March 12th, 2010 05:00pm
by In.Her.Own.Write
So many new practices for me. Prepare 3 hearty meals a day, lunch delivered to the working guy(s), be ready to drive out to the dump, Harmony Farms, OSH or Rex Hardware for immediately needed parts. Keep rain boots handy! May have to slog through mud. Help plan; get out of the way! Pet the neighbor’s cat who seems to have adopted me (wonder how “Mitsie” will …
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February 21st, 2010 06:38pm
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Seems Petaluma’s marvelous Shollenberger park and bird sanctuary is STILL endangered by the Dutra folk and their “high tech” asphalt plant – which, if their past history is repeated, is likely to belch toxic fumes into the parkland – which is still endangered. Your help is needed at
Why do I put Barbara Kingsolver side by side with our favorite hiking park? She’s on NPR right now talking …
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TAGS Barbara Kingsolver, Dutra Asphalt Plant, environment, Petaluma Marsh, Shollenberger, wildlife preservation | CATEGORY Uncategorized
February 17th, 2010 01:47am
by In.Her.Own.Write
The smiling-eyed hustlers on Av Revolution will stick with me awhile – perhaps for years. Especially the little girls with “I’ll look at you like I love you if you buy this (cheap) candy,” the guy “Hey; it’s MY turn!” The guy shorter than me (I’m 5′3″) walking too closely next to me who seemed intent on connecting, possibly with my purse. My money and passport pushed carefully in my …
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TAGS poverty, Tijuana, vacation | CATEGORY Uncategorized
February 5th, 2010 04:42pm
by In.Her.Own.Write
Michael Pollan says that and Petaluma’s Mayor Pam got the point as usual and repeated his mantra in her comments introducing Pollan at his appearance held in our newly famous Seed Bank on E. Washington. Jere Gettle, owner/founder of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds and the Seed Bank, who was among us that night (he lives in Missouri 10 miles from where Little House on the Prairie was written and …
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January 31st, 2010 09:07pm
by In.Her.Own.Write
Rifkin is on to something big. Currently, he’s an economic consultant to the EU, meeting with top tech execs, government officials and cooperatives globally to create links. These links could start to create a new economic reality where we energize all the sympathetic impulses we can muster to overcome the biggest challenges we’ve even dreamed of.
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January 18th, 2010 11:32pm
by In.Her.Own.Write
For me, re-cooping from the-in-the dark (our warehouse home is DARK when the sun is in hiding) includes remembering to eat Vitamin D in some form (take your vitamins!) and going retro – returning to great film, art, books, friends, conversations. Believe I’ll stay in that mode, perhaps the rest of my life. AND I’m learning to cook root vegetables the way you do scalloped potatoes, fish tacos, …
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January 3rd, 2010 06:49pm
by In.Her.Own.Write
What at trip! We walk into the bar at the Moose Lodge on NY eve and people I never recall know that we’ve got a new lease on life – or should I say DEED? The land, the farm, the whatever-it-will-be – a community gathering spot? Is coming along swell so far. No broken bones and the well and the water tank are in – well on …
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December 16th, 2009 06:34pm
by In.Her.Own.Write
WHY SAVE SHOLLENBERGER? Because WE’RE WORTH IT!
And so are these lovely flying creatures…and are migratory and rare birds tourist attractions! (Yes!)
Seriously important to us for our own well being and that of our town. My friends and I walk there enmass and often!
Nobody explained to me how its OK to further pollute the area where more Petalumans go to walk than any other, where significant groupings of rare and …
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November 28th, 2009 09:27pm
by In.Her.Own.Write
Thought to write about downtown, our 2nd Annual Shop & Crawl event Dec. 5-6th – and with it a new city proclamation that December is Buy Local Month, (GoLocal Sonoma County will be present to receive a proclamation at City Hall Dec. 7th). Hundreds of supporters are expected to sign a pledge to buy 80% of their holiday gifts from locally-owned stores on John Crowley’s www.Aqus.com site, the way …
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TAGS Aqus, carriage rides, downtown, gifts, holidays, shop | CATEGORY Uncategorized
November 27th, 2009 10:05pm
by In.Her.Own.Write
So many images parade past my eyes lately – sunset at the beach at Aptos Thanksgiving Day (I took some video!), just now, a rainbow over my head along East Washington as I looked toward Golden Eagle Shopping Center with a seagull swooping down in front of the colors. So much to be grateful for even in the midst of economic mush/struggle/downturn. Lots of dis-ease, even downright fear – …
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