November 2nd, 2009 04:34pm
by In.Her.Own.Write
So glad El Dia de Los Muertos(Day of the Dead series of events) carries on and on and on – this year best ever, biggest, longest pagent I’ve seen! Wonderful altars remain yet one more day. Take pics if you want to save the visuals. I’ve seen only a few yet enjoyed them a great deal. Putting names of my own dear departed on the tree at the …
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November 2nd, 2009 04:24pm
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Again this year, we’ll be attending Ripple the World fundraising breakfast, this time 8am Thurs. Nov. 5th, at Petaluma Veteran’s Building. The beneficiary, Daily Acts, in case you’re unfamiliar(!) is an evolutionary do-gooder group that actually does good locally on global projects! Learn what sustainable living is and you’re part of the solution!
I know, we have a bunch of great non-profits here in our little River city – COTS …
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October 24th, 2009 01:31am
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With this Great Recession epoch supposedly over (but not for you or me) and retail profits WAY down (and no light in sight!) we looked at buying a home as a way to create more security. Life is not secure. I even always had that Benjamin Franklin quote on my refrig “To be Safe is Never to be Secure.” Which I interpreted to mean you gotta keep on …
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October 16th, 2009 04:37pm
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Michael Pollan describes himself as a journalist – but others describe him as our chief advocate for local food, “beautiful local food” as opposed to “awful industrial food”. He says his argument is now in the movie, Food, Inc. – go see that!!! Following is my loose transcription of what you will find at the link
There is a whole lot of push back from the industry, …
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October 16th, 2009 03:57pm
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Must say I love being at Bioneers conference in the wonderful Frank Lloyd Wright – designed Marin Civic Center. A love fest for locavores, Native American nature advocates, people from all over the world who want to protect and restore our planet.
I look forward to this ecologist-nature-lover-scientist-fest-idealistic-practical gathering each year, usually with a press pass! Love those press passes! But this year, well, is it sad? I’m …
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October 3rd, 2009 09:23pm
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Very glad our President Obama is calling to list carbon emissions as a pollutant – that ought to get some legislation going to turn things around, but it’s way too little too late!
Saw Bill McKibben at Sonoma County Day School last night with partner, Wayne Morgenthaler, and friends Ping Zhao and Jerry Price. One of those evenings where every other row has a friend seated in it. Folks …
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September 17th, 2009 06:10pm
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Are we there yet? Overretailing can kill traditional downtowns.
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September 8th, 2009 02:23pm
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Joan Baez and Linda Ronstadt were just on Michael Krasny’s Forum at KQED.org, 88.5 FM, 10-11AM to plug their upcoming San Jose Mariachi and Mexican Heritage Festival, the Krasny show to be repeated at 10pm. Linda said music that doesn’t make you cry hasn’t done it’s job and sure enough, some of the featured songs were working just fine. Several Linda and Joan songs brought tears – and …
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September 3rd, 2009 08:32pm
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Health care is not a God-given right, said the lady behind me at Lynn Woolsey’s town hall meeting on health reform at the Vet’s Bldg this week. Her friend beside her yelled at a quadriplegic that he was “a mental case.” That did it for my good manners. I turned around and said with I’m sure an angry look “That is just plain mean.” Seemed to startle …
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August 21st, 2009 09:53pm
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So we’re getting to know gorgeous places in the name of Buying the Farm (we’re in escrow)…but often despite instructions issued via my printer and Google, Mapquest, a GPS system.
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