So our Petaluma Grange took a break from meeting at the Seed Bank this month to meet at Lydia's Sunflower Center, another part of our tribe where we've shared Mark Kitchell's A Fierce Green Fire film (chosen later by PBS as an Earth Day special) and have a celebration of [...]
I've much enjoyed the many paintings of Pat Morgenthaler lo these many years; she's Mother to my partner, Wayne, with whom I share Oasis Community Farm just outside city limits. First years, I viewed her work in Fullerton, CA, near LA, but see them upclose now as she lives on [...]
So I'm stoked - love the Berkeley in the Sixties film done by Mark Kitchell, and now his A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle for a Living Planet is coming to Sunflower Center this Sun., 3pm, co-hosted by 7 groups with similar interests - being healthy on a healthy planet. [...]
So easy to slip into a funk as the days shorten, darken, knowing 40,000 people are without homes in NYC and NJ courtesy of Hurricane Sandy, latest installment of climate change, less frequent but more horrible hurricanes due to hotter atmosphere. Not your usual storm, folks. Worse than any B [...]
John Crowley, Grayson James and friends and their new entity, Aqus Community, did what they came to do last Sat. - they brought hundreds of curious and hungry people together from local small businesses, non-profits, families and folks on dates. One would expect many new memberships and much fun down [...]
Have fun while doing good yet again SUN. 11am at McNear Park when Mentor Me holds its first ever BOOCE BALL-A_Paloosa, meaning, of course, there's LUNCH and MUSIC and RAFFLE PRIZES and the joy that is Bocce Ball. First team we know of includes the very popular John Crowley of [...]
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.