:waccosun: WaccoBB is closing on Friday, February 5th at 2pm. :waccosun:

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I'll be online from 1:30 to 2pm for any last comments.

It's been real
(or, rather, virtual! :wink:)

Many thanks to you, GRU. I have appreciated and will miss the content and the constancy of your posts.
In addition to your safety and sanity, I wish you continued good health, good friends,...

I need a few referrals for good dentists. Please reply publicly. Thank you.

Waccobb is closing; I'm sure you have all read Barry's post. I want to thank Barry for all the work he put into this site. It was a great contribution to the Sebastopol community.

For those who...

Barry,

Thank you for your amazing service to our community all this time. I can't imagine any other platform can replace Wacco, which I still tell someone new about at least once a week. I haven't...

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The time has come to close the WaccoBB.net website.



Lots of factors have converged to make this the appropriate...

Inside there is tea
to relieve the aching bones
of old winter's chill

Odin Hartshorn Halvorson -- Hart Haiku: Pieces of a Changing World, 2017

Odin Halvorson is a local, Sebastopol, poet and...

Sitting in the dark
With the garden bells tinkling,
I feel less alone.

Jinna Johnson - A Thousand Petals, 1971

I felt like posting a second haiku by Jinna Johnson because I particularly enjoy...

On a withered bough
A crow alone is perching,
Autumn evening now.

Basho - Translated by Kenneth Yasuda, Japanese Haiku, Its Essential Nature and History, 1957

There are many translations of...

It has been a long time since I posted poetry here at Waccobb. My focus on poetry has shifted and these days I write, for the most part, haiku in the traditional three-line, 5-7-5, syllabic pattern....

Greetings Waccovian Tribe!:heart:

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I'm writing to invite folks to research Marshall Rosenberg's method of communication, Non-Violent Compassionate...

oh, it's having quite an impact, just not killing as many people.

It does seem like these huge numbers aren't really being grasped by a lot of the people you see wandering around casually. ...

Greetings: Now that it has been "officially established" that our elders will bear the major brunt of the Covid19 chaos, threatening to commandeer hospital beds, ventilators, staff attention, etc.,...

NY Times writer on Understanding the Contagious Transfer Process of Covid-19
as revealed through Contact Tracing

The Risks - Know Them - Avoid Them

if you feel this is of benefit,
pl share...

That is a great vaccine. It can bring back the dead.

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351 Tests run, 5 new positive cases. 21 recovered Some of these numbers come in late in the evening. Our County Health workers are working late into the night. They deserve a great...

In light of the current public health emergency WaccoBB will be taking the following precautions to keep everybody safe:

Our server will be disinfected hourly.
The sneezing smilie has been...

From an MD on Corona Virus

Below is the most detailed description of the coronavirus I’ve read. James Robb, MD UC San Diego, is a virologist who’s worked with this virus for almost 50 years....

The psychologist Erik Erikson proposed there are eight stages of psychosocial development across a human's life span. As I have argued, cultures and civilizations pass through the same psychosocial...

Reposted from Lynda Hopkin's Facebook page :waccosun:
48727For 60 Joe Rodota Trail residents, this is what the future looks like.

For the half-million people who live in Sonoma County, this is...

"We can't do something that works because we don't want it to be too attractive and bring in more people."

It was said before to other purpose but its as true now for this

"It takes a village"...

Reposted from Lynda Hopkins facebook page from Monday, Dec 30th, by Barry :waccosun:

****JOE RODOTA TRAIL — PERSONAL THOUGHTS & COUNTY UPDATE****

TL;DR SUMMARY: County is investing $11.6M in...

I think that if we were to fully experience the world at this point in time we would be forced to act. Personal solutions are not sufficient any longer. Greta Thunberg says emissions have not...

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Dear workers and owners of Fircrest, Pacific Market, and Sebastopol Hardware,
You're the best!
Thank you for coming to work when we needed you the most.
Where else in the world does the hardware...

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Kaiser currently participates with Medicare as a Medicare Advantage provider. My understanding is that Bernie's Medicare for All eliminates Medicare Advantage programs, but I'm having a hard time...

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The Times We’re Living In
Will Shonbrun


What I’d like to know is how to live in this time and place in our country? What to do or not do? How to be? What’s of value or not? What needs to...

For some basics PD article here: Forestville teachers call strike three days before school starts

Wouldn't be surprised if Bohemian, West County News, etc also have some info and opinions...

Rumi’s Caravan –
A Benefit for The Center for Climate Protection
Thursday, August 15 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
$35


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pKdCHvH310The film “A Dog’s Way Home,” 2019, is now available on DVD from libraries and elsewhere. The maker of the recent, popular award-wining “A Dog’s Purpose,”...

Sorry I am just tired of people making excuses for poisoning our environment for their 'bottom line'. According to Mercola the poison you are advocating :


To begin with, the damage done to the...

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On Friday July 12th, 2019, Lights for Liberty: A Vigil to End Human Concentration Camps, will bring thousands of people to locations worldwide as well as to concentration camps across...

I just have to laugh at this. Most of the time I feel like crying.....

I’ve been on the county’s affordable/HUD housing/section 8 list for 7 years and now I’m shoved off along with everyone else...

https://www.waccobb.net/forums/waccobb/keep90days/2019-07-01_18-22-16.png(NVC) practice group is looking for 1 or 2 more participants who would enjoy a bi-monthly practice group. We would prefer...

350.org - there are several local chapters
https://350sonoma.org

Center for Climate Protection
https://www.facebook.com/climateprotection

My friend Jane Vosburg runs the Divest CalSTRS...

We're all carpooling from Sebastopol. My car is full but maybe some else can start another carpool? Big corporate media has really kept the crimes of the trump administration quiet from alot of the...

Moveon.org and other groups are organizing Impeach Trump rallies, as follows

#ImpeachTrump: Act to Defend Democracy June 15
Rallies in Santa Rosa, Sonoma and San Francisco
Saturday, June 15 at...

Hi friends.
I just took action and suggested that the U.S. Navy revise its training plans for the Pacific Northwest.
Right now these plans would cause a lot of harm to endangered orcas and other...

16 pump ARCO Gas station planned for StonyPT and Hwy 116

https://www.waccobb.net/forums/waccobb/keep90days/2019-04-06_13-03-19.pngA 16-pump ARCO gas station (including 4 diesel pumps), with a...

Chef JayTay,
Since your reply states that I can move to WV, am paranoid, can 'deal with it', pointing to what American Cancer Society & other sources state, it appears to me to be quite inflammatory...

Listen to the kids! :waccosun:
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Sonoma County high school students organize to demand action on climate change

NASHELLY...

I just wish things were so simple when it comes to animal concerns. Just wish there were not so many crazy things involved with different people and different groups and no one did bad things. Make...

Voting infoKQED has a service where you can put in your address/zip code and they will show you the candidates you can vote for, complete with the 3 most important things to each of them, who has...

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Message from the Yes on 12 Campaign

It's still legal to sell veal from crated calves in California.

Prop 12 will ban the sale of veal from factory farms that use these cruel crates,...

I never even was aware of the relationship of the dairy industry to veal calves until about a couple years ago when I came across "Mercy for Animals" videos. Never liked the idea of veal, killing...

We do have factory farming in Sonoma County.
Check out the about 200 containers of calves
at the end of Rohnert Park Expressway and Stony Point.
I imagine during the 90 and 100 degree weather...