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Don’t fiddle while our home burns, #vote

October 9, 2018 by Vickie Lester

Sometimes I think the discord and spectacle of current politics is blinding. But on examination there is a clear through-line — like a fuse to dynamite. I have been thinking about fires that lead to catclysm, in particular the Reichstag Fire — that catapulted a psychotic with authoritarian tendencies, who had just been sworn in as Chancellor of Germany,  a preposterous leader that many thought could just be voted out in the next election and the damage he would inflict […]

Categories: Blogging, Culture, Film, History, Los Angeles, Photography, Politics, Uncategorized, Weather • Tags: climate change, global warming, register to vote, registration deadlines state by state, reichstag fire, vote

Stopping Climate Change Is Hopeless. Let’s Do It. via The New York Times

October 7, 2018 by Vickie Lester

Solving climate change presents humanity with the opportunity to save civilization from collapse and create aspects of what the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called “the beloved community.” The work would endow our lives with some of the oldest and most numinous aspirations of humankind: leading a good life; treating our neighbors well; imbuing our short existence with timeless ideas like grace, dignity, respect, tolerance and love. The climate struggle embodies the essence of what it means to be […]

Categories: Art, Culture, Design, Film, History, Life, Los Angeles, Photography, Uncategorized, Weather • Tags: climate change, climate crisis, climate interactive, protect our winters, what you can do about climate change

If God is made gloriously manifest in nature, then what the hell have we been doing?

December 10, 2017 by Vickie Lester

Existential: of, or relating to, human existence…our red-hot word for a Sunday… I know a lot of you come to this site for something uplifting, seasonal, or revealing about Hollywood history. Yet, I find it increasingly difficult to be upbeat when friends across the state are caught up in a catastrophe. What’s been going on in California is a tragedy, and because of venal, greedy, stupid, short sighted leadership our world is in peril. Our governor, a scholar and a […]

Categories: Architecture, Art, Christmas, Culture, Design, Film, History, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Memoir, Photography, Travel, Uncategorized, Weather • Tags: #resist, California is burning, California wildfire, climate change, climate crisis, Ignatius of Loyola, Jesuits, paris climate agreement, what you lose in a fire are your links to the past

one hell of a start to the holiday season

December 7, 2017 by Vickie Lester

The morning commute to a location shoot in L.A. on December 6th — and it gets worse. By the end of the day the city of L.A. had pulled the movie’s filming permit because it was unsafe to work at the edge of a firestorm. Meanwhile, the new GOP tax bill has done away with the fire and earthquake deduction that people get when their homes are destroyed in a natural disaster. (There’s still time to fight it, this is […]

Categories: Blogging, Culture, Entertainment, Film, History, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Memoir, Movies, News, Photography, Travel, Uncategorized • Tags: #resist, California wildfire, charity, climate change, climate crisis, Corinthians, love, what you lose in a fire are your links to the past

How to help the victims of Hurricane Harvey

August 27, 2017 by Vickie Lester

I write these posts all too often as catastrophe strikes, and it’s heart breaking. Here’s how you can help those in need. Donate to the Red Cross. Mission Statement The American Red Cross prevents and alleviates human suffering in the face of emergencies by mobilizing the power of volunteers and the generosity of donors.​   Vision Statement The American Red Cross, through its strong network of volunteers, donors and partners, is always there in times of need. We aspire to […]

Categories: Culture, Design, fashion, Film, Friendship, History, Hollywood, Movies, Photography, Science, Travel, Uncategorized, Weather • Tags: climate change, donate to the red cross, flood, Hurrican Harvey, hurricane, Ray Bolger, THE WIZARD OF OZ, torrential rain, volunteer

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“Let us not be afraid to help each other—let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and Senators and Congressmen and Government officials but the voters of this country.” Franklin Delano Roosevelt, July 8, 1938

August 14, 2017 by Vickie Lester

More than a year has passed since I wrote the post below, and if anything, things have only gotten worse. The Republican candidate is now president. The ideals my father fought for, and a generation of young people risked and lost their lives for, have been desecrated. A man with no shame, no sense of history, and no moral compass had to be coaxed into tepidly condemning Nazis, two days after the horrific events in Charlottesville. I won’t get into […]

Categories: Architecture, Blogging, Culture, Design, Film, Friendship, History, Hollywood, journalism, law, Life, London, Los Angeles, Memoir, Photography, Politics, Travel, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized • Tags: advocate, American, civil rights, climate change, country of immigrants, declaration of independence, father, film, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, history, Hollywood, immigrant descent, London, Our nation was founded on a bedrock principle that we are all created equal, photography, St Pauls survives blitz, tyrants, We hold these truths to be self-evident, Winston Churchill

“The world cannot wait — and neither will we.” Mayor Garcetti, Los Angeles

June 2, 2017 by Vickie Lester

    I just received a beacon from the past. Last night I opened a trove of photos and came across a letter to my grandmother, from her best friend, dated October 13, 1944…when the world was at war…and her children and her friends’ children were fighting overseas. It seems each new day now we must be conditioned for the unpredictable challenges thrust upon us – and as long as the abnormal remains the norm for now, we must bravely […]

Categories: Architecture, Art, Culture, Design, Film, Friendship, History, Hollywood, Life, Literature, Los Angeles, Memoir, Movies, Photography, Travel, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized • Tags: climate change, concrete solutions to the environmental crisis, make our planet great again

What you lose in a fire are your links to the past…

September 14, 2015 by Vickie Lester

We had word last night that the wildfire in California had swept through my eldest brother’s place in the Sierras. The extent of the damage isn’t known right now because the battle against the fire goes on. What I can tell you is the land there is some of the most beautiful in the world; rolling hills covered in spreading oak trees, sparkling streams, bright blue above by day — and at night the stars in the midnight sky glimmering […]

Categories: Architecture, Art, Culture, Design, fashion, Film, History, Life, News, Photography, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized • Tags: Butte Fire, California, California is burning, California wildfire, climate change, eldest brother, family, what you lose in a fire are your links to the past, whatever will be will be

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California is burning…

September 12, 2015 by Vickie Lester

This is a picture one of my older brothers texted me on Friday moments before he got a mandatory evacuation order as the western side of the Sierras went up in flames. He said it was getting difficult to breathe. Both my brothers live in the area. If you look at a fire map of California you’ll see a lot of it is burning. Back in 2009 the San Gabriel Mountains above Los Angeles burned. The plume from the fire […]

Categories: Architecture, Culture, Film, History, London, Los Angeles, New York, News, Paris, Photography, Science, Uncategorized, Weather • Tags: California is burning, climate change, climate summit Paris, concrete solutions to the environmental crisis, dangerous levels of air pollution, humanity as a geologic force

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