Photos by Kaitlin McSweeney. All rights reserved.

The Fort Gallery in Oakland is in a process of transformation.  And aren’t we all?  with Uranus and Jupiter side by side, opposed by Saturn, joined by unrelenting Pluto in what is being called the great T-Square of our lifetimes.
The T-Square:
Uranus: given the name of the ancient Greek god of the sky, father of time, with an energy that exists to change and often, and unpredictably.  Like weather, patterns we assume adhere to a predictable order of things (a natural order), until the natural …

Mario Monkey Mouse (Mr. Fuzzy). He was found, tiny, in the back of a PG&E truck in a PG&E yard by my uncle, his brother and his sister. Read more here.

I first saw the ocean rising like a blue glass slope at the end of Ocean, after leaving city college, after my cello lesson.  So I went to the beach off the Great Highway, close to Lake Merced.  Walked out and saw names left carved under my feet as I passed and craved drawing so I found a stick to draw with.  A dinosaur first, had trouble with the legs, the feet were too big and I didn’t realize this until I stepped back, thought of leaving it because who …

Feeling a bit lonely on the Winter Solstice.

One cold November evening in the dim belly of Annie’s Social Club I witnessed a string metal band perform as if in the throes of the last cell shattering triumph before the end. They call themselves Judgement Day.