November 27th, 2008 12:23am

BUY LOCAL PETALUMA is my new mantra

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Let’s REUSE our own money! Purchases made at Petaluma businesses have that “multiplier” effect – the money circulates 3 1/2 times through our economy! BUY LOCAL PETALUMA is a new mantra, well not my only one- I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and new. … Read More »
November 6th, 2008 04:40pm

Election08: It was a wonderful time; it was a terrible time-

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WE WON, WE WON, WE WON! EVERYTHING BUT PROP. 8. Tears and laughter in Petaluma – and around the globe. First, there is the Obama miracle – a family of warm, smart humans, people with huge heart along with intelligence, the big guys who can’t be run off – the Obama’s take on the White House and all that entails. Maybe we’ll just all be humans and drop … Read More »
November 2nd, 2008 05:14pm

Freak out; then get to work, says Bill McKibben; Lucas says “chirp!”

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Most important words (and sounds) gathered in by me at Bioneers “Revolution from the Heart of Nature,” the great cheerleading conference for Green Lovers: Author, Bill McKibben says “freak out, then get to work,” Petaluma’s Baby Lucas Hess, 9 months, examines a leaf in the sunshine and says “chirp! The Bioneers Conference, held each fall at Marin Civic Center, is where you go to get scared at how terribly Mother Nature is faring, then meet … Read More »