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Connie Madden wishes you wit, compassion, mindfulness

Great for Thanksgiving weekend: 3 heroes! Wendell Berry w. Bill Moyers, Bill McKibben

Saturday, at 6:16 by

So I listened for the third time, and found this interview my favorite this year, with Naomi Klein on energy 2nd fav. Wendell Berry, ecology visionary, poet, author, Bill McKibben says “He’s a prophet of responsibility”. Take a listen/watch at http://billmoyers.com/?gclid=COi78tbVjbsCFYiSfgodbF8AUQ Vandana Shiva’s in on it, too. Previously aired October 4th. “People who own the world outright for profit will have to be stopped, by influence, by power, by us,” said Berry. “Well I have grown more radical the older… Read More »

The Grange, Sunflower Center at Pachamama luncheon. Amazing Grace…

Saturday, at 7:45 by
Bob McFarland, Shepherd Bliss, Connie Madden

The Pachamama Alliance luncheon at Fort Mason last week was amazing. 1,000 people? Dressed festively, GREAT bite (purple rice, what were those nuts? Kuri squash?) Will attempt to learn these foods, and the PEOPLE and their various messages were heartwarming and inspiring. More, the Awakening the Dream Symposium has reached maybe millions of people now, engaging them in actions to move towards a more humane, livable planet. Haven’t seen another group do this this well…take note. Just now watching OneRepublic… Read More »

Tracing History in Her Art, Pat Morgenthaler’s Redwood Cafe show Nov. 20-Jan 14; reception Nov. 24th

Friday, at 1:30 by

I’ve much enjoyed the many paintings of Pat Morgenthaler lo these many years; she’s Mother to my partner, Wayne, with whom I share Oasis Community Farm just outside city limits. First years, I viewed her work in Fullerton, CA, near LA, but see them upclose now as she lives on the Eastside of Petaluma and has nearly all represented in her presentation book, as jpegs or hanging in her home. Of course, some of her work lives in other homes… Read More »

Bioneers Turning Vision into Action: Cheering section for serious planet healers…

Thursday, at 1:11 by

Bioneers Conference is essential to me. MUST go tomorrow. Fri- Sun. 10/18-20, Marin Civic Center. http://conference.bioneers.org/ So as I said on Yelp! (where son, Jon, says, when he builds an app, 40 million people use it) “Bioneers is the one conference I never miss – or I’d feel like I missed spending time with my family. It’s terrifying, electrifying and deeply satisfying to be among 3,000 or so people who believe in saving the planet and each other from our… Read More »

Monarchs and Monsanto: who knew? OUCH!

Monday, at 2:04 by

So just finished reading Barbara Kingsolver’s Flight Behavior, a shimmering book like her others, great dialogue, characters, landscape you can bite into, the lead character not even really Dellarobia Turnbow, the smart woman left with an uneducated husband and unchallenging life, but actually the monarch butterfly species itself and its possible dying out due to man-made causes. Deep sigh. Makes you fearful not only for the world of butterflies. Good as she is, Kingsolver, a biologist by training, got the… Read More »

What to see, hear, do at the People’s Expo – Petaluma Palooza – TOMORROW! (Sat. 12-5, Train Depot)

Friday, at 1:10 by

Petaluma Palooza comes round again at the Train Depot SAT. Sept. 21st – tomorrow! So John Crowley and Diane Gentile have rounded us up again for a fun community-building event, year 2. Visitor’s Center and others say “Part non-profit showcase, part business gathering, part learning fair and a large portion of fun!” and looks like it. A whole bunch of our music friends are playing and I, as Petaluma Grange Lecturer, engaged Amy Crawford, Sonoma Pomona Grange Chaplain, to give… Read More »

Progressive Festival AND Petaluma Poetry Walk BOTH Sun. Sept. 15, 11 (Poetry), 12:30(Fest)

Monday, at 4:14 by

So forgive me for posting bi-event blog, but Progressive Festival and Poetry Walk are both important to us, and again this year, on the SAME DAY… Sun., Sept. 15th, Petaluma Progressive Fest takes over Walnut Park, 12:30-5pm while Petaluma Poetry Walk starts up at Viva Cocolat, 10 Petaluma Blvd., 11am and goes on from there (pick up a flier w. map) – takes place all around downtown Petaluma. For speakers, readers, musicians and actors bringing all this, get thee to… Read More »

Perfection! Foxes in the Henhouse at Apple Box and Petaluma Pete!

Sunday, at 10:46 by

So tonight I broke away from Oasis Farm and got myself downtown to join friends at the Apple Box for a sky show (blueberry and orange sherbet sunset) to meet those friends who have moved to Arizona and those who still live here and we’ll all be together at First SUnday Brunch tomorrow, too. First warm summer night for me at Apple Box looking out on the Petaluma River – with soooo sweet and jazzy – Foxes in the Henhouse,… Read More »

GROW! Aqus Community w. Whole Foods, Tues. Aug. 20th – more focus on LOCAL

Sunday, at 1:29 by

So Whole Foods is promising to buy more local foods while we in the region are growing more small farms. Whole Foods new paper bags read “Eat the Food Less Traveled;” great idea, WF! Good mix expected as John Crowley and Diane Gentile bring us together under the Aqus Community umbrella for GROW! Tues. Aug. 20th at Aqus Cafe and surrounds, 7-9pm. John and Diane have recently joined us at Petaluma Grange – and we’re fascinated by the potential tie-in… Read More »

Laguna Fest: Whole lot of country goodness up the road

Saturday, at 6:03 by

Loved the day at Laguna Fest last year and year before so must stop by – wonderful outpouring of love for the land, food and country goodness out Stony Point where Petaluma Blvd. becomes Old Redwood Highway and then to the right at Cooper’s Lane, Sebastopol. It’s a beautiful mid-sized farm, well-stewarded you can tell. A joy to visit! And I treasured the crafty gifts I found, a few still waiting in my drawer for various birthday parties. Check out… Read More »