Where’s
the beef?
Editor: Concerning the black-and-white cows which used to be in Montini’s pasture and over which much controversy has taken place, as everyone in Sonoma must be aware: where are those black-and-white cows? I don’t remember when I last saw them, and I always look for them when driving by the pasture. It has been many, many months, maybe a year, and in their place are a few steers, and a goat – which I presume is guarding the steers.
I miss them; I hope they didn’t end up as meat for the table. Montini family, please bring them back … I’m sure I am not the only one who is wondering where they have gone!
I would like to think since it is close to calving time perhaps they are in a safer place while they wait for the arrival of their newborns.
Doreen Proctor
Sonoma
Primary
concerns
Editor: We are still in the beginning stages of the 2010 election, but already the interest and support for our campaign is swelling. It is very exciting to be part of the patriotic revolution to take our country back. With all of the issues currently on the table and the direction of the United States at stake, it is important to remember not only should our voices be heard, but our elected officials must be honest, persistent and accurately represent their constituency. We can no longer afford this Congress, nor their arrogant disdain for those of us who elected them. Now is the time to act if we are to stop poor policy and the bad legislation that threatens our jobs, our security and our great nation. The O’Hara 2010 volunteers are on the phones constantly asking for your support and I am asking you please to help us continue our fight. No amount is too small and every penny helps us get our message out. Thank you very much. God Bless our home: the United States of America.
Brian M. O’Hara
Glen Ellen
Just loves
just joan
Editor: I, too, am an enormous fan of “Just Joan.” She is insightful, peace-loving and reports accurately on facts she has gathered. Joan gives us hope along with pleasure when reporting on her positive encounters, i.e. Bev Bell and many others, and the wonderful things many people do worldwide.
A mention to Cathy Webber and anyone else interested in positive action and deeds: please check out Yes! magazine; also Bioneers, environmental pioneers, which are both jam-packed with positive people and action. Bioneers holds a three-day conference each year in San Rafael. They are both on the Internet.
Rusty (Eleanor) Cuevas
Sonoma
Just one more
Editor: “Just Joan” did it again. Tackling controversial issues with such grace and wisdom, and offering readers to consider another point of view to fast-held beliefs and behaviors. I especially appreciate her take on Thanksgiving celebrations. Not that we aren’t mindful and grateful for the origin of this meaningful feast, but we include what might have been “the other side” to the equation.
I am forever changed in how I view Thanksgiving after reading Howard Zinn’s “People’s History of the United States.” In his devastating first chapter, the ever historian Zinn opens our eyes to other realities not mentioned in our history books about a people whose spirit, “Could we make it our own, there would be an eternally inexhaustible earth and a forever lasting peace.” Zinn quotes John Collier who lived among Indians in the 1920s and 1930s. Thanksgiving is as much about being grateful for who we are and what we have, as it is a challenge to turn our glance to be able to see the rest of the story.
Therese Mughannam-
Walrath
Santa Rosa