Winter Solstice 2023

It was the best of times, 

it was the worst of times, 

it was the age of wisdom, 

it was the age of foolishness, 

it was the epoch of belief, 

it was the epoch of incredulity, 

it was the season of Light,

it was the season of Darkness, 

it was the spring of hope, 

it was the winter of despair. 

                                                                 

                                                                             Charles Dickens

This glowing orb is a nurdle, a pre-production plastic pellet, found on Kehoe Beach. Magnified 30x. It represents all of the above: best/worst, wisdom/foolishness, belief/incredulity, Light/Darkness, hope/despair.

WHEW!!! And yes, WHEW!!!

In 2023 our One Beach Plastic has been challenged by opportunities to exhibit our work in traditional and non-traditional art spaces and museums. We continue our mission to find and present "meaning in the mess." 

We hope that you will spend some time poking around our posts: 

For the display cases at Green’s we added to the place-based culinary delights in celebration of  FOR-SITE's 20th anniversary Birthday Bash with greens to go:

https://plasticforever.blogspot.com/2023/03/greens-to-go.html

greens to go... Greens is a beloved San Francisco restaurant destination, founded in 1979 by the San Francisco Zen Center to provide a place for vegetarian ... plasticforever.blogspot.com

For FOR-SITE’s The Guardhouse at Fort Mason:

“all of it (well, alot of it anyway)”

https://guardhouse2023.wordpress.com/postcard/

Postcard Visit the post for more. guardhouse2023.wordpress.com

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Far Away is Now at 120710.art in Berkeley

https://plasticforever.blogspot.com/2023/11/far-away-is-now.html

Far away is now... Sometimes it takes a long time to realize an idea but sometime is the right time when there is a curator willing to go the distance and an e... plasticforever.blogspot.com

Food for Thought at the Randall Museum

https://plasticforever.blogspot.com/2023/11/food-for-thought.html

Food for Thought Yum and yum again at the Randall Museum. Café Josephine   with its jaw dropping view of the San Francisco skyline offers a jaw dropping menu... plasticforever.blogspot.com

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Sashay at ODC in SF

https://plasticforever.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-artist-climate-collective-is.html

Artists Climate Collective The Artists Climate Collective is an organization of dance artists committed to using their skills to  have a positive impact in the fight a... plasticforever.blogspot.com

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Banned and censored books were much in the news this year. At Arion Press we did our part to address this important issue.

https://unbanned2023.wordpress.com/

(un)BANNED BOOKS unbanned2023.wordpress.com

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At home at RanchoD we are blessed with a bountiful gardening and are enjoying what we call a Festival Of Food:

https://ranchodblog.wordpress.com/2023/11/27/thanksgiving-2023/

THANKSGIVING 2023 Festival of FOOD I After days of shopping and preparing the food, with 22 friends and family, from far and near, at our table, we were ready to eat. Before beginning our meal, Clementine offered th… ranchodblog.wordpress.com

WHEW !!! And yes, WHEW !!!

We know that we have said it, and we will say it again,

there is plenty to party,

⛄🕎🎄🎁🔔🥂🎉🗓

so we extend an invitation to come on over, 

let's enjoy a meal and celebrate.

With love and gratitude,

R&J

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