I moved from Cotati to Sebastopol in 1986 and lived there off and on for a few years, and, though now living in Santa Rosa, I go to Sebastopol an average of about once a week. I don't think I've ever...

Take back the material world! - Zeno

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iFixit Guides Help Users Repair Not Replace Electronics And Other Products

iFixit is a global community of tinkerers who help each other fix things...

This is pretty cool!
https://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/01/23/distressed-dolphin-seeks-out-diver-for-help/

Friends, I am heartened by the concern for saving the life of the Bunya, Bunya tree, and thank you for your appreciations for my poem.

I ask you to also become aware of the plans to cut trees the...

How about installing the crosswalks on the other 3 corners? Yes it is more money but this tree can live for 500 years and has a rich history and cultural significance. See the Wikipedia description...

Flamenco


"I have four dogs," he tells us, apropo
Of nothing. "One weighs one kilo, five.
They had to operate on her," he says. I ask
Her name. Olivia, then there's Pepe, Prisci,
Juanito. He...

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Blink if Your Brain Needs a Rest


MELISSA HEALY - Medical XPress

A Christmas Carol


Away in a manger
or a crack house
or under a bridge
or in a bombed-out village
or a refugee camp
or in the mesquite shade close to the border wall
some Mary is giving...

By Shepherd Bliss
WaccoBB.net

Morning: Listening

Trees transform, shield, shade and provide oxygen, fruit, and beauty. They offer many other gifts. Without trees, humans would not survive....

The following article was published by The New York Times on November 10, 2012:

https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/11/opinion/sunday/dowd-romney-is-president.html?src=ISMR_AP_LO_MST_FB

Romney Is...

I initially replied privately to this post. Still getting used to the WACCO interface. Sorry about that. Here's what I sent to Peace Voyager a moment ago offline:

Yes we are. Not terribly well...

The Long Boat


When his boat snapped loose
from its mooring, under
the screaking of the gulls,
he tried at first to wave
to his dear ones on shore,
but in the rolling fog
they had already...

What once was


What once was
May not be again…

For as the Cosmic
Shifts occur the
Present influences
Change and ebb

The Dead


The dead are always looking down on us, they say,
while we are putting on our shoes or making a sandwich,
they are looking down through the glass-bottom boats of heaven
as they...

(1) A New Leap Forward for Radiocarbon Dating
(2) Reports Put New Spin on Story of Moon's Creation

(1)
A New Leap Forward for Radiocarbon Dating
By Joseph Stromberg
Smithsonian Magazine...

Chicken Jerky Pet Treat Update: FDA Visit to China a Bust

By Dr. Becker
Here's another disturbing update on the China-made chicken jerky dog treat contamination problem that has sickened or...

https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/09/opinion/sunday/elephant-slaughter.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20120909&pagewanted=all

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...

Timing of Childbirth Evolved to Match Women's Energy Limits
Posted By: Erin Wayman
Smithsonaian Magazine
August 29, 2012...

In Praise of Self-Deprecation

The buzzard has nothing to fault himself with.
Scruples are alien to the black panther.
Piranhas do not doubt the rightness of their actions
The rattlesnake...

Phantom Limbs

I've met with the witchdocter,
read the runic bones
thrown from an ochre ram's horn,
the strong smoky dark inviting me to see my future,
the rattle of snake skin waking me from...

Luminism



And though it was brief, and slight, and nothing
To have been held on to so long, I remember it,
As if it had come firm within, one of the scenes
The mind sees...

Claire,

Castor Beans are the source of Ricin. A deadly poison. I would not use them if they can be ingested, or anything that has ingested them, ingested. The poison in Castor Beans is far more...

Never tried dead fish, but if you want to, I suggest getting some fish-emulsion fertilizer and pour it down their burrows. That should be a lot easier than cutting up fish carcasses. They sell it...

I will be traveling until mid-July so this will be the last poem I post until I return. May you all stay safe and at ease.
Larry


Start Close In

Start close in,
don't take the second step...

Honey At The Table

It fills you with the soft
essence of vanished flowers, it becomes
a trickle soft as a hair that you follow
from the honey pot over the table


and out the door and over...

Constant


We live for constants,
Rain in winter, the cat
Curled like a furry comma
On the edge of the bed.


Sometimes, many times

Ode to the Oat


Ah, most noble oat,
How grand a grain you are!
The stuff of brawn and bone,
of Scottish Highlander.


Your golden seeds

I bought a roll of what was called aviary wire several years ago and it is anything but fragile. I am familiar with the fragile variety but what I got is remarkably strong and sturdy; the raised beds...

I Have News for You




There are people who do not see a broken playground swing
as a symbol of ruined childhood


and there are people who don't interpret the behavior

Feathered Alignment


When gun point ideologies
breathe their final blood stained sigh
and the glare of mourning the broken world
fades to a darkling pink
the way white petals sometimes do
...

Hello, my name is Cynthia Hollins and I have just joined your board....I was referred here from a friend, Dr. Brandy McCans. I'm so happy to be a part of this!

Badgers?

BADGERS?!!

We doan neeed no steenkeengg BADGERS!!!

https://ttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/29/science/earths-core-the-enigma-1800-miles-below-us.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20120529&pagewanted=all

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https://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/article00343.html

Published: May 25th, 2012
Archaeology | By John Shanks

Earliest Musical Instruments Date Back 42000 Years

Oxford and Tübingen...

Hello All,
I really enjoyed reading this inspiring tribute to a man who lived his life authentically. It is long - 9 pages, the comments are great also. I'm not a runner nor an athlete.
Marty. ...

Bt is a excellent natural organic pesticide- a bacteria that kills caterpillars. One of Monsanto's many great sins is by incorporating it into its patented seeds, it speeds up eventual insect...

Another Spring


The seasons revolve and the years change
With no assistance or supervision.
The moon, without taking thought,
Moves in its cycle, full, crescent, and full.


The white moon...

The United States still needs its own National Slave Memorial but it has been stalled in Congress since the idea was introduced in 2003:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Slave_Memorial

I...

Olives


Sometimes the taste of these strong olives cured slowly in oil,
with cloves of garlic, bay leaves and chillies and lemon and salt,
conjures a whiff of a bygone age: rocky crannies,...

https://www.pressdemocrat.com/images/logo2.gif
Former Rialto theater moving to Sebastopol
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20120428/ARTICLES/120429484/1033/news?p=all&tc=pgall&tc=ar

By...

Fish On


The lure contains the barbed hook.
No fish in his right mind would ever take that bait.
But the hook is hidden, that's how it works.
To satisfy some unmet need we take the bait....

https://stopsmartmeters.org/2011/10/31/i-love-my-smart-meter-it-kills-bees/

Ode to the Artichoke


The tender-hearted
artichoke
got dressed as a warrior,
erect, built
a little cupola,
stood
impermeable

Oatmeal


I eat oatmeal for breakfast.
I make it on the hot plate and put steamed milk on it.
I eat it alone.
I am aware it is not good to eat oatmeal alone.
Its consistency is such that it is...

If you do see a swarm (and don't want to hive it yourself), please go to the Sonoma County Beekeeper's Association website for the list of people who will happily come get a swarm. Here's the link:...

The points about the duplicity of "Fraudster Alert" are well taken. Having said that, I'll also say that I'll never give a penny to any "nonprofit" if I know that someone there makes anywhere in the...

What Must Be Said


Why do I stay silent, conceal for too long
What clearly is and has been
Practiced in war games, at the end of which we as survivors
Are at best footnotes.


It is the...

Considering how many hours you spend breathing in particles and chemicals in your bedding; it is VERY important you choose safe materials. This should be a very big priority in everyone's budget;...

My friend had the same problems with her foam topper, so I was spared that ordeal.

I found a "down" mattress topper at Bed Bath & Beyond (or some such place) and it's great, I think it was around...

i love foam mattresses and have laid on many, the exception; memory foam, only good for astronauts! to me they feel like quicksand. the best, natural latex, and they support indiginous wild and...