http://californian.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Californian en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:58:12 GMT 2010-01-05T00:58:12Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968058&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace Hey... I don't make this stuff up, ya know! I got all of the following entries from the Wednesday, December 23 rd , 2009 issue of our small, local, weekly newspaper, The Cloverdale Reveille . (Don't . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:37:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968058&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-12-30T03:37:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958881&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace I'd set a hectic schedule for myself yesterday... Along with a delivery of Christmas cookies to a friend in another town that I hadn't had a chance to do up 'til then, Mom is going home from the convalescent . . . Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:40:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958881&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-12-22T17:40:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956253&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace On those days when the winter rains are not so heavy that one can be out about during this time of year here in the wild hinterlands of Sonoma County, one may be fortunate enough to hear the oddly . . . Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:29:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956253&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-12-21T03:29:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977937438&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace Few people in the modern world know anything about quince... Fewer still know anything about "Chinese Quince" -- a tree so seldom seen that it could be called a complete rarity! "European Quince" was . . . Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:29:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977937438&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-12-08T19:29:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977851243&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace Barbara Bull Cemetery Walk 2009 "Mariah Orpha (Church) McChristian" Vignette ( Jean's Note: Although I've written my own scripts and acted in the Walk all the years of its existence, this vignette . . . Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:08:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977851243&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-10-14T09:08:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977850618&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace HAROLD: THE GHOST OF THE GRAVENSTEIN INN (Script written and performed by Jean F. at the 7th Annual, Barbara Bull Memorial Cemetery Walk sponsored by the Western Sonoma County Historical Society, . . . Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:43:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977850618&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-10-13T03:43:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977840116&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace (Above: A guide leads one of the first audience groups to the next vignette at the Barbara Bull Memorial Cemetery Walk in Sebastopol, CA.) For those of you not familiar with the Cemetery Walk, . . . Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:25:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977840116&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-10-06T01:25:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977830190&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace In answer to the call for assistance put to me by a friend, fellow member and fellow past Co-Chair of the Farm Advisory Committee at the annual fall open house event, I traveled the 40 or so miles to . . . Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:46:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977830190&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-10-05T00:46:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977821264&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace I only had a few minutes the other day before a meeting of the Cemetery Walk Committee that was to take place in the Caretaker's Cottage at Luther Burbank's Gold Ridge Farm in Sebastopol here in Sonoma . . . Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:58:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977821264&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-09-23T18:58:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977806817&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace Here... I blended us up a couple of margaritas... Come join me on the front deck here in the wild hinterlands. Now, sit back, relax and look right over there -- just above the western hills... Shhhhhh... . . . Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:28:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977806817&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-09-10T09:28:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977805016&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace Many of you who know me also know that my participation in the Barbara Bull Memorial Cemetery Walk (fundraiser for the Western Sonoma County Historical Society in Sebastopol here in Sonoma County, Northern . . . Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:50:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977805016&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-09-09T02:50:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977801807&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace Hello, precious Gatherers! I hope life is treating you all well... I am feeling the blues a little more each day it seems less like summer and more like fall... I don't like fall... I don't like winter, . . . Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:27:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977801807&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-09-06T18:27:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977791925&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace As I was about to leave the other day to run an errand a few miles down the road, I heard the unmistakable sound of the "crunch! crunch!" of dry leaves just across the driveway... The scrub oak saplings, . . . Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:59:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977791925&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-08-29T00:59:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977789503&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace The other morning I sensed a fluttering movement out of the corner of my eye while working on the computer. I turned and was amazed to find a stunning, large "red admiral" butterfly INSIDE one of the . . . Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:39:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977789503&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-08-27T12:39:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977782727&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace With my husband's recent hospitalization, I found myself been spending a great deal of time at the VA hospital at Ft. Miley in San Francisco... Images that the words "VA hospital" raise in the mind . . . Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:46:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977782727&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-08-21T16:46:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977781448&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace (Note: The concert mentioned in the article below took place on July 10th. Since I haven't been able to post here on Gather since July 3rd, this is first opportunity I've had to tell you all about it. . . . Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:35:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977781448&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-08-20T17:35:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977733663&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace (Author's Note: This is the article that I began on July 3rd -- the day when my troubles posting at Gather began. The concert mentioned took place on July 3rd, 2009.  jean)   In conjunction . . . Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:12:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977733663&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-08-20T06:12:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977780522&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace My wonderful, dear Gather friends, To avoid taking up pages upon pages of the things that have been going on with me, suffice it to say that I just got back online with Gather today due to the PURE . . . Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:26:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977780522&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-08-20T00:26:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977780337&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace OMG!!! I can't BELIEVE it!!! Chuck Macquire of Gather, one of his tech people and I were on the phone for almost two hours today trying to figure out WHY I haven't been able to post here on Gather SINCE . . . Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:44:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977780337&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-08-19T21:44:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977780315&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace In traveling from Hubby's VA medical appointment in nearby Ukiah (Mendocino County) California, we stopped at the little town of Hopland to buy a couple of bottles of water from the little Mom 'n Pop . . . Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:12:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977780315&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-08-19T21:12:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977723578&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace Hello to all my wonderful, beautiful and special Gather friends! Hope you're staying cool in your neck of the great Gather Nation... Here at jeanz place in the wild hinterlands of Northern California . . . Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:38:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977723578&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-06-28T17:38:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977722350&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace At our friends' house yesterday near the little Sonoma County, Northern Californian town of Graton, I kept hearing the unmistakeable sound of an Anna's hummingbird near a huge "butterfly bush" (Buddelia) . . . Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:19:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977722350&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-06-26T19:19:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977718781&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace I'm really excited! :^D I got an email from the editor of "Schmap.com" a couple of weeks ago saying they were considering a photo I took of the Marin County Civic Center and posted on flickr.com . . . Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:42:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977718781&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-06-23T01:42:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977718058&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace I ventured down our steep, dusty driveway today to get a peek at how Hubby's little hillside "corn patch" was coming along... It's grown by at least double since the last photo that . . . Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:40:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977718058&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-06-22T10:40:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977712992&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace Last Sunday the Western Sonoma County Historical Society (of which yours truly is President) held its annual potluck picnic at an historic lumber mill named "Sturgeon's" which fairly recently received . . . Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:10:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977712992&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-06-17T00:10:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977711434&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace Once a year -- usually in June -- the Western Sonoma County Historical Society holds a potluck picnic for its members. We usually hold the picnic at Luther Burbank's Farm but, this year, we . . . Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:23:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977711434&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-06-15T19:23:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977707475&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace Good evening all my wonderful, beautiful and (of course) artistic and intelligent Gather friends! Hope your summer is being warmer than OUR summer here in the wild hinterlands of Northern California. . . . Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:41:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977707475&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-06-11T02:41:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977701881&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace Tuesday last, I chaired a board meeting of the Western Sonoma County Historical Society held each month in the "Caretaker's Cottage" at Luther Burbank's Gold Ridge Experiment Farm in Sebastopol, Northern . . . Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:09:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977701881&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-06-05T19:09:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977694435&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace I didn't include these photos in my last photo-essay on the Farm (you can find that article HERE  ) mostly because of the horrendously SLOOOOOWWWW upload speed I have on my stupid dial-up connection . . . Thu, 28 May 2009 20:08:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977694435&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-05-28T20:08:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977693337&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace You may have pondered this question before... (Well... Probably not -- but, I ask you,  how else was I supposed to segway into this article?) Well, for one thing: Dragonflies fly! This may . . . Wed, 27 May 2009 20:41:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977693337&grpId=3659174697246815&nav=Groupspace Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-05-27T20:41:12Z