Chapter 61: 1949-1950 • Sonora, California 1949 • Larry’s diary (age 15) The month of October was about school, basketball games, orchestra, movies, books, and work November: much of the same December: same, but these few entries were of interest: Dec 22 Got Christmas tree... Continue
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Imagine how difficult life would be today if, instead of tapping a cellphone to call friends or pay bills we still had to get out pen & paper, write & mail a letter; dial "the operator" to connect us to customer service on "long distance;"... Continue
Are you a Stoic or an Epicurean? Maybe you’re a Cynic, or a combination of all three. However you think of yourself, it’s likely that you hew to one philosophy or another, even if you know next to nothing about any of them. The origins... Continue
Could humans get out their clogged emotions, and become calm like a cat? Even though they can be messy, feelings matter. They convey passion, they help us know what moves us, what makes us wake up, what causes us to fall in love or choose... Continue
The Board of Supervisors approved a new housing plan cycle that dramatically increased the number of state-mandated housing units in the county from 515 in the prior eight-year planning cycle to 3824 in this cycle. This is a great victory for housing advocates. Credit to... Continue
As an event floral designer, I have become very familiar with event venues and hotels. I see work cultures where employees and vendors are treated with respect and those where the opposite is true. I recently attended a Sonoma Hospitality Association event where the topic... Continue
The word “woke” is getting lots of airtime these days. The GOP uses it derisively as an insult, indicating that woke is synonymous with leftist attitudes and beliefs about family, religion, patriotism, gender, and politics. In other words, that woke means liberal, and liberal means... Continue
While headed to our town’s historic one-screen movie house the Sebastiani Theatre to see Barbie, in walking meditation I purposefully inhabited the mystery of multiple selves: my biological self whose feet touch the ground, my imaginary self as an idea, and my quantum self as... Continue
We like to think we know a lie from the truth, or think there is a gray area where we just can’t make a judgment. Sometimes we tell little lies, to avoid hurting someone’s feelings or just to get out of something. These little lies... Continue
