It's taken me a while to type this and I am guessing that other posts have happened since I started, so please bear with me if this post seems out of place.

A point of clarification, to address...

One last novel, then I'm done with lengthy replies.

Nancy,

You are great to talk with in person, but I have to say that your on-line rants hit below the belt. There were other options if our...

Hi Everyone,

I am far behind in reading posts on this thread. I am actually still trying to erase my memory of someone suggesting that I (as part of Sebastopol TrailMakers) might suggest graves...

Ok. It's taken many days, and you might not be interested in my answers any more, but here you are:

Following up with Rustie's questions -

Does your future vision of Sebastopol include...

Hi Rustie,

You bring up great questions and ideas. I have been wanting to respond for weeks, but my toddler has a tendency to get into something new and dangerous every time I approach the...

I wonder if Helen's definition of "leadership" means being a recognized member of a declared organization? The wording of her post seems to suggest that.

I hope that we can all recognize that...

Pt. Reyes has great backpacking options. 1 hour drive. We backpack with our young children there. Sky Camp and Coast camp are the easiest/shortest hikes.

I'd love to hear about more options!
...

Hi Ray,

I don't read the wacco bulletin board very frequently, so I hope this response is not too late!

Your sense of hope is something that would be my biggest concern at the moment - hope...

Hi Barry,

These two lines below are presented as if they are fact. But, I read them as assumptions/personal perceptions.

Why would I assume (as suggested below) that any letter sent by a...

Okay, I was happy to wait for the project to be finished and opened to the public to see what treats would be waiting inside. But . . . this thread got me curious. So - I went to the website and...

Wow, lots of back-and-forth opinions on this thread, but there really are only a few people participating.

So . . . I hope no one is going around spreading gossip that the residents of...

I'm curious why there is an assumption that vendors will have to choose one or the other location? Why couldn't they sell at both locations? Is there anything from the Sebastopol Farmer's Market...

I wish I could believe this argument, but taking gun ownership statistics from other countries and extrapolating results to apply to the United States does not play out in reality. One has to take...

I am so sorry to hear your friend was hit by a car. Indeed, Sebastopol has a ways to go when it comes to streets that safely accommodate all users.

Fortunately, there have been some...

One of the things I have observed (and personally experienced) is that on-line forums provide a tricky and challenging form of communication.

Reading words on a screen does not give participants...

I rarely make it to the Sunday market . . . too much to do at home and we're already out and about town Mon-Fri. I'm placing my response within the post below. In addition, I would like to see...

I, too, would love a farmer's market on a weekday evening. . . . starting at 3:30 or 4pm so I could go there after school pick-up. I want to shop at the farmer's market more often but have only been...

Sending lots of love your way.

-Larkin

While reading through this thread, I kept thinking: Wow! We are so lucky to live in an area where small farms abound . . . AND the community wants to get their food directly from those farmers. ...

I'm working on a fun project with a few neighbors. Check it out:

The Petaluma Sebastopol Trail is an 11-mile, paved,...

Hi Everyone,

I have not posted to this thread yet because there is so much here that I could comment on, but life is incredibly busy and I don't have time to write all that I might wish to. I am...

Okay, I've read a little more and I find I have lots of questions . . .

According to the bits I've read so far, much of Agenda 21 is about local communities coming together and providing for our...

Hi Liz,

I've been hearing about Agenda 21 for years . . . mostly by people being freaked out about some conspiracy theory. I just started reading the actual text of Agenda 21 and have yet to find...

There is no need to provide an alternative if Armstrong Development Corp. is willing to work within the Design Review Board Guidelines. Here are some ideas that would help the proposal come into...

Sorry Barry, I'll get back on topic at the bottom of my post, but I want to offer some appreciation and clarification first. -L

Hello Jacques,

Welcome to the forum and thanks for the...

Hello dear neighbors,

After years of waiting for a place to call our own, we are happily planting our first patch of raspberries.

We are in the typical sandy loam that you find in Sebastopol...

Dennis Colthurst is the officer to contact. He's been working on this issue for a while now.

While I support our local venues and appreciate that Hopmonk has a thriving nightlife business, I...

As someone who is young and has excellent hearing . . . I'd like to offer that HopMonk is the only venue I have had rattling my windows on a regular basis. I lived with that every Monday, Thursday,...

I am not able to attend the town hall meeting tonight, as it is bedtime for school children, but I am grateful for the fact that my fellow community members are gathering. I would love to hear...

As someone who has a curious attitude and has always appreciated the process of scientific inquiry, I have yet to hear or read a satisfactory explanation of my contrail observations. The video link...

I am posting this here to keep all Occupy Sebastopol stuff all in one spot.
: )

Re: Comments 'against' OWS...

***snip***
lynn wrote:
What are the goals of OWS?...
MLK, and Ghandi had...

I went down to Occupy Sebastopol and asked the same question: What is the goal of Occupy Sebastopol? It sparked some interesting sharing and what I came away with was this: We can rest easy that...

Hello neighbors,

I have not had a chance to be present at Occupy Sebastopol yet, but I am showing up today for the noon general assembly. You might want to be there too. I have heard that there...

Wow, I wonder if you would have this same response if you were outside observing the same sky alongside someguy? I can understand discussing the philosophy and physics of these phenomena. I can...

The most important step would be to start asking questions, as you have kindly done. I would be very clear with my doctors, saying that I can not afford the bills I am receiving, and ask for...

I am curious what obstacles you all have found in making changes in your daily living.

For example: I have found it fairly easy to remember to bring my own large shopping bags these last few...

Okay, I'm hopping over to this thread. Sorry I didn't see it before posting my own. Here's what I wrote:

Re: Sharing Ideas and Inspiration for kicking the fossil fuel habit
We do a lot in our...

While I do not mind a few yellow accents, I find it a very difficult to have as a font color.

The Sepia version is easiest on my eyes and the page seems less cluttered because of that.
...

Just thought I would quickly chime in and say that the numbers and tone of comments does not necessarily represent the greater body of folks on WaccoBB.net. This thread has posts from folks who...

We do a lot in our family including eating seasonally and as local as possible, composting, avoiding needless consumption of plastic things. (this includes the hard position of asking folks who love...

I say that there has to be some consequences to pumping to the surface and combusting dead carbon-based forms that have been buried and transformed over 300 to 400 million years. I'm not sure I want...