I love the California coast. 
Ventana Wilderness Alliance
Friday, November 30, 2012
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Dana Controversy
Dana Adobes controversial relationship with the natives
I live in the neighborhood near the Dana Adobe. I remember the first event we had at the adobe, sometime in 1994. Kathy Hall Veder and I brought the Nipomo Sch students to perform a sweet little community affair. We sang "This land is your land, This land is my land" and the "World is a rainbow"
The Adobe represented the history of a land of mixed cultures, open to the neighborhood.
Now the free events are seldom and most events cost Big Bucks.
Many have contributed much time to the adobe but eventually drop out. The Daurios who seem to reign over all are extremely restrictive in their view and are very hard to work with.
I support the Chumash objections to the Adobes neglect of the true demise of the Natives.
The Adobe represented the history of a land of mixed cultures, open to the neighborhood.
Now the free events are seldom and most events cost Big Bucks.
Many have contributed much time to the adobe but eventually drop out. The Daurios who seem to reign over all are extremely restrictive in their view and are very hard to work with.
I support the Chumash objections to the Adobes neglect of the true demise of the Natives.
Friday, August 3, 2012
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Fandango in Nipomo CA History revisited
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| Established 1840 by the Dana/Carrillo Familiy under Mexican land grant. Best climate in the nation. |
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Monday, July 23, 2012
Friday, June 29, 2012
Charter for Compassion
Karen Anderson
Nobel Peace Prize Winner
The principle of compassion lies at the heart of all religious, ethical and spiritual traditions, calling us always to treat all others as we wish to be treated ourselves. Compassion impels us to work tirelessly to alleviate the suffering of our fellow creatures, to dethrone ourselves from the centre of our world and put another there, and to honour the inviolable sanctity of every single human being, treating everybody, without exception, with absolute justice, equity and respect.
It is also necessary in both public and private life to refrain consistently and empathically from inflicting pain. To act or speak violently out of spite, chauvinism, or self-interest, to impoverish, exploit or deny basic rights to anybody, and to incite hatred by denigrating others—even our enemies—is a denial of our common humanity. We acknowledge that we have failed to live compassionately and that some have even increased the sum of human misery in the name of religion.
We therefore call upon all men and women ~ to restore compassion to the centre of morality and religion ~ to return to the ancient principle that any interpretation of scripture that breeds violence, hatred or disdain is illegitimate ~ to ensure that youth are given accurate and respectful information about other traditions, religions and cultures ~ to encourage a positive appreciation of cultural and religious diversity ~ to cultivate an informed empathy with the suffering of all human beings—even those regarded as enemies.
We urgently need to make compassion a clear, luminous and dynamic force in our polarized world. Rooted in a principled determination to transcend selfishness, compassion can break down political, dogmatic, ideological and religious boundaries. Born of our deep interdependence, compassion is essential to human relationships and to a fulfilled humanity. It is the path to enlightenment, and indispensable to the creation of a just economy and a peaceful global community.
Karen Anderson
Nobel Peace Prize Winner
The principle of compassion lies at the heart of all religious, ethical and spiritual traditions, calling us always to treat all others as we wish to be treated ourselves. Compassion impels us to work tirelessly to alleviate the suffering of our fellow creatures, to dethrone ourselves from the centre of our world and put another there, and to honour the inviolable sanctity of every single human being, treating everybody, without exception, with absolute justice, equity and respect.
It is also necessary in both public and private life to refrain consistently and empathically from inflicting pain. To act or speak violently out of spite, chauvinism, or self-interest, to impoverish, exploit or deny basic rights to anybody, and to incite hatred by denigrating others—even our enemies—is a denial of our common humanity. We acknowledge that we have failed to live compassionately and that some have even increased the sum of human misery in the name of religion.
We therefore call upon all men and women ~ to restore compassion to the centre of morality and religion ~ to return to the ancient principle that any interpretation of scripture that breeds violence, hatred or disdain is illegitimate ~ to ensure that youth are given accurate and respectful information about other traditions, religions and cultures ~ to encourage a positive appreciation of cultural and religious diversity ~ to cultivate an informed empathy with the suffering of all human beings—even those regarded as enemies.
We urgently need to make compassion a clear, luminous and dynamic force in our polarized world. Rooted in a principled determination to transcend selfishness, compassion can break down political, dogmatic, ideological and religious boundaries. Born of our deep interdependence, compassion is essential to human relationships and to a fulfilled humanity. It is the path to enlightenment, and indispensable to the creation of a just economy and a peaceful global community.
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Monday, April 2, 2012
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Peeps Show VI - The Washington Post
Peeps Show VI - The Washington Post
Can you believe they put Goldman Sachs ad on infront of this story.
Friday, March 30, 2012
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Living Mulch System 2003.
There are crops that enrich your soil and some that deplete.
Its raining right now in Nipomo. Some sunflowers and fava/bell beans are sprouting from last years crop. As the weather warms other seeds will sprout. Grass is the first to come up. This morning I pulled many grass sprouts before they went to seed. I cover much of my garden with straw or mulch so I will always have grass sprouts to pull. I catch them before they seed. Easy to pull from the soft earth mulched with straw or other matter.
The link below explains green mulch used in farming.
Living Mulch System 2003.
Its raining right now in Nipomo. Some sunflowers and fava/bell beans are sprouting from last years crop. As the weather warms other seeds will sprout. Grass is the first to come up. This morning I pulled many grass sprouts before they went to seed. I cover much of my garden with straw or mulch so I will always have grass sprouts to pull. I catch them before they seed. Easy to pull from the soft earth mulched with straw or other matter.
The link below explains green mulch used in farming.
Living Mulch System 2003.
In my farmette, green mulch is gathered in the winter and piled to make compost, usually not far from where it grew. We have lovely piles of compost rotting away where it is needed instead of carting it back and forth to a central source. Mini piles saves time and effort.
Friday, March 23, 2012
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Shades of Green | San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden
Cool event this weekend at the SLO botanical garden 1pm.
Shades of Green | San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden
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| Sunflowers in the tomato patch, camomille, squash and cosmos |
Permaculture Talk - Homesteading and Sustainable Living (Santa Barbara, CA) - Meetup
PART 1......How Permaculture Can Save Humanity and the Planet – But Not Civilization
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Felicitys Flower farm restores habitat
Our farm is restoring riparian and grassland habitat. Much of California has been over grazed and over harvested. We encourage oaks, willow,elderberry and many more natives. Restoring oak woodland, bringing life back to the land. At one time salmon spawned up the Nipomo creek.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
BUY NOW ...... REAL ESTATE EQUITY AND RAINBOWS
Real Estate and rainbows have something in common..... that illusionary pot of gold in the end. For the last seven years we have had a very rainy period in Real Estate, now I am seeing a little sunshine on the horizon and possible rainbows and that pot of gold..... equity. Now is the time to buy, the market is turning, more competition in the bidding is stabilizing prices.
Banks are holding back inventory which also brings more value to the properties on the market. We may have passed the end of the down turn. Some investors are overbidding the listing price. We go in cycles and the down turn is over. Buy now, sit back and build that equity pot of gold.
California Land
Happy Saint Pats
St. Patrick's Day, rainbows, Irish, pot of gold, double rainbows, multiple rainbows
California Land
Happy Saint Pats
St. Patrick's Day, rainbows, Irish, pot of gold, double rainbows, multiple rainbows
Sunday, February 26, 2012
How To Make A Seedball
Just made an incredible batch of seed balls. sunflower, cosmos, all kinds of pink garden flowers, bee butterfly and humming bird attracter. Another year of beautiful annuals to feed the deserving beasts, forgotten in suburbia.
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