Love the living root bridges. Now that's working with nature.

Excellent Arendt quote. The constant lies have also have damaged peoples' critical thinking skills. I understand you can't trust the CIA sponsored news, but I have eyes and a memory and more than one brain cell. The (supposed) support of Ukrainian Nazis blows my mind...especially the in EU which is literally committing suicide. Oh well, the fall of the Empire is interesting, and sadly deadly.

Cold weather is about to close up shop. Perhaps the last day of row covers...only had the tomatoes undercover last night. Planting marigolds and some peppers today. Lost one Brussels sprout plant to voles...put out my trap yesterday. I have to put eggplants under insect cloth to keep off the flea beetles, but they are still in a flat till next month.

So thanks for the OT. Hope everyone has a good day!

bridges, spanning distance, time and technology all in one swell foop. Would that we could do more of that.

One can fall amazingly far behind on chores, mail, tasks and all that in a very few days, but with careful avoidance one can also fall way out of touch with the news of the day and, hopefully, remain that way for a while, so it balances out.

Many a savant has said that the proper purpose of government is to do for the people that which they cannot effectively do for themselves. It has occurred to me that we can, all of us, individually and collectively, fuck (things) up, as it were, so it would seem obvious that this is not a proper function of government. Since ours seems to do little else, I suggest that something is grievously amiss afoot, Watson.

Ah well, stuff awaits --

be well and have a good one

Thank you QMS, and all. Yesterday for the first time I started feeling okay about leaving California if I ever have to, I don't feel connected to anywhere else so it was hard to imagine uprooting my crappy life and planting it elsewhere. Now I can. Members here are so supportive, thanks a lot.
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Goodbye old era, no more printing presses in Sonoma County.

Press Democrat enters new era as Sonoma County printing press closes, production moves to new site

... “It’s sad and exciting at the same time,” said Bill Fuiten, a press supervisor with just shy of 30 years’ experience in Rohnert Park. “Sad because I still love my job. Working here, especially in the last 10 years, is like watching a really good friend die super slowly. Now maybe I can equate it to finally putting them in the ground.”

The PD printing press was “a state of the art facility, the best in its class” when it opened, said Troy Niday, who oversees the plant as Sonoma Media Investments’ chief operating officer. It’s no longer that. The Chronicle’s presses are much newer. But aging machinery isn’t the problem. This press could operate another 10-15 years, according to Niday.

The move to the East Bay has much more to do with the economic reality of the news business, where readership has been gravitating from print to digital spaces for years.

They look so old! My age. Those were good jobs. Welcome the new digital space overlords.
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It is cold and cloudy with rain in the forecast again today. This weekend is the Citrus Fair (postponed since February). The parade is on Saturday when the forecast looks perfect. Let the good times pre-roll.
Cloverdale council adopts tiered tax for cannabis businesses
Crazy as ever.

The day turned out to be incredibly intense. Seems every situation involved getting some documents produced for some elderly person headed for assisted living. Deeds, wills, estate planning documents...people so old and infirm, my interviews took place with me at the car in the parking lot.
My assistant did a notary job outside by a client's vehicle in a light rain, as the 91 yr old client couldn't get out of the car.
Anyway, I can usually say a hello before noon. Well, not this day.
Ironic that Nap and Hitler shared the same birthday, and that Russia fucked both of them up bigly.