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 [...]

May 16, 2009 Bart Simpson Live written by Steven Barrymore The Danville International Children’s Film Festival opened Friday May 15, 2009 with a VIP reception that included Nancy Cartwright, best known as the voice of Bart Simpson. Raini Rodriguez, co-star in the 2009 movie Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Charlie Chaplin (performer Robert Martin) and the [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]