Sometimes I just like to read a story about someone who sounds like a genuinely nice guy, who is doing some good in the world. It sounds like Jerry West, former general manager of the Los Angeles Lakers and outstanding Laker and UCLA player, is one such person. One of my kids had the good fortune [...]
Entries from January 31st, 2010
Support for a New Community Group to Study Rocketdyne
January 31st, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
From reading emails of the Rocketdyne Information Society, a Yahoo Discussion Group, it seems like Christina Walsh and William Bowling have ruffled a few feathers in their quest to start a new Community Action Group (CAG) to get involved with the Rocketdyne cleanup. (Please see previous post of 1-23 for more information.) Some other groups [...]
Tags: ACMELA CAG·Rocketdyne·SSFL
Where in the Conejo Is This?
January 30th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized, Where in the Conejo?
No, you are not seeing double…there are two American flags flying at this mystery site. A clue is that you can see the two flags from the 101 Freeway. I decided to post it today, because the flags are not flying right now. I think they were up until the rains came, and I am [...]
Tags: Two flags
What’s Blooming in the Conejo
January 29th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Conejo Valley, Green, Outdoors, Thousand Oaks
From a week of rain just last week, to sunshine and the beginning of spring this week…what a change we are experiencing. I took this photo of an ornamental tree, blooming in all its glory, at the Oaks Mall this afternoon. So, in comment to the title, “What’s Blooming in the Conejo,” (besides pre-campaign political [...]
Tags: blooming trees·The Oaks Mall
Keep Local Politics Local and Nonpartisan!
January 29th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Conejo Valley, Ventura County
I just read an article in the Ventura County Star this morning, titled, “GOP asks Strickland to take on Parks, County group promises full support in race.” To repeat from a previous post, Audra Strickland does NOT live in this Ventura County Supervisor’s District! Audra lives in Peter Foy’s Supervisor District and he is up for election [...]
Poet of the Space Between L.A. and S.F. Along I-5
January 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment · California, Water Issues
If I am driving up to the San Francisco Bay area, I usually go on the 101 and not I-5. The 101 takes longer, but the scenery changes a lot, which I like. The last time I drove down I-5, it was a challenge, because the freeway was so straight that it was monotonous, and [...]
Tags: Buttonwillow·CA·Don Thompson·poet
So, Where is the Remote?
January 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Media, Uncategorized
I guess this is karma. I just posted a link to a story about life without e-mail and smart phones. Then, I decided to watch a little TV, and I can’t find the TV remote! Maybe it is my time time to experience life without television, but I would rather not. Hey, I know! I [...]
Tags: Lost TV Remote
Can You Imagine a Day Without Email and Smart Phones?
January 26th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Meditations
I just read a thought-provoking and heart-warming blog about the way life was not that long ago, before we came to depend on computers so much. Jennie Logsdon Martin is the blogger and calls herself a “Licensed Oregon Fisherwoman, (L.O.F.)” and is the founder and administrator of one of the most useful and used websites I am [...]
Run, Don’t Walk, To Buy a Daily News Paper Today!
January 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Media
There is a wow of a section in the Daily News today (Tuesday 1-26). It is called, “140 Years in the Valley, A Retrospective,” and tells the history of the San Fernando Valley in a timeline format from 1869 to 1969. Hmmm, that isn’t 140 years, I’ll have to look in the paper again to [...]
Innovative Stoves Going to Haiti
January 24th, 2010 · No Comments · Ventura County
Since I have already posted on the Haiti earthquake and aftermath, I am continuing the subject with this post. It is a story from the Portland Oregonian Newspaper about “Rocket Stoves” being donated to earthquake victims. In reading the Tracy Kidder book, “Mountains Beyond Mountains,” I learned that finding wood for cooking in Haiti’s rural areas is a real [...]
Tags: Haiti·Rocket Stoves