45th Anniversary John F. Kennedy (JFK) Nov. 22, 1963 – 2008 November 22, 2008 will mark the 45th year since the loss of our thirty-fifth President – John F. Kennedy – a war hero, civil rights advocate, a leader in the commitment to the space program. November 22, 1963 John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated in [...]

January 13, 2008 written by Steven Barrymore photographs by Steven Barrymore FROM THE FILM COLLECTION Taking some time off. The Being of Life articles will return next month. Below are some favorite images from a collection of slides, photographed circa 1980′s in San Francisco. These scenes were photographed with Leica equipment (Reflex and rangefinder). Image [...]

March 19, 2008 Thank You For Being Here written by Steven Barrymore Thank you for having been here. Thank you for planning on being here. When was the last time you thanked someone for just being here? When not writing and working on Being of Life — the Blog, or out photographing images for http://www.ImagesMagical.com/, [...]

article originally published in The Daily Green Why California Recycled 80% of Glass and the Rest of the U.S. 30% Evidence that Nickle and Dime Deposits Work By Dan Shapley California is on pace to recycle nearly 80% of the glass introduced into commerce in 2008, according to the latest statistics — up from 71% [...]

July 6, 2008 Mini-Blogs written by Steven Barrymore Idle Hands Are The Devil’s Workshop. So the saying goes, and what have I been building in my workshop lately? Designing and creating, the term that best comes to mind is, mini-blogs. An online service called Squidoo provides the place to build these mini-blogs. The word Lens [...]

February 20, 2008 A Story Into The Night written by Steven Barrymore Enjoying the Lunar Eclipse on this clear night. What an amazing sight it is. My friend, Dave, contacts me with an emergency situation. The neighbor is hysterical. Dave said that a car hit her cat. I ask which cat since the neighbor has [...]