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Gary C. Sterling

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Tag: Poetry

The day we went to collect her ashes was also a day I chose to keep on going
March 8, 2026March 9, 2026 Gary C Sterling

A Trick of the Mind

ICE Barbie will soon be replaced with a smooth-crotched Ken doll
March 7, 2026March 7, 2026 Gary C Sterling

Ken and Barbie and Trump

Weird Al Yankovic in his famous tin foil hat
March 6, 2026March 6, 2026 Gary C Sterling

Trump’s Satellite

A young girl swimming with her water wings
March 3, 2026March 3, 2026 Gary C Sterling

I’m just a kid

A very shaggy dog
March 2, 2026March 2, 2026 Gary C Sterling

Laugh Don’t Stop

Gary, Chaz and Kristina taking a break at the 5th Street Public market in Eugene Oregon on a long road trip
February 14, 2026February 14, 2026 Gary C Sterling

again

A key-wound pendulum clock we've had for decades
February 13, 2026February 13, 2026 Gary C Sterling

Power Outage

A Berkeley kitchen still life
February 8, 2026February 8, 2026 Gary C Sterling

More Calcium

Shirley Sterling during the height of her Ballet performance career
February 7, 2026February 7, 2026 Gary C Sterling

Still Elegy

Gary returns from a walk and writes down the latest story
January 28, 2026January 28, 2026 Gary C Sterling

Keep getting up

Developers bulldozing homes in historically Black neighborhoods in Oakland in the late 1960s (Photo from the Oakland Redevelopment Agency)
January 23, 2026January 21, 2026 Gary C Sterling

In Oakland

Some of the lovely old trees leaning precariously over the Sacramento River in Dunsmuir California
January 22, 2026January 23, 2026 Gary C Sterling

Tree down in Dunsmuir

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