Thoughts on the Joe Rodota Trail (JRT) Clearing & Closure

On Friday afternoon — between visits to the JRT and meetings with County and city staff — a KQED reporter asked me a question about the...

Is Anyone out there who is still HONEST, TRUSTWORTHY, RELIABLE & LOYAL?? (Maybe even Non-Judgmental, w/a sense of Humor?) ☺

Seeking mellow, easygoing, 215/420-friendly couch potato to come hang...

My doctor advises me that if I have a trauma or a possible heart attack or stroke to not go to urgent care because the docs there won't know any more about taking care of me than an ambulance medic. ...

Hey Everybody,

It's Time to Give Thanks!

I've been real busy with family stuff for the last couple of weeks (in which gratitude plays a part) but haven't gotten a chance to reflect and write...

FOUND Lost Camp Fire Animals now being cared for by SPCA-PHOTOS

Please share these with anyone you know who has lost pets in the Camp Fire. FOUND Lost Camp Fire Animals 69 PHOTOS · Updated a few...

This is a very informative research article on why touching is essential to our well-being and that of our family, friends....anyone. With no touch policies in schools and the workplace and people...

Hello Waco friends,

Sometime ago we had here quite an exchange about caregivers… I wanted to share then my viewpoint as I have been a caregiver now for 10 years to a disabled friend who lives with...

I was recently back in Boone, NC where I grew up in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina and where my family goes back to the 1600's. I was utterly delighted to discover how lovely it's become....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSvBkAvg4VY

Thank you, thank you, thank you, Dan, for taking this step.

I have been regretting my participation in this thread, so I want to explain why. I have not always had good relations with the police,...

Koch Brothers Plotting Multimillion Dollar War on Electric Vehicles
Lorraine Chow

Looks like the extremely wealthy and politically influential Koch Brothers are waging a multimillion...

This title brought a broad smile to my wacky face, knowing that I must wead it. Then I began waughing out-loud (WOL). WWWWaccobbbb could use more such play with words and humor.

Many times I find myself traversing the depths of this wascally wacco wabbit whole.

Sometimes, it takes me hours to resurface. You might think that it's my fear of Elmer Fudd that...

https://www.ted.com/talks/phil_borges_on_endangered_cultures

https://www.ted.com/talks/jimmy_nelson_gorgeous_portraits_of_the_world_s_vanishing_people

Hi Everyone,

I am from Sonoma County, Santa Rosa to be precise. I've spent most of my 51 years on Earth in this county and have been fighting not to leave, but have surrendered to the need.

I...

Shepherd,

Thank you for this insightful article. You have strongly stated many important points.

I would like to add some thoughts about the Wine Empire and climate chaos, and possible actions...

What’s New and Exciting About Sonoma West Hospital

By Jonathan Greenberg
For WaccoBB.net
May 25, 2015


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgTT4_-xDq4Ray Hino, the warm-spirited, highly...

I don't understand how either of these videos proves that Deepak Chopra is a charlatan. He never claimed to be enlightened! He teaches ancient techniques for a good and healthy life. He is an...

Sebastopol's Dog Park and My Dog
By Shepherd Bliss

https://www.waccobb.net/forums/waccobb/keep90days/2015-01-18_14-34-23-1.jpegHaving read articles complaining about dogs, which I shamefully...

from Daily Kos Recommended:


Fox News Ratings Plummet As Dish Network Proves Ideological Bullying Doesn't Buy Air Time The folks over at Fox News had hoped to bully Dish Network into giving...

CREATIVE PLAY

Lately I’ve been writing at least one haiku poem a day - the Japanese form of three lines of 5/7/5 syllables. I’ve been doing it first thing and then posting it on Twitter, not...

Black Oak Down

By Shepherd Bliss with photos by Scott Hess
For WaccoBB.net

A loud, crashing sound startles my young farm-hand Emily Danler awake in the dark of the night. She camps out in...

Whew!

I've been scramblin' for 7-months straight, ever since my 86 y/o Mom fell and re-broke her hip in Orange County. I've attended to her various medical, support and housing needs since then. I...

Shepherd,

Thank you so much for supporting my heartfelt message about the value of Neighborhood.com, and even expanding on it, by honing in on your exact neighborhood, not just your zip code. ...

I appreciate this post from Shandi regarding connecting with neighbors, which I think Wacco and the website she mentioned below can be helpful. I think our futures are unpredictable, so it is wise to...

Hello Community,

I really do not know where to start and am hoping someone out there has knowledge and time to give me some input.

First of all ... what agency governs Banks, anyway?

When...

Dear people,
I have been struggling with several banks as my home was sold again and again over the past four years since my mortgage was nearly tripled. (My savings and retirement are now...

Occupy Sebastopol 6/2/2012


We lost a great woman on Saturday. Geneva Folsom passed away with her daughter by her side. She was Sebastopol's oldest occupier and one of the brightest, strongest...

Ya know, I have been of a split mind about this project for some time.

Philosophically, I actually agree with the project because it would place a public-good service in the center of town, it...

https://wishwellprod.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/foreclosure1.jpg

To all members of our Sonoma County Community:
The rampant and systematic foreclosures of our family homes is deliberate,...

:birthday: :partyhat:

Happy Birthday Daddy.

You'll always be my favorite fool!

I honor the sacrifices you made; for our country's failed foreign policy misadventures in Viet Nam.

I'm...

I am volunteering for the LabelGMOs campaign and have been saddened and dismayed by some folks' reactions to paid petition gatherers. I've had an opportunity to talk to quite a few and nearly all...

https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/28/arts/music/woody-guthrie-gets-a-belated-honor-in-oklahoma.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

<nyt_headline version="1.0" type=" ">Bound for Local Glory at...

A new print and online newspaper is currently being organized for Sonoma County and possibly for the North Bay. A group of us from Occupy Santa Rosa and Occupy Sebastopol, and soon to be joined by...

Shepherd Bliss just wrote an article about last night's fabulous town hall meeting!

By Shepherd Bliss

https://img32.imageshack.us/img32/9273/201112091456.pngGood things can come in small packages. Sebastopol in semi-agrarian Sonoma County, Northern California, has a population...

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...

Stop marketers from endlessly calling your cell phone!

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There are definitely some good ideas here. But I suggest that a bond measure is not the way to do it. Bond measures - indeed, the whole bond system - is a very large part of the Problem. It is by...

Shepherd: Your voice of sanity and wisdom in the midst of all this is refreshing and much needed! Thank you for all the thought and guidance you have put into this movement.

Many Blessings,...

By Shepherd Bliss


“…once in a lifetime/ the longed for tidal wave/ of justice can rise up…
So hope for a great sea-change…
Believe in miracles…”
Irish Nobel Prize laureate Seamus Heaney,...

Following is the PD article on the Sebastopol City Council meeting yesterday. I would welcome any first person accounts from those who might have been there.

Let me say that in my opinion what...

Hi Sara,
Yes, CVS/Chase are certainly a big part of the problem. However, the "corner" where they want to be is not where "Occupy Sebastopol" is scheduled. It is scheduled for the Plaza in front of...

Let's occupy this corner! Make it close to home and personal!

The developer is not getting tired- they are getting pissed. I hate to sound like the harbinger of doom, but is less likely that CVS/Chase will "get tired and go away" than they will ramp up the...

Susan Rabbit wrote this, and asked me to pass it on:

I just called the CVS corporate customer complaint line and spoke to a very nice and responsive woman named Catherine, about the CVS Sebastopol...

Enliven downtown, attract eco/edu tourists and empower youth with useful skills for the future:

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If anyone has lost a precious cockatoo, it is in a redwood tree on Van Keppel Road in Forestville.