So 2013 was wonderful and hard work and now wonderful again as we've moved into the House on the Hill that Wayne designed and built. Lots of people will be invited just after we settle in…here's our letter to Friends of Oasis Farm just outside Petaluma city limits on Skillman, [...]
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 [...]
The 3rd Annual 350 Garden Challenge, Sat./Sun., May 12-13, sponsored by Daily Acts and iGrow Sonoma County, with support from Aqus Community, 350.org and Transition US among many groups - this one is even more outrageously optimistic than last years' - a goal of 2012 NEW AND TRANSFORMED gardens throughout [...]
350 Home and Garden Challenge Year 2! and Oasis Community Farm is one year old and celebrating... We're great fans of Bill McKibben and his 350.org. The guy is a great popularizer of the FACT that we've long since passed the 350 part per million level of pollution in our [...]
Some totally convinced gung-ho Locavores gathered at our wonderful Seed Bank, home of Baker Creek Heirloom seeds and occasional events such as this which inspire while reassuring us that good people live nearby – and we can work alongside and befriend each other! What a great thing while we hear [...]
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.