A Solstice Poem
The Sun Holds Its Breath Day after shrinking day the angel of death Hovers kite-like, the dark around its eyes
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Martin Nicolaus
Public Eye
Most Chavez Park Conservancy work is done in the everyday world, far from the spotlights. In the past couple of
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Seeds of Beauty
Eight UC Berkeley undergraduates powered your Chavez Park Conservancy’s “Weed and Seed” project Saturday morning October 26, as part of
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Fixing the Fence
The orange plastic construction fence that the rip-rap rehab contractor put up in July was needing some work. A few
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Picking Up
The beautiful untended forested grove on the west side of the park is a place where Parks maintenance staff rarely
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Birth of a park: the history
They say it takes a village to raise a child. Well, it took several villages and more to create this
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Park photo book now available on Kindle
From Trash to Treasure, my photo book celebrating the beauties of Cesar Chavez Park, is now available as an e-book
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Berkeleyside Story
Today’s edition of Berkeleyside carried a feature about my book and about this website, and included three of my photos
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From Trash to Treasure — Book About Park
My new book, From Trash to Treasure: The Splendors of Berkeley’s Cesar Chavez Park, is now off the press and
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