Two very short stories… I saw Buckminster Fuller speak in 1972 and was thoroughly impressed with his approach to design thinking. Here was a man who had designed, among many other things, the geodesic dome, telling us about the inspiration he got from working on submarines. To several thousand hippies, Bucky referencing war machines was … [read more]
Writing
Breakfast In 1959
I. It’s cold outside. It’s cold between Mom and Dad. It’s 1959 and everything in the world is black and white. The Lone Ranger show is on the radio on top of the old refrigerator. Jackson Pollack spattered linoleum sits beneath a Jackson Pollack spattered dinette. Mom pours the batter into the waffle iron for … [read more]
January 20, 2017
Enso thanks to Kazuaki Tanahashi 1.20.17 Geoff Shōun O’Keeffe May all be seen May all be heard May all be loved May … [read more]
Happy Birthday, Viejo
Happy Birthday, Viejo -Geoff O’Keeffe 01.02.17, 1000 h. Born in the cold dark of winter hoping to die on a summer solstice one bright day. Reading alone with coffee and a bagel young red-cheeked humans with time on their hands unaware. Baldwin said, “To act is to be committed to be committed is … [read more]
Baton Rouge
Image: Barbara Jackson (Editor’s note: My dear friend Barbara and I have known each other close to fifty years. We both come from that part of the Washington desert where nuclear waste lies in toxic holes in the ground, one of the nastiest places on earth. Barbara lost her mother in late 2016 and the … [read more]
Adventure Travel in a Far-Away and Exotic Land, Really
Image poached from Google, used without permission. Adventure Travel in a Far-Away and Exotic Land, Really -Geoff O’Keeffe I dreamt of this trip for years, even decades. It had become my raison d-être. My office walls were covered with maps of Denver, Littleton, Aurora, Golden and the Tech Center. Bus schedules, museum brochures and photos … [read more]
