With the international terror attacks in India this week, I hesitate to post this blog on Climate Change. But, a post is overdue and this is next on the Open Spaces, Natural Places list. Thoughts and prayers for all in this time approaching the end of 2008… Isle Royale, a U.S. National Park located on an isolated wilderness island on Lake Superior’s northwestern shores, is the … Read More »

In Petaluma and North County – Saturday 11/15/08… Petaluma Bounty Greenhouse Raising & Volunteer Day… 9:00am-3:00pm. Petaluma Bounty’s farm site on Shasta Avenue, just off Petaluma Boulevard North. Come for the day or for a few hours. They seem to appreciate all time given. The greenhouse structure will be constructed. This is also the usual 2nd Saturday of … Read More »

This blog is overdue. I wanted to post it about November 4th, just after the annual fundraising dinner, silent auction and famous cake auction hosted by United Anglers of Casa Grande High School at Petaluma’s Lucchesi Community Center. It took a while to get my mind around the day’s events of November 1st – with a desire to share in a meaningful way with blog … Read More »

5:00 a.m., Saturday. Mist and fog over rolling hills, old barns brown and red. Half-moon canopies of trees on hillsides, like big seashells through the fog’s view. Sounds of horses chewing morning hay, roosters crowing. Distant whirring traffic sounds now and then. Nocturnal creatures tucked away for the day. Fog begins to lift. A barefly visible green carpet of grass covers the hillside. Songbird chirps, crow caws, raptor screeches punctuate the … Read More »