Flower-Breathing Dragon

Flower-Breathing Dragon

Cover | Susan Sanford

Flower-Breathing Dragon (digital illustration). East Bay illustrator and sculptor Susan Sanford seeks to manifest the quirky and unexpected on her daily blog, artsparktheatre.blogspot.com where visitors and their comments are welcome. There you will find mythical beasts, illustrated poetry (with a strong leaning towards Wallace Stevens), a collage version of The Odyssey, doggerel composed to go with her own illustrations, Alice in Wonderland run through a Tarantino lens, and links to sites (sights!) she thinks are wonderful. Coming shortly: a link to her new blog showcasing dramatic works by Shakespeare and others as performed by a cast of miniature china (not Chinese) actors.

Faces of the East Bay

In the Philanthropic Swim

In the Philanthropic Swim

Rockridge residents John Bliss and Kim Thompson may live far removed the gritty flats of East and West Oakland. But this philanthropic couple see themselves as one with the citizens of Oakland, particularly those who are struggling financially, and they’re leading a campaign to get their “financially blessed” peers to invest in the community like they have by funding city programs to teach kids how to swim.