Author Archives: Rick Gilbert
Better Dead Than Red
Better Dead Than Red In the 1950s, the far right used to say, “Better dead [...]
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Jul
Sharing Our Stories – Snippets
Audiobook Snippets Sharing Our Stories; Tales of Resilience and Renewal should hit the streets (er, [...]
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Jul
The Joy of Parenthood
The Joy of Parenthood When I was in my mid-twenties, people used to tell me [...]
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Jun
Juneteenth and Voter Suppression
Juneteenth and Voter Suppression Last week President Biden signed into law a new national holiday: [...]
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Jun
Book Design and Photos
Book Cover With my new audiobook title, I have also developed a new book [...]
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Jun
Springtime and New Book Title
It’s Springtime on the Northern California Coast, and in Redwood City [...]
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May
Chapter 20: Coda
My new audiobook, Listen Deeply; Be Amazed; Tell the Story is coming down the home stretch. [...]
May
Biden The New FDR?
Biden The New FDR? Ever arrive to an east coast airport from Europe? [...]
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May
George Floyd – a Hero?
George Floyd Was No Hero “You Changed the World, George” proclaimed a huge sign painted [...]
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Apr
The Joy of House Plants
For years we’ve known that caring for pets is good for the physical and mental [...]
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Apr
I’m Not So Unusual After All
Talking About Our Lives on Zoom Imagine talking to your [...]
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Apr
The Kindness of Strangers
The Kindness of Strangers I have been laid low for the last three weeks with [...]
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Mar
Quotes From Listen Deeply
Quotes From Listen Deeply “What I fear most is that my life [...]
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Mar
I Thought I Was the Only One
C.S. Lewis on the beginning of friendship: “What? You too? I thought I was [...]
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Mar
Passing Unnoticed
Passing Unnoticed Last year a book came out called “Life in the Day 2020 [...]
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Feb
God is Dead, But Not Santa
God Is Dead, But Not Santa! According to the co-president of the Freedom From [...]
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Feb
Feb
Our Rapid Decline?
Our Rapid Decline ? Random quotes Kate McKinnon: SNL opening “What Still Works?” [...]
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Feb
This Is Not Who We Are
This Is Not Who We Are Actually, this is exactly who we are. We [...]
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Jan
Vaccine: A One Act Play + B-17 vs. Bf-109
We Clueless People Are Confused A Play in One Act Robert: Gee, Margie (age 81), [...]
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Jan
Cheer Each Other On
Dateline: Redwood City: 81 Year Old Man Gets First Pole Vaulting Lesson! Cheer Each Other [...]
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Dec