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Conrad H. Roth’s SF Photo Essays

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On December 28, 2006

In visitor experience

Conrad Roth has posted, in two parts, his impressions of the city. Although he calls his posts “photo essays,” there is also plenty of text.

Update: Roth has posted a follow-up on Berkeley

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2 Comments

  1. Conrad

    Thanks for the links; I’m honoured to contribute to your growing accretion of SF material, always a valuable type of project, I think.

    December 29, 2006

  2. Tom

    My pleasure, Conrad — always happy to link to good content.

    This project is just getting under way, and I’m kind of taking my time about it. I hope to grow it into something of substance.

    December 30, 2006

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Our garden lies in what Sunset calls “one of Northern California’s finest horticultural climates.” We are located in an area of wet mild winters and dry mild summers — a Mediterranean climate zone. It’s a region with unique challenges and opportunities. I love gardening here.

Approaches to gardening are strongly determined by scale. Our garden is a small family garden. Its core was formerly a swimming pool. Often we might be growing just a single plant in a container, or a handful of plants, where a larger-scale gardening operation might be planting long rows of crops. Over time we have adjusted to find the right balance for our home garden.

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All this new stuff goes on top
turn it over, turn it over
wait and water down
from the dark bottom
turn it inside out
let it spread through
Sift down even
Watch it sprout.

A mind like compost.

— Gary Snyder

 

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