Riding back home from Balboa Park this afternoon I got reacquainted with a tree I hadn't paid much attention to lately... and naturally, I took pictures.  You'd think the tree is giving up... dying; but it isn't. It's surviving, almost flourishing... in spite of everything... YES!

Once again the Human Rights Watch Film Festival is happening in San Diego at the Museum of Photographic Arts.  The New York Times declared it the “cinematic conscience of the world.”  I went to the opening tonight to see Yoruba Richen’s film THE NEW BLACK.  Wow!  Human Rights Watch description says “The film tells the story of how the African American community is grappling with LGBT rights in the light of the marriage equality movement and the fight over civil rights.”  It’s a disturbing look at how all of America is dealing with the issue.  The film will eventually be shown on television, probably on public television stations.  Don’t miss it.