Author Archives: Rick Gilbert

Meeting Queen Elizabeth II, Relaxing Photographic Patterns

“Meeting” Queen Elizabeth The year was 1983. Queen Elizabeth was on a tour of the [...]

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Losing Friends / Newest Photographs

Favorite Dorothy Parker poem. Very deep. Lots of insight about the human condition: “I like to [...]

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Photography + The Essence of Fox News

Photos: Some New, Some Old The Essence of Fox News My new favorite commentator is Nick [...]

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“Some day, Honey…”

 Mary’s Birthday Adventure Mary wanted to have “an adventure” to celebrate her birthday in July. Her [...]

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Building Community

Building  a Neighborhood Community: Put the Chairs in a Circle and Start Talking Starting seven [...]

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Language We Use

The January 6 Commission Reminds Us That The Language We Use Creates Our Values and Shapes Our [...]

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Restorative Justice: A Story of Redemption

Restorative Justice: A Story of Redemption     Our daughter, Katy, works in San Quentin [...]

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Post-Roe: Birth Control Now a Crime?

Post-Roe: Birth Control Now a Crime? The Washington Post reported that after the demise of [...]

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Scary Times

Planned Parenthood For one of my One-Man Shows in 2018, I donated profits to Planned [...]

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Tim Garthwaite Memorial

Tim Garthwaite Memorial Growing up in Berkeley, Tim was the closest thing I had to [...]

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The Coastal Arts League Show

Three of My Photos in The Coastal Arts League Show Three of my all-time favorite [...]

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Why? Shareholder value!!!

Why? Washington politician on cable news: “Why? Why does this keep happening? Is there anything [...]

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Guns: Same ol’ Same ol’

Same ol’ Same ol’ Republicans: Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families. Dems: [...]

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Photography: A Body of Work

Photography: Lifetime Body of Work The USB thumb drive containing the best photos I’ve ever [...]

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Abortion: Inconvenient Truths

Abortion:* Inconvenient Truths   Elites make policy not the church or the working classes. This [...]

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My Worst Investment Ever!

Memorable Quotes From “Sharing Our Stories” “What I fear most is that my life will [...]

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Photography

New Photo Collection Coming Preview My new “Lifetime Body of Work” photo collection is almost [...]

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The One Minute Manager: Ken Blanchard

Meet Ken Blanchard If you have worked in corporate America in the last 50 years, [...]

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Hooray For Taylor Eigsti

Taylor Eigsti Wins a Grammy I interviewed jazz pianist Taylor Eigsti in 2017. What a [...]

Take the Notes

Take the Notes: Saybrook University Interviews Rick Last year I had the huge honor of [...]

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Pet Lovers: Meet Two Vets

Pet Lovers: Meet Two Veterinarians If you own, or have owned pets – mostly cats [...]

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Existential Photography

Career Advice How to become an overnight sensation in the field of journalism (print or [...]

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Sharing Our Stories Update

The Fate of Sharing Our Stories: Tales of Resilience and Renewal Dear Blog Readers, Last [...]

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Book vs Audiobook ?

Blog Listeners, Readers,Watchers I’d like to invite you to join a very special group: A [...]

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