by Jeffrey Brock | Mar 1, 1994 | Writing
Rowing upstream through the flood forests of Ecuador’s Imuye Creek, with the eerie call of the howler monkeys sounding like the walls of a strong wind, Alex Rubin says he reached a point where it seemed the very fabric of space teemed with life. “When...
by Jeffrey Brock | Jan 1, 1994 | Writing
AS DIANA AKIYAMA’s sisters lined up in their childhood church pew and sang from an Episcopalian prayer book that seemed to her a mere exercise in “groveling,” a rebellious Akiyama just stood silently during the hymns she considered nonsense. But when...
by Jeffrey Brock | Dec 1, 1993 | Writing
LIKE A SPIDER forever rebuilding its web, J. Gordon Edwards unflaggingly persists in his endeavors. And that quality, the San Jose State University emeritus professor of entomology says in a Mr. Wizard voice, “is the greatest thing insects do.” A...
by Jeffrey Brock | Dec 1, 1993 | Writing
JUAN SANCHEZ has taken some heat for his love of baking. Working at a San Jose bakery in 1962, he lit the pilot light as usual – unaware of a leak under the oven. The resulting explosion demolished the building and shook the neighborhood. But some stalwart rolls and...
by Jeffrey Brock | Nov 1, 1993 | Writing
FUZZY REFLECTIONS glide over the metal canisters, banks of switches and assortment of movie reels that hang like modern art inside Stanford Theater’s projection room. Projectionist Phil Krikau is master of all he surveys in this cramped booth — the sound, the...
by Jeffrey Brock | Nov 1, 1993 | Writing
TRAPPED DEEP WITHIN the nocturnal halls of Morpheus soon after her mom’s death, Laynee Wild’s dream feet were spiriting her away from pursuing armed goons. But she abruptly stopped running when a sobering thought penetrated her dreams: Sooner or later, she...
