Yea! Given all the bad news we hear these days--in Sebastopol, Sonoma County, California, the U.S., and the world--it is great to get some good news. My appreciations to Sandi and all who have worked...

43682Organic Sebastopol countryside farm currently interviewing adults and teens to pick boysenberries. Must be able to arrive by sun-up; morning work only. We pick seven days a week, starting in...

"Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened."
Anatole France, Nobel Prize winner for literature, from France

We could use more Waldorf wisdom in our sheriff, as well as this family man who had the wisdom to send his children to Summerfield, one of the best schools in Sonoma County. Please read more about...

The Calif. Senior Advocates League just sent out its endorsement of John Mutz for sheriff. As we noticed in the last presidential election, polls can be wrong. In recent days Mutz also has received...

I appreciate this former police officer for speaking up on behalf of Capt. John Mutz and setting the record straight and Luke for posting this important information. Mutz is the man to vote for.

I just received the following link to a recent article in the SF Chronicle. Sonoma used to be an ag county--no longer. Only 4% of the veggies and fruit sold here are grown here.

"This is a good...

I have been diagnosed with significant Post-Traumatic Stress, from being raised in a military family and having served as a U.S. Army officer. My form of PTSD is sound trauma. I have to leave many...

I find many humans to be much more annoying than mockingbirds, though they can also annoy me. Feral cats can be more helpful to reduce these birds, though they take out other birds as well.

I forgot to add that the Computer Recycle Center is not open on either weekend day.

The Computer Recycle Center fixes computers and provides them to schools. And they sell them to people for less than other places. They are at 3227 Santa Rosa Ave. and at 528-8340, where they are...

For people on a MAC, I highly recommend Mark Wiley. He has been my technician for two decades and still does house calls. Mark can be reached at [email protected] and 707-543-6432.

Enough is enough!

Preserve Rural Sonoma County needs your help with our efforts to lobby the Board of Supervisors to stop approving more and more winery development, while delaying the Winery...

In response to how "good a guy" Mike Thompson is, much of his donations come from the wine industry. He is not opposed to the rampant and deadly use of pesticides. Years ago he was called "Mr. DDT,"...

The following article on Bernie backer Nils Palsson running against the pro-gun Rep. Mike Thompson appears in this week's Bohemian.
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These are many good reasons for voting for Nils Palsson, especially at this time in history.

I just received the following email from a neighbor:

Just a quick note to let you all know about an interactive website created by (SOS) Save Our Sonoma Neighborhoods to show you where commercial...

Dear Concerned Rural Residents,
The agenda for the upcoming Sonoma County Board of Supervisor's meeting on April 10th has been posted. If you have not done so, please go online and send your...

I support growing cannabis, but only in appropriate places, which I do not consider all rural neighborhoods to be. I am one of many elders who use cannabis for sleep. I do not think it should be...

Intelligent, passionate, organized, determined, eloquent, humorous, shrewd, anguished, defiant, and articulate high school and elementary school students have radically changed the terms of America’s...

This is a helpful response. I oppose those high velocity ammunition weapons. I own a non-lethal pellet gun, which I need on my farm. I support the ownership of those "single shot, black powder...

43107Over a million students and allies walked out of classes in the U.S., from Maine to Hawaii, and elsewhere in the world on March 14. Ten days later, March 24, hundreds of thousands of defiant...

I agree with Lauren that prohibition is no solution. I am one of the millions who uses cannabis as medicine. Its medicinal use is on the rise, as more evidence becomes available of it multiple...

The following was posted elsewhere and relates to this thread. According to GoLocal, only 4% of veggies & fruit sold in Sonoma County is grown here. This is a serious food security threat. I am a...

42968Driving through Sebastopol March 14 toward the Senior Center, this 73-year-old noticed young students with signs gathering on downtown street corners. These active participants in direct...

The following is about the new group SAVE OUR SONOMA NEIGHBORHOODS. It started in rural Petaluma, but could be important elsewhere.

Good morning friends and neighbors,
We have a big announcement!...

Hi Richard,
As you wonder in your last paragraph, the answer of this "military brat" would be affirmative. I was taught to play chess as a young boy, thus to learn military strategy, and winning...

I have been writing and speaking out against circumcision since the rise of men's groups a quarter of a century ago. Following is a link to my chapter in the book "Boyhood, Growing Up Male," edited...

Circumcision, of both males and females, should be abolished. It's barbaric. I remember my circumcision, as an infant, as being deeply painful. It was a poor welcome to human life, losing such a...

Among the other places where Mr. Mutz came was the Sebastopol Grange. HIs presence was light and not dominating. It was good to see him there and connect with him. The list of community events below...

From following this important sheriff's election and reading the entire PD article, I plan to stick with my plan to vote for Mutz. Both of the other candidates would clearly continue practices as...

I am one of the many people who have appreciated these services for over a decade. These advanced students clean very well and deeply, supervised by their teachers. I plan to return each year and...

Does anyone know yet if, when, and where a memorial service might be held?

Following is a link to my “Close to Home” op/ed article in today’s PD. If you have something to add about death, please consider making an online response, or even a letter to the editor. Let’s bring...

Following are links to some of the Death Cafe articles which I published back in 2014, when we also had them at the Sebastopol Area Senior Center. Please consider coming "dance" with us Jan. 19,...

Putting “death” and “café” together seems odd. In the United States, many ignore mortality. Most Americans tend not to accept that they will die, much less talk openly about it, especially with...

Damage says that "protesting is stupid!" How absurd. "End of story" is equally absurd.

Our protesting stopped the American Wars on the peoples of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. The U.S. lost those...

Both the 1/6 memorial for John Taylor, at his home at Fircrest, where his step-son from Illinois spoke, and the 1/7 one at the Sebastopol Grange were well attended and full of inspiring stories about...

I want to echo what Lani says below about sending an RSVP. There may be a large crowd, which would affect our planning and important details, such as parking. For those who cannot make it, KOWS will...

For Those Who Have Died
Eleh Ezkerah (These We Remember)

Tis a fearful thing
To love
What death can touch.
To love, to hope, to dream,
And oh, to lose.
A thing for fools, this,
Love,

42172Susan Campbell gave me permission to forward the following email regarding John Taylor. I think that it puts John’s decision to take his own life, in the same way that that his sister did, in a...

Following are some of the comments that John's friends have sent me. I have an unconfirmed report that a remembrance is being scheduled for John this Fri. at 2 p.m. in the Sebastopol Plaza. If...

Dear Friends,

https://www.waccobb.net/forums/waccobb/keep90days/2017-12-24_13-48-08.pngAs some of you know, it has been confirmed by police that on Dec. 22 my long-time friend John Taylor took his...

I just read this article. It is the most spiritual approach to cannabis of the many articles on cannabis that I have read. This article is wise counsel. I picked up a free copy outside Whole Foods in...

Querido companeros, The following poem, in both the original Spanish and translated into English, is from my East Bay friend Rafael J. Gonzalez. I especially like the gender-united graphic which he...

The following article is in the Dec. 4 New York Times.

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The following arrived on this Thanksgiving Day, 2017. It is the writing prompt for the next quarterly all-day gathering of the Veterans Writing Group (www.vowvop.org), which I have been part of for...

The KOWS herd is a fun, informative, entertaining, and diverse community to be a part of. As we head into an unpredictable future, KOWS provides local community radio with coverage of issues that are...

Our forests, especially of redwoods and oaks, are what connect us to the heights and the depths. They both anchor us and elevate us.

Such clear cutting and herbicide use as described below damage...

“No Pot on Purvine” read a catchy flyer appearing in a rural Petaluma neighborhood in Northern California, announcing an Oct. 8 meeting. It almost got cancelled, because of the rampant wildfires, so...