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Tagged With: Mom

Mysteries of Life #539 – Pozies, not Prozac

Mom liked to garden. It calmed her nerves. She needed it, too. Most people don’t know that part about mom – how she’d flip out whenever the farm’s finances were discussed; how she’d  combat insomnia by watching late night episodes of Murder, She Wrote and World Wrestling Federation (WWF) fights; how she’d bury herself in environmental … Continue reading »

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Jobs: Communications Director, MALT

The Marin Agricultural Land Trust is looking for a new Director of Outreach & Communications. Summary: The Director of Outreach and Communications plans and guides the strategy for all outreach, communications, marketing, website, and public relations messages and collateral to articulate MALT’s mission and attract donors. S/he oversees outreach programs and the volunteer program.  S/he … Continue reading »

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Milk Memories on Ethicurean.com and 3BLMedia.com

Today, Ethicurean.com published … er … my milky memoirs … I think this version is better than the one I posted a few days ago, but would love your opinions. And, I’m now a contributing blogger for 3BLMedia.com. Jimmy Stewart, cults, and a lot of broken glass: Remembering Straus Family Creamery’s opening day By Guest … Continue reading »

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Mom, Martha and the Power of Yes

Point Reyes Light columnist Bert Crews remembers Ellen Straus (mom) in this week’s paper … I haven’t laughed so hard in months!! The power of yes by Bert Crews When I moved here to Tomales, a committee was formed to stop me from living here. I was living down in Marshall when the old Bank … Continue reading »

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Jewish Geography

Yesterday evening, while wandering the heavily tourist-ed streets of the Thamel neighborhood of Kathmandu, I unexpectedly crossed paths again with my Israeli travel friend Yonatan. I had just been commenting a few hours earlier that I had only once in all these seven months run into a traveler who I had met before. (That had … Continue reading »

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