Joe Edley tucks his co-authored book, “Everything Scrabble,” under his arm and surveys the room. Around him, players sit with boards arranged and tiles upright on their racks. He begins gently — reviewing short words, simple combinations — then quickly moves deeper into board control, opening strategy, and the subtle art of rack management. Earlier, ...
As she strolls toward the smallest park in San Francisco, Bonnie Wallsh calls back to the group of tourists behind her: “How many of you have had a park named after you?” They are standing by a tiny swath of land on Bush and Octavia Streets named the Mary Ellen Pleasant Memorial Park. It’s dedicated ...
Sue Trupin spent more than a decade living in a countercultural enclave in Canyon, a community in rural Contra Costa County. She had gardens, goats, and chickens, and harvested vegetables. She harvested walnuts and fetched food from the bins at the back of grocery stores. “We lived on very little; it was part of that ...
Sharon Yow’s father drove a truck and tried his hand at farming. Her mother worked a switchboard and became an accountant. But while they labored at low-paying jobs, Yow’s parents drilled one lesson into her: “Education is your key. Do well in school!” It was a lesson she took to heart. The first in her ...
Tony Hanley felt stuck. He’d flunked out of San Francisco City College and was working at an unsatisfying job as a stock clerk at Jackson Hardware and Houseware in the Sunset District. For three years, he shelved merchandise, made deliveries, and swept floors. He was 20 years old and had no idea how to find ...
Contact her at myrakrieger@sfseniorbeat.com When Theo Armour was a young boy, he played a lot, but not with the popular toys of the day like Mr. Potato Head, Silly Putty, or Hula Hoop. Even at six or seven, he said, he was doing “technical stuff.” “I was already playing with my calculators, using little baby computers,” ...
