Berkely - Oakland

A visit with Duncan who generously donated a bunch of oil in exchange for beer, to get us to Reno and some extra.

After that a nice lunch in (what I believe is the future of food and of survival), a Vegan, organic, live foods restaurant in Berekeley. Again, these folks were great, even the towels were washable, sustainable. "Cafe Gratitude" (I think that is their name) http://www.withthecurrent.com/

I realize to some this is going to far, but is it really? I have a friend, Jim Bell, who simply believes that we are in the process of becoming more conscious, less of a jerk. Conscious of what? Of who we are and our interconnectedness..This is not an easy concept to intellectually although science is really helping explain it, for most people it takes some form of solitute or contemplation to start understanding this at a deeper level.