Whatever Comes to Mind

Creative non-fiction, ranging from (sort of) Jewish sermons through memoir and city sightings to general spiritual/psychological musings, by Dana Vinicoff

Friday, November 10, 2017

Liberal Values

I have some thoughts about an interview with Jonathan Haidt on the moral values of liberals and conservatives. His episode of the podca...

Friday, September 1, 2017

My Mysterious Watch

Some 20 years ago, I bought a Seiko quartz watch at Costco. It kept better time than the Timexes and Bulovas that preceded it. And I've ...

We Ran Them Out of Town and Had A Party

Last Saturday the Patriot Prayer people had planned to put on a right-wing rally in San Francisco, at Chrissy Field. Despite the violence at...

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Freedoms are Fragile

Freedoms are fragile. Slavery ends and voting rights are enacted, but people of color are subjected to voter suppression, mass incarc...

Marching Out of the Closet

In the early years of Congregation Sha'ar Zahav, marching in the Gay Freedom Day parade was a serious commitment. If we were seen marchi...

Prized Possession

As a little girl, I wasn't interested in traditional, dress-up dolls. By the time I started to notice Barbie, I saw myself as too old to...

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Book Launch Party

Sunday April 9, 2017, was my first public reading from my self-published book Tales of A Seeker . I reserved a medium-sized room at my synag...

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