So I admit to more than a little anxiety about election results. We COULD get Trumped just as Russia is rattling sabers again and the Middle East is, well, afire! And the planet, of course, is on fire...millions of environmental refugees knocking on doors where people don't want to let [...]
Please don't believe the robo calls about Bill Wolpert not supporting a Rainier Cross Town Connector. For years, Petaluma's moderate politicians have claimed they are "for" Rainier while "progressive" candidates are "against" it. This makes no sense as no one has ever been able to come up with a way [...]
A double-whammy for me: Tom Hayden's death just after hearing Bill McKibben at Bioneers makes me cry a bit, then I want to seize the day, Carpe Diem. As Bill McKibben said last weekend at The Bioneers Conference "Give it all you've got," referring then to all the efforts to [...]
So what's up at Bioneers' 27th Conference at the still glorious Marin Civic Center (a turquise marvel designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and kept beautiful by the people of Marin)? Keynotes this time are Bill McKibben (who told me farming was the most important thing we could when I bought [...]
Can't count the number of times we've gotten up extra early to get chores done and get to Ripple the World, the Sonoma-famous breakfast created by Daily Acts's Trathen Heckman and his tribe following after the mag. of the same name. We used to keep Ripple the World the magazine [...]
So, possibly like you, I've been agast at the nasty tone of "our" Presidential election conversation - agast at police who shoot the unarmed, agast at outlandish racist representation of minorities, agast at the inhumane treatment of people the globe over toward men, women and children. Why can't we all [...]
My partner, Wayne, and I attended North American Permaculture Convergence last Wed. - Sun. at Hopland's Solar Living Institute, a sort of paradise where you share mostly vegan food with a food ticket or potluck at the Community Kitchen, while working out solutions to climate and cultural challenges - a [...]
Change can be strange - with so much new, it wasn't so surprizing, yet felt WRONG finding a set of 3 beloved CLASSIC CRACKERJACK BOXES CONTAINING NOT A TOY BUT AN INVITE TO BLIPP THE BALLGAME. An app - no toy to figure out - get thee back to thy [...]
Yesterday's iteration of the Petaluma Progressive Festival was solid good stuff - classic Progressive Festival if you will. Way more people than last year and with the SF Mime Troupe. Very good to see hear them present what we all are witnessing in satiric rendition, their new story: Schooled. "Today, [...]
Was priviledged to be part of a classical music house concert in support of Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF: Doctors Without Borders) yesterday in Novato. Wonderful to be with such caring people and fine musicians! The cause is great: how to reach people, now in 70 countries, who cannot help themselves [...]
Whatever you would do or dream you would do, begin! said Goethe and we’re still trying to figure that out! Great films and books are essential for an active 21st Century mind, but great friends and pets are way better for walks. Take lots of walks, I say, and get thee to the countryside right outside Petaluma…so, so pretty…And then actually helping others out is what makes you grounded, being part of the local/global tribe of your choice. They still need members, you know.