Blog Posts for Steve Hauk

A Woman of Courage

Steve Hauk — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:41:03 -0600

In May of 1906, a 38-year-old artist named Mary DeNeale Morgan ventured into San Francisco ten or twelve days after the great earthquake and fire and recorded the destruction in drawings and pastels.

The Motorcycle Cop and the Author

Steve Hauk — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:58:07 -0600

In the mid-1940s, a Monterey, California motorcycle policeman named Goerge Dovolis received two letters from John Steinbeck discussing, among other things, guns, the acquiring of them, the need of the

Chiura Obata was a great American

Steve Hauk — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:33:12 -0600

The problem was, he was a Japanese-American. As such, he ended up in an internment camp, a victim of World War II's Executive Order 9066.

Brownie & bigotry the morning after . . .

Steve Hauk — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:45:23 -0600

Jim came in following Brownie, who bounded up looking for his biscuit which I keep in a box near the bookcase.

da Vinci and the next president

Steve Hauk — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 10:31:35 -0600

``In an era when left-handedness was considered the devil's work and lefties were often forced to use their right hand, Leonardo was an unrepentant southpaw.

Obama's Father in Paradise

Steve Hauk — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 14:44:29 -0500

Or, The Kindness of a Stranger

A Scandalous Story

Steve Hauk — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:48:46 -0500

Sunday the Monterey County Herald (California) ran a story with major national and election implications by Julia Reynolds. I assume it was sent out.

`Breaking News'? Oh, sure, right!

Steve Hauk — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:24:12 -0500

Just about every cable network plasters that all over its talk and pseudo-news shows: ``Breaking News.'' Or, ``Stay tuned for,'' in the news person's words, ``a breaking news story _ we'll have it for

Linda (Ronstadt) & Luis (Valdez)

Steve Hauk — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:30:32 -0500

In 1981 Luis Valdez wrote and produced `` Corridos'' at El Teatro Campesino in San Juan Bautista, a California mission town.

Two righties, two lefties

Steve Hauk — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:56:46 -0500

The presidential election has it covered as usual: two to the right, two to the left.