Posted by Steve66 on October 20th, 2006 under Nature
9/22/2004
I left my bicycle and walked to the train today. Sometimes I do that for a change of view, a change of heart, a change of mind. The moon, that half circle cut of ice crystal I’d seen on my bike the night before, had already set, and the sun was just up. The lake […]
Posted by Patricia on May 31st, 2006 under Nature
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Posted by seamus on May 3rd, 2006 under Nature
On Saturday April 22nd, 2006, thousands did their part to make Oakland a better cleaner place to live by going out to Lake Merritt as volunteers. This earth day festivity got people of all ages together from around Oakland in an effort to pick-up trash around the lake, pull seasonal weeds and got down and […]
Posted by seamus on April 30th, 2006 under Nature
On Saturday April 22nd, 2006, thousands did their part to make Oakland a better cleaner place to live by going out to Lake Merritt as volunteers. This earth day festivity got people of all ages together from around Oakland in an effort to pick-up trash around the lake, pull seasonal weeds and got down and […]
Posted by seamus on April 25th, 2006 under Nature
On Saturday April 22nd, 2006, thousands did their part to make Oakland a better cleaner place to live by going out to Lake Merritt as volunteers. This earth day festivity got people of all ages together from around Oakland in an effort to pick-up trash around the lake, pull seasonal weeds and got down and […]
Posted by seamus on April 22nd, 2006 under Nature
On Saturday April 22nd, 2006, thousands did their part to make Oakland a better cleaner place to live by going out to Lake Merritt as volunteers. This earth day festivity got people of all ages together from around Oakland in an effort to pick-up trash around the lake, pull seasonal weeds and got down and […]
Posted by suki on April 22nd, 2006 under Nature
I love the place in the park where the birds are safe. Life is so hard for a bird.
Even though when they fly in the air they seem to be a part of another dimension, from someplace else, not of this earth, if you ever held one in your hands you know how frail […]
Posted by OLHP-Mills-College on April 6th, 2006 under Nature
Excerpted from an interview of Dr. Richard Bailey, Executive Director of the Lake Merritt Institute. The interview was conducted October 18, 2002 by Jennifer Myronuk as part of the Mills College Oakland Living History Program. The complete interview is available at the Oakland Public Library, Oakland History Room. For more information on […]
Posted by Jenny on March 15th, 2006 under Nature
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Posted by Jenny on March 15th, 2006 under Nature
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Posted by concepta on March 13th, 2006 under Nature
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Posted by oakland_ear on February 21st, 2006 under Nature
An audio interview with Stephanie Benavidez (naturalist).
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Interview conducted by journalist Michael Fitzhugh.
Mp3 file found at at www.archive.org under creative common license
Posted by Jenny on February 15th, 2006 under Nature
In the mid 1970’s I rented a small apartment by Lake Merritt in Oakland. My tiny daughter, Song, was just around the age of two. On Bellevue Avenue with a large open window facing the lake, our little place offered shelter with a wonderful view of trees, lawn, water, sky, birds, and an […]
Posted by miriam on February 3rd, 2006 under Nature
Intense and concentrated work with a team of mostly men who seem to love working 24 hours a day … flying in from Atlanta, Georgia … a $200 million project that is critical to the survival of the two companies competing for the work. Excitement to be part of something important while knowing […]
Posted by song on December 7th, 2005 under Nature
Squirrels are plentiful around the lake. I think it is because they are so darn cute. People like me just can’t help going back week after week to feed them. At least this was the truth in my case. I used to feed the duck and geese in the park, but only when I had […]
