Blogs from Berkeley, California, United States, North America - page 3

Saturday, 10th January 2015 It was pretty late in the afternoon by the time we woke up on Saturday. After a late meal, we were off to Safeway Supermarket to stock up on our weekly necessities. Together with the landlord, the three of us took a 30 minutes walk to the store. Along the way, they were quick to point out some of the sights and history of the Albany neighbourhood. The township that I stayed was within the vicinity of Berkeley Hills, a very safe haven where it was possible to hang around the neighbourhood even late at night. Getting to the San Francisco city centre involved a fair bit of luck on the public buses to bring me to the Downtown Berkeley BART Station. From there, depending on the time of the day and ... read more

Geo: 37.8695, -122.271Robert's notes :As I write this Laura is driving and We are slow and go on the six lane 101 freeway headed back to Berkeley this morning. So glad we don't have to do this every day! Ack!This trip will be memorable for the coastal scenery including amazing spring flowers, rocky coastline, and wildlife sightings !! Our tent is wet from the thunder storms that moved through Bodega Dunes Campground unexpectedly last night. When we went to bed the foghorn was going off regularly every 20 seconds or so. I had my earplugs in so slept through most but Laura got up to go to the bathroom and said she was unable to go back to a deep sleep afterward. We gave up and got up at 6 am, hugged our friends goodbye and ... read more

I’ve been hitchhiking across Berkeley. Well, more precisely, I’ve been hitchhiking down the Berkeley hills. Most mornings of the week I walk to a busy corner, stick out my thumb, and hope for the best. I usually don’t have to wait long. This morning a couple picked me up after about two minutes and motioned for me to get in the backseat next to their four year old daughter. This is not the first time I’ve hopped in a car with children, and at these moments I wonder if I would be as bold as these parents, allowing a stranger into close quarters with the most important thing in the world. Once I got into a van with five kids in the back – the father was carpooling, and met by five shocked little faces, I ... read more

I’m not sure how to describe what happened on Tuesday. I was in a calmed room, with a bewitched dog, and a beautiful woman. She was sitting across from me, about three paces, with her eyes closed. My eyes were opened with my feet on the floor. I said my full name three times. Ariel Lillian Root Wolpe. And then she started moving her right hand and sifting through my energy, directed by my spirit self. She found a goldmine. Chakras blocked up from the past. People alive and passed who hooked into my energy points, draining me. She told me who I was, where I was going, and who I should become. She told me things that happen to me in other lives, and why I chose my parents in this world. And she was ... read more

July 17, 2012 I’ve completed my first week working at rosov consulting and launched into my second. It's a really wonderful place to work – my colleagues are all very gracious and kind, not to mention intelligent, and I feel like we are doing good work. Our company helps Jewish organizations identify where they need to grow and change. We are like therapists for non profits. Except its team helping team, instead of individual helping individual. Tomorrow I will get started analyzing qualitative data, which I’ve never done with such a large quantity of responses. On sunday I went to volunteer at Urban Adamah. It was me and a bunch of Jews (mostly young adults) farming and cutting cardboard and building farm beds in the Cali sun. after three hours of working we had a potluck ... read more