry for it.

To me, the print business model is so simple, where readers pay a dollar for all the content within, and that supports the enterprise.