May 24th, 2006 01:36am

Blog on global warming…

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Want to support at least LEARNING about global warming in Sonoma County? Get thee to the Rialto Theater in Santa Rosa on June 9th or shortly thereafter and by buying a ticket to Al Gore’s movie, An Inconvenient Truth; yes, the one about climate crisis that President Bush says he won’t see, you can encourage more theaters to run the film. You might even call our Petaluma Cinema West and request they show the film in … Read More »
May 17th, 2006 08:33pm

Drumming with Mickey…

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My sister, Meg Madden, organized a rally with her Music in the Schools Today (MUST) in SF for funding for the Arts in California last night. I said I’d go, of course. Thought I would get cold at a rally outside San Francisco City Hall but the Rally was inside on the Rotunda steps and a newlyl refurbished and lovely side room – and it was terrific fun! … Read More »
May 9th, 2006 01:40pm

Technolust, technophobia…

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Just got a MacBook Pro (no; you CAN’T follow me around till I’m sleepy and take it home with you), transferring the best of my files from a humungous pc to a 17″ silver box weighing just under 6lbs and leaving behind the rest of my files/mind-flakes like yesterday’s newspapers- The new Machine makes me feel like I can climb veritable mountains with my mind! I know its just me … Read More »
May 1st, 2006 03:21pm

Inspiring, memorable public art

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Just blew in from the Windy City, town where I was born and now returned for a family reunion. The Windy City is, as the song from Calamity Jane goes, mighty pretty, but ’tis true – they ain’t got what we got. We’re intimate and peaceful; they’re HUGE and DANGEROUS. Still, there are some things our little city could learn from this BIG city. Public Art is one for sure. Public art … Read More »