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% [...]

Walking On The Earth written by Steven D. Farmer, Ph.D. I recall when I was in my early twenties, I was having dinner with my family and my nephew Danny, who was 14, had joined us. My father had just given a bit of grandfatherly advice to Danny, then quickly followed by saying, “But it [...]

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 [...]

December 23, 2007 Is It Safe To Feel Safe? written by Steven Barrymore poem by Tiffany Martin (in memoriam) AS I WALKED THE PATH The December 2007 article in Being of Life took a strange twist. It was planned to be a tribute to all those souls who have passed on and our celebration of [...]

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 [...]

August 10, 2008 I Think — So I Say written by Steven Barrymore I was thinking about the mental and emotional path that is followed in life. A winding path of thoughts and feelings that take us down a road of responses and experiences. I think so I say. I think so I am. From [...]