August 02, 2009 6 Months To Live written by Steven Barrymore What would you do if you had 6 months to live? If you could be in good health for 179 days up to the last day, and died on the 180th day. Would you move to another country? Would you be more loving? Would [...]

September 27, 2008 Brother Can You Spare $700 Billion? written by Steven Barrymore My friend and I were discussing America’s economic issues while watching the first 2008 presidential debate between Sen. McCain and Sen. Obama, and he asked me if I thought that America is still a world power. I thought for a moment and [...]

January 31, 2009 The Amicus Brief written by Steven Barrymore The words Amicus Brief, read like an action movie title. And there is plenty of action swirling around California’s Proposition 8 (same sex marriage). The opponents, 40 law firms and other interested parties, to California Proposition 8 have filed an Amicus Brief with the California [...]

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 [...]

April 09, 2008 Title TBD (To Be Determined) written by Steven Barrymore “It had very distinctive features . . . what came into view was truly amazing.“ While out on a 150-mile round trip journey to an area I frequent to photograph subjects for the http://www.imagesmagical.com/ Images Magical website. I stopped at a grouping of [...]

May 23, 2010 Would Tesla Be Proud? written by Steven Barrymore Society is turning green and not with envy — with environmental conservation devices and systems shrinking in size, offering a bigger bang for the buck. Solar Aero, a New Hampshire based alternative-energy organization has developed a wind turbine generator. And this is not a [...]