Let’s Be Friends!
- Follow How Will We Live Tomorrow? on WordPress.com
-
Join 718 other subscribers
Categories
-
Recent Posts
Archives
- June 2020
- June 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- June 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
Author Archives: paulefallon
Profile Response: Aaron Yaris, Santa Rosa, CA
“Society is full of people chasing stuff that will kill them. Each day we decide to wake up or go to sleep; to engage in life or escape it; to grow a garden or go to Vegas.” Aaron Yaris could … Continue reading
Posted in Responses
Tagged bicycle as enlightenment, extreme weight loss, raw vegan, The Hog Farm, Wavy Gravy
Leave a comment
Profile Response: Lindy Ruddiman, Napa, CA
People grow grapes and produce wine in Modesto. People grow grapes and produce wine in Napa. But the people aren’t the same; the wine isn’t the same. Modesto is a Gallo town, politically Red with sizzling summers. Napa is a … Continue reading
Profile Response: Jeannette and Jerry Neuberger, Lodi, CA
Jeannette and Jerry Neuberger occupy a quarter acre oasis in the midst of drought-induced calamity. During my time in the Central Valley I heard many tales of drought. Some of them implored God for rain; others damned Obama and Pelosi. … Continue reading
Profile Response: Jim Andrews, Ceres, CA
Jim Andrews’ profile on warmshowers.org appealed to me: a father with two sons who like to play board games. As I cycled through a squat neighborhood on the other side of the tracks, I realized my conception of a guy … Continue reading
Profile Response: Somesh Roy, Merced, CA
In the upstairs back corner of a garden apartment complex in Merced, CA, a 34-year-old man cooks delectable Indian food and engages in some of the most thought provoking conversation of my journey. Somesh Roy is a Post-doc in Mechanical … Continue reading
Posted in Responses
Tagged California drought, India, internal combustion engine, languages of India, Merced CA, quantum engagement, soot, UC Merced
Leave a comment
Profile Response: Paula Yang, Hmong Activist, Merced, CA
Paula Yang is a faithful Hmong daughter, an advocate for women, and a force of nature; petite in stature, feminine in appearance, with a backbone of steel. Paula’s beautiful fingernails dazzled me just as much as her fiery speech. Her … Continue reading
Profile Response: Candice Adam-Medefind, Executive Director of Healthy House, Merced, CA
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman changed my perspective on medicine and culture. The story of an epileptic Hmong child, her American doctors, and the collision of two cultures changed Merced, CA in more profound … Continue reading
Profile Response: Surge Legaspi, History Teacher, Fresno, CA
“The more a student knows his history, the better he does in class.” Surge Legaspi assigns each student to write a personal family history. “So many of my students live with step moms, with aunts. I hear reasons why they … Continue reading
Posted in Responses
Tagged Fresno CA, Hispanic teacher, Ivanhoe CA, Madera CA, Madera High School, Tower District
Leave a comment
Profile Response: Tom Etheridge, Manager of Auto Pawn, Fresno, CA
“Pawn shops are the second oldest business in the world; you know the first.” Tom Etheridge, a twenty-year veteran of the pawn world, retold the legend that Queen Isabelle pawned her jewelry to finance Christopher Columbus’ voyage to America. “People … Continue reading
How Will We Live Tomorrow? 