by beachraven | May 18, 2019
I recently spent some time in Mexico with an old friend, Galen Wathen, a chiropractor turned bodyworker. During our conversations, he told me about a realization he had one night: he should quit “touching” his clients and “feel” them instead. The next day, Galen gave...
by beachraven | May 10, 2019
In a recent study, a number of radiologists looked at a series of X-rays as if they were looking for lung cancer. On one of the X-rays was placed a picture of a gorilla the size of a matchbook, about 45 times larger than the nodules they were looking for. Eighty-three...
by beachraven | May 4, 2019
Shure PE50SP Vocal Microphone This Shure PE50 pictured in the photo belongs to Donna Rawlins (my wife). She used it, on and off the road, in her band for ten years. The PE50 is a pro-version of the SM58, the most popular vocal mic in the world. Every singer and sound...
by beachraven | Apr 26, 2019
Photo of original wall, San Carlos Cathedral One of the fascinating things about seeing paintings by the old masters is looking closely and examining the individual brush strokes. Hundreds of years can’t hide the evidence of human touch, and it creates a palpable...
by beachraven | Apr 19, 2019
Haleakala Sunset, Maui, Hawaii I remember the first Earth Day in 1970. We used different words back then: water pollution, air pollution, and ozone depletion. Aerosol spray was a threat. The first Earth Day and the actions that followed had broad support from the...
