June 28, 2018Happy fathers’ day to all my fathersRecognizing all the ‘fathers’ in our lives. Categories General/Peace/Trampleasures Comments: 0
October 14, 2009Loma Prieta 20 year anniversaryThis Saturday (October 17, 2009) marks the 20th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake. Everyone who was in the Santa Cruz/SF Bay Area has their story of where they were, and KQED’s Forum call-in program had a great hour yesterday. It’s been long enough ago that for my students (juniors and seniors in high school) the earthquake is now only... Categories General/Science Education/Trampleasures Comments: 2
July 8, 2009Vanessa Trampleasure, 1956-2009It is with great sadness that I write of the death of my cousin, Vanessa Trampleasure, of Essex, UK. I never met Vanessa, although we exchanged emails several times regarding our family tree. I’d like to take a moment to reflect on the Trampleasure family, and how technology makes our world a smaller place: Growing up, the Trampleasure clan was... Categories Computers and the web/Trampleasures Comments: 8
April 12, 2009My dad’s finally onlineNo, this doesn’t mean you’ll be able to email him. I just talked him into letting me post some of his poetry to the web. You can read his poetry at EarthCommUNityILoveYou.org. I’ll be adding quite a bit over this next week, so keep coming back to read more. Categories Berkeley politics/Book recommendations/General/Peace/Trampleasures Comments: 0
July 15, 2008Great visit with some of the Canadian TrampleasuresLast night I had a great visit with cousins in Delta, British Columbia, Canada. Gary is my “fourth cousin.” He’s proud to be the oldest living Trampleasure in Canada, and the third oldest in the world (my dad beats him out by a decade, as does Colin in London). I met two “fourth cousins once removed” and three “fourth cousins... Categories Summer 2008/Trampleasures Comments: 3
