If I had a To Do List for California, there would now be a check in the box next to 'complete first solo outreach trip'. Or perhaps there would be a big red stamp next to it that says Success!. Or maybe both. Either way, I am home now, having rolled into the Sierra Friends Center around six yesterday evening. And that was after sitting in traffic ( Read more... )

I am currently in Mill Valley, CA. Which is near San Rafael, but about ten minutes further south. I think I am also near Oakland, which is near San Francisco? I saw signs, but that doesn't register in my brain as possible. Ryan is from Oakland, and that is where we stayed for the night when we went to the Power to the Peaceful concert, and I didn't ( Read more... )

Marijuana: sure it's natural, but so is gasoline and poison ivy. That is from an article I read on AOL about bad stress-relieving habits, and it made me giggle enough to want to share it with you all. It's so true, and I can't wait to share it with my dearest, darling Dana.

( 'Life is demanding, without understanding' -- name that tune! Also, read the rest of the post! )

Today was the Progressive Fest in Petaluma, CA and I was tabling there from about 11:30 to 6:15. Luckily I was not on my own; Alana Steadman, a Spring '04 Woolman Alum, lives a block and a half from Walnut Park where the festival was taking place and kindly joined me for the venture. It was a very successful day, I feel. We met several students ( Read more... )

I am currently sitting outside of Coffee Catz, a (duh) coffee shop located in downtown Sebastopol, CA. I'm here until 6pm (another forty minutes) because that is when Dave & Jenny Abramson, Ryan's cousins and the family I'm staying with for the week, will be home. I'm officially on my first solo outreach trip. I'm super nervous, but trying not to ( Read more... )