fixedgeargal

cool blog for land ideas

noreply@blogger.com (mama) — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 03:11:00 +0000

http://smalllivingjournal.com

noreply@blogger.com (mama) — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 05:46:00 +0000

Really cool shadow puppets I bought awhile ago

noreply@blogger.com (mama) — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 05:32:00 +0000

noreply@blogger.com (mama) — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 05:21:00 +0000

SF Cable Car

noreply@blogger.com (mama) — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 05:08:00 +0000

Bitch Monster

noreply@blogger.com (mama) — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 05:01:00 +0000

noreply@blogger.com (mama) — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 04:33:00 +0000

Cleaned up the lappie/laptop and shocked to find all the old jpg images I really don't need. ahhh...a nice and clean desktop. I feel about 3 years lighter. The 'puter is zippy fast now.

noreply@blogger.com (mama) — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 04:13:00 +0000

I like birdhouses

noreply@blogger.com (mama) — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 04:08:00 +0000

Brick and Mortar Stores

noreply@blogger.com (mama) — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 03:52:00 +0000

brick and mortar stores and some online shops that sell handmade items on DIY and consignment for those interested in branching out from elsewhere.

Arizona

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Tuscon, AZ

-Bohemia Emporium

http://bohemiatucson.com/

California

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***Albany, CA

-All About Eve, 862 San Pablo (510) 559-9901, out of businiess?

***Berkeley, CA

-Brownies http://brownies-vintage.com (clothing, accessories, home goods, & paper goods)

-Indie Industries (T-shirts and accessories) http://www.indieindustries.com/

-Relish at home (mostly home and paper goods)

***Sacramento, CA

-Olipom

-Bows & Arrows

***Oakland, CA

-Afterglow

-Rock Paper Sissors

***San Jose, CA

-Black & Brown

Riverside, CA

-Robs Vintique

***Sherman Oaks, CA

-Handmade Galleries LA http://www.handmadegalleriesla.com

Colorado

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***Denver, CO

- http://www.fancytiger.com

- http://www.andelimited.com/

Conneticut

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-Rainy Day Paperback Exchangehttp://www.rainydaypaperback.com/

Georgia

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***Atlanta, GA

-Beehive Co-Op http://beehiveco-op.com/

Illinois

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***Oak Park, IL

-Unique Freaque - http://www.uniquefreaque.com/

***Aurora, IL

-Aurora Public Art Commission: http://www.aurora-il.org/publicarts/museumshop.php

***Rockford, IL

-Tango K Indie Artist Boutique- http://tangokdesign.com

***Chicago, IL

-Renegade Handmade http://www.renegadehandmade.com

Kansas

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***Kansas City, KS

-Sage and Daisy http://www.sageanddaisy.com/

Kentucky

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***Louisville, KY

-The Makery http://www.ilovethemakery.com/

-Luna Boutique http://lunaboutique.net/

-Dee's Crafts http://www.deescrafts.com/

-Cherry Bomb http://www.myspace.com/cherrybomblouisville

-Edenside Gallery

-Queen of Rags (vintage mostly)

Maine

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***Portland, ME

-Edith & Edna http://www.edithandedna.com/

Massachusetts

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***Boston, Massachusetts

- Oak, http://www.oakboston.com

-Magpie http://magpie-store.com/

***South Hadley, MA

-Crazy Moon

***Lowell, MA

-Lush Beads http://lushbeads.com/

***St. Cambridge, MA

-Boutique Fabulous http://boutiquefabulous.com/

Minnesota

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***Minneapolis, MN

-Corazon - http://www.corazononline.com

-Cool Planet Goods - http://www.coolplanetgoods.com

-Design Collective - http://www.designcollectivempls.com

North Carolina

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***Asheville, NC

-The Honeypot

-Old Gold Haberdashery

- S.O.S. Sanctuary of stuff

-Screen Door

-Kress mart

-Woolworth Walk

***Walnut Cove, NC

Just Plain Country Antiques & Crafters Mall http://www.justplaincountrystore.com/

***Winston-Salem, NC

- Crickets Nest - http://cricketsnest.com/

***Randleman, NC

-Sweet Dreams 'n Blessings

New York

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***Brooklyn, nyc

-http://raredevice.net/

-http://sodafine.com/

-Artez'n, only takes NY locals http://www.artezn.com/

-Handmade BKLN http://www.handmadenyc.com

***Manhattan

-Handmade NYC http://www.handmadenyc.com

Ohio

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***Colombus, OH

-Wholly Craft! http://www.whollycraft.net/

Oregon

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***Portland, Oregon

-Redux

-Belle Sirota (contact etsy user)

Pennsylvania

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***Philedelphia, PA

-glassonthesquare

-Vix Emporium in philadelphia http://vixemporium.wordpress.com/

- http://www.mewgallery.org

- http://artstarphilly.com

-http://www.mymy.us/store/

Tennessee

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***Nashville, TN

-Feedback

Texas

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***Corsicana, TX

-Texas Art Spot http://www.texasartspot.com

Utah

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***Salt Lake City, UT

-Ume Designs, http://www.umedesigns.com/

Virginia

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***Suffolk, VA

-The Red Thread Studio http://theredthreadstudio.com

-Shooting Star Gallery

***Norfolk, VA

-Textures

-D"Art Cneter

***Hampton, VA

-Blue Skies Gallery

***Portsmouth, VA

-Vincent Hester Gallery

-Riverview Gallery

***Stuart, VA

Just Plain Country Antiques & Crafters Mall http://www.justplaincountrystore.com/

***Alexandria, VA

-A show of hands (prefers local items) http://www.ashowofhands.biz/Site/Home.html

-Torpedo Factory http://www.torpedofactory.org/

Washington

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***Seattle, WA

-Frank and Dunya

-Bitters Co

-Blue Bottle Art

-Kobo

-Galactic Boutique

INTERNATIONAL

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England

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***South East London

-Red Door Gallery http://www.reddoorgallery.co.uk/

***London, Carnaby Area

-Beyond the Valley, http://www.beyondthevalley.com

New Zealand

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***Dunedin

-Belle Bird

-Fern

-Gloria

-Koru

-Portsifika

-Vent

***Christchurch

-Blonde Red

-Boxes

***Wellington

-Juniper

-Madame Fancy Pants

-Pink Sky Originalz

***Nelson

-Go Clothing

Canada

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***Montreal, Quebec, Canada

- General 54 & Local 23 http://www.general54.blogspot.com

- Lustre

- Lola & Emily

- 3 Monkeys http://www.threemonkeys.ca

- Headquarters Galerie & Boutique http://www.HQgalerieboutique.com

- Perfide

- Usine 101 (mostly art)

- L'Arterie

- Drawn & Quarterly (zines and art)

- Boutique Fly http://www.boutiquefly.com

- Revolver

- Espace Pepin http://www.pepinart.com

-Wooden Apples

***Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

- Cake clothing

- The Urban Boutique

- Girl Candy Shop

- October

- Swank

- Out of the Blue

- Candy & Dolls

-Urban Waves

***Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

-Victoire boutique – http://www.notrevictoire.blogspot.com

***Vancouver

-Shop Cocoon - http://www.shopcocoon.com/

MISCELLANEOUS

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http://www.justplaincountrystore.com/

http://www.buyolympia.com

Online

- http://unsungdesigners.com

-cut+paste (website)

-fredflare (website

- http://mybonnieandclyde.com

-http://www.locallabels.com/

San Francisco.

Needles & Pens

http://www.needles-pens.com/

City Art (a co-op)

http://www.cityartgallery.org/

Artist Xchange

http://www.artist-xchange.com/

Gallery of Jewels

http://www.sanfranciscomerchants.com/noevalley/galleryofjewels/1.htm

Ruby Gallery

http://www.rubygallery.com/

And a ton more, especially in the Mission. I'll add more if I think of them....

birth plan from 2008

noreply@blogger.com (mama) — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 03:50:00 +0000

My slightly censored and revised and updated birth plan from September 16, 2008

Birth Plan:

Mother’s Name: xx

Father of child’s name: xx phone

Mother of xx:

Healthcare Provider: Dr.

Hospital:

Hydrate by drinking clear fluids and IV. I don't want to be tied to an IV or monitors or the bed. If an IV becomes necessary, they can use a hep-lock so I can get unattached. If an IV is necessary, I would like it capped after medication is administered.

Eat fruit and vegetables if I wish to after surgery.

I want to hold my baby to my skin right away. The baby will be given directly to me after birth, and will breastfeed as soon possible.

Cord: wait until the umbilical cord stops pulsating before it’s clamped and cut. If possible, I would like to cut the cord.

I want to hold the baby right away and have requested delayed stats (weight, etc.) so that I can have time to bond and breastfeed. I am delaying cord cutting and immediate vaccines. Again, unless the baby needs urgent care.

I request that no routine pitocin be given to me after the birth.

The baby will be with at least one parent at all times.

If the baby is a boy, he will not be circumcised.

The baby will not be given a pacifier at any time, but will be brought to me for breastfeeding.

Postpartum:

No post-delivery or post-op pitocin (common now to firm up uterus, but same function achieved by breastfeeding).

24 hour rooming-in with my baby.

Delayed vaccines. No Hepatitis B vaccine. Drops in the eyes okay AFTER the baby has had time to attempt breast feeding.

If it’s a boy we will NOT have him circumcised.

Feeding:

Breastfeed as soon as possible.

My baby is breastfed exclusively.

Sugar water may not be offered to my baby.

Do not offer formula, bottle, or a pacifier.

I would like to thank everyone involved for their support and respect of my desires and preferences during this birth.

Thank you,

I just got blogged, YAY! Roots in Mill Valley.

noreply@blogger.com (mama) — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 05:18:00 +0000

roots collaborative: blogging me! Oh this is so nice. I feel better about V-Day. Ta-dah!

Roots Collaborative in Mill Valley: my art on display

noreply@blogger.com (mama) — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 19:53:00 +0000

You can find my latest watercolors in Mill Valley, CA at Roots Collaborative.

Its a funny story, they have been on my radar for awhile, and when I contacted them they said they had been trying to get another street artist in their gallery, my best buddy, and when I told him they wanted his art, and he waffled, I pounced...so there you go.

ROOTS Collaborative

ROOTS Collaborative BLOG

I plan on making more of the oh-so special and coveted plush monsters for the Christmas season, and will most likely have those there as well.

Roots Collaborative in Mill Valley: my art on display

noreply@blogger.com (mama) — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 19:52:00 +0000

ROOTS Collaborative

ROOTS Collaborative BLOG

I plan on making more of the oh-so special and coveted plush monsters for the Christmas season, and will most likely have those there as well.

Mucca Pazza at Tour de Fat!

noreply@blogger.com (mama) — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 20:07:00 +0000

Mucca Pazza -

File under: Punk Circus Marching Band

Or: Nerd-Core

See slide trombones, marching drums, accordions and other romantic icons wielded by musicians with the purpose of making music, instigating spontaneous dancing, loss of bladder control, and horn honking. You may find it sexy if you like uniforms or anything dork-ass.

http://www.mucca-pazza.org

http://www.facebook.com/muccapazza

http://www.myspace.com/muccapazza

http://www.youtube.com/marchingmuccapazza

Who - You and all your friends!
When - 2010-09-25
Where - Lindley Meadows in Golden Gate Park
Why - Why not? Try something new!

Schedule of Events

10:00 a.m. - Bike Parade Registration
11:00 a.m. - Bike Parade
12:00 a.m. Performances Begin
2:30 p.m. - Funeral procession for the car belonging to the Car-for-Bike Trade volunteer
4:30 p.m. - Car-for-Bike Trade Celebration
5:00 p.m. - Curtain Closes

San Francisco Bicycle Coalition (SFBC) & Bay Area Ridge Trail Council (BATRTC)

The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition works to transform San Francisco's streets and neighborhoods into more livable and safe places by promoting the bicycle for everyday transportation through day-to-day advocacy, education, and working partnerships with government and community agencies. Our active 11,000 members represent San Franciscans of all ages, from all neighborhoods, who are working towards more safe, efficient, and green ways to move around our city. Because of our efforts, the number of residents biking for transportation has doubled in the past 10 years.

Current San Francisco Bicycle Coalition Members (to join, go tosfbike.org/join) are encouraged to volunteer at Tour de Fat by emailing Tessa Buckley, Membership & Volunteer Coordinator, attessa@sfbike.org.

The Bay Area Ridge Trail Council unites volunteers and agencies to plan, acquire, build, maintain, and promote a 550-mile ridgeline cycling, hikinig and equestrian trail around the Bay. When complete, the Bay Area Ridge Trail will connect over 75 parks and open spaces and serve the recreation needs of diverse communities, providing close-to-home recreation for all residents of the Bay Area. The Council works in close partnership with local governments, public agencies, nonprofit land trusts, and community members in the nine Bay Area counties to complete the Ridge Trail. Our collaborative work with these organizations helps preserve key upland natural environments and often accelerates the opening of trails on these lands for public enjoyment.

To volunteer at the Tour de Fat, contact Joel atvolunteer@ridgetrail.org

Check us out at www.ridgetrail.org

noreply@blogger.com (mama) — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:59:00 +0000

Our Other Weapon is a Zine" Reading Tour

• Saturday, August 28th, 7 pm to 9 pm - SubRosa
703 Pacific Avenue, Santa Clara
• Sunday, August 29th, 5 pm to 7 pm - SLG Art Boutiki
577 South Market Street, San Jose
• Tuesday, August 31, 7 pm to 9 pm - Rock Paper Scissors Collective
2278 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland
• Wednesday, September 1, 7 pm to 9 pm - The Avid Reader
617 Second Street, Davis

• Thursday, September 2, 7 pm to 9 pm - The Peepshow

530 McConnell Ave, Santa Rosa

• Friday, September 3rd, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m - Needles and Pens

3253 16th Street, San Francisco
RSVP via Facebook
Some of our favorite zinesters are spreading the Zine Fest energy with a week-long, six-city reading tour of the greater Bay Area. "Our Other Weapon is a Zine" features contribution from terrific creators such as Tomas Moniz (Rad Dad), Dani Burlison & Leilani Clark (Petals & Bones) Andria Alefhi(We’ll Never Have Paris), with special local guests and more. The whole tour wraps up with a big homecoming to San Francisco's Needles and Pens the night before the Fest!

King-Cat/Blammo Reading

• Thursday, 9/2 7:00pm onwards - Comic Relief

2026 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley

RSVP on Facebook!

The folks over at the venerable Comic Relief in Berkeley are hosting a crackerjack comics reading to launch the Zine Fest weekend early: John Porcellino (King-Cat Comics) and Noah van Sciver (Blammo) will be reading from their work tonight as part of their cross-country tour! Both of these gentlemen are nominees for Ignatz awards this year, it's sure to be awesome! The reading will be followed by an audience Q+A and book signing.

SFZF x CAM Comics Reading
• Friday, September 3rd, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m - Cartoon Art Museum
655 Mission St between 3rd and New Montgomery
$5 suggested donation (no one turned away for lack of funds)
All proceeds benefit SFZF and CAM!
RSVP via Facebook
Visit the Cartoon Art Museum for our third annual evening of live readings by some of the best indy-comics creators out there, including SFZF 2010 Special Guest Jesse Reklaw (10,000 Things To Do), John Porcellino (King-Cat Comics), Ed Luce (Wuvable Oaf), Jamaica Dyer (Weird Fishes), Hob(The Witness), Noah Van Sciver (Blammo), Susie Cagle (Nine Gallons), and Jonas Madden-Connor (Ochre Ellipse)! Come enjoy a glass of wine and experience comics in a whole new way!

SFZF Afterparty and Mixer
Saturday, September 4, 7 pm - 10 pm - Mission: Comics and Art
3520 20th Street, San Francisco
Come out after the first day of the Zine Fest to relax, converse, and imbibe a few beverages with other DIY fans and creators. Reconnect with old friends and meet new ones, and recharge and get pumped for day two of the Fest!

Debaser: The SFZF After- Afterparty

Saturday, September 4, 9 pm - 2 am - The Knockout
3223 Mission Street, San Francisco
$5 cover, and a portion of the proceeds will benefit the SF Zine Fest! FREE with Flannel or Baby Doll Dress before 11. FREE with zines to trade all night!
21+

RSVP via Facebook!

But wait, there's more! Once you are nice and relaxed from chatting with your pals at the SFZF Afterparty, then it's high time for the SFZF After-Afterparty! Our pals at 90s music club Debaser will be hosting the SFZF faithful finto the wee hours. DJs Jamie Jams and Emdee play classic indie, underground and riot grrrl jams to get you in the mood to read zines & comix (or even to crowd surf and mosh!). Consistently one of the best music nights in the city!

SF Zine Fest Crew www.sfzinefest.com

September 4 + 5, 2010 (Labor Day Weekend)
SF County Fair Building
Golden Gate Park

SFZF Newsletter | Zine Fest Tables Sold Out • Creator Q+A Series • My Other Weapon is a Zine Tour • SFZF Benefit Show • CAM Reading

noreply@blogger.com (mama) — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 06:45:00 +0000

Wow! The 9th annual SF Zine Fest is now just one month away! We've got so much good stuff in the works that we might send out a couple more announcements before the show, rather than our usual monthly schedule. Hope you don't mind!

Zine Fest Exhibitor Tables Sold Out

We are now sold all of our exhibitor spots for the 2010 SF Zine Fest! Our big thanks to the creative community for signing up in droves to sell, trade, or otherwise share their work with the public! With over 120 zinesters, cartoonists, printmakers, and other creative types in attendance, this is sure to be the best show in the Zine fest's nine-year history! This year's exhibitors range from established small-press publishing houses including RE/Search Publications, Microcosm, AK Press, Sparkplug Comics, and Tugboat Press to first time self-publishers and creators. Writers, cartoonists, crafters, illustrators, printmakers, and all manner of artists will be in attendance. While the majority of the exhibitors hail from the Bay Area and West Coast, creators from across the U.S. and beyond will be in attendance (click here for a full listing of exhibitors). Don't miss this great opportunity to meet your favorite small-press creators and get exposed to new ones, all for FREE!

Creator Q+A Series

With so many amazing creators coming to the Zine Fest, we've decided to give the public an additional view into our creators' inspirations, aspirations, and thoughts on the small-press publishing world. Throughout the month leading up the the SFZF we will be running daily mini-profiles of some of the many zinesters, cartoonists, and other creative types who make the Zine Fest what it is. Check them all out on our blog, and stay tuned for more!

SFZF Benefit Show | 8/26

We're kicking the Zine Fest off in style with an awesome benefit show and music showcase! Presented by SMiLE!, the show will feature some terrific indie bands, raffle prizes, DJs, and other goodies! Come hoist a beer and boogie down with all your fave zine pals!

Featuring the music of:Upstairs Downstairs (Record release show)
Sleeptalks (unveiling their new drummer)
Moomaw (Record release show)
Uni & her Ukelele with Miguel Zelaya of The Harbours
DJ Neil Martinson (SMiLE!)

SFZF Benefit Show • Saturday, August 26th 10 pm onwards - Amnesia • 853 Valencia St between 19th and 20th • $5-$10 Sliding Scale - Proceeds benefit SFZF!

"My Other Weapon is a Zine" Tour | 8/28-9/3

Some of our favorite zinessters are spreading the Zine Fest energy with a week-long, six-city reading tour of the greater Bay Area. "Our Other Weapon is a Zine" features contribution from terrific creators such asTomas Moniz (Rad Dad), Dani Burlison & Leilani Clark (Petals & Bones) Andria Alefhi (We’ll Never Have Paris), with special local guests and more. The whole tour wraps up with a big homecoming to San Francisco's Needles and Pens the night before the Fest!

• Saturday, August 28th, 7 pm to 9 pm • SubRosa • 703 Pacific Avenue, Santa Clara
• Sunday, August 29th, 5 pm to 7 pm • SLG Art Boutiki • 577 South Market Street, San Jose
• Tuesday, August 31, 7 pm to 9 pm • Rock Paper Scissors Collective • 2278 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland
• Wednesday, September 1, 7 pm to 9 pm • The Avid Reader • 617 Second Street, Davis
• Friday, September 3rd, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m • Needles and Pens • 3253 16th Street, San Francisco

"Now See This" - SFZF x CAM Comics Reading

Visit the Cartoon Art Museum for our third annual evening of live readings by some of the best indy-comics creators out there, including SFZF 2010 Special Guest Jesse Reklaw (10,000 Things To Do), John Porcellino (King-Cat Comics), Ed Luce (Wuvable Oaf), Jamaica Dyer(Weird Fishes), Hob (The Witness), Noah Van Sciver (Blammo), Susie Cagle (Nine Gallons), and Jonas Madden-Connor (Ochre Ellipse)! Come enjoy a glass of wine and experience comics in a whole new way!

"Now See This" • Friday, September 3rd, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m - Cartoon Art Museum • 655 Mission St between 3rd and New Montgomery • $5 suggested donation (no one turned away for lack of funds) All proceeds benefit SFZF and CAM!

SF Zine Fest Crew
www.sfzinefest.com

September 4 + 5, 2010 (Labor Day Weekend)
SF County Fair Building
Golden Gate Park

Richmond now has it’s own seed-lending library

noreply@blogger.com (mama) — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:02:00 +0000

By BayNet | Published: July 20, 2010

Another great outside-the-box idea:

At the seed library, people can “check out” healthy seeds, use them to plant herbs, vegetables and flowers, and return new seeds from the resulting plants at the end of the season. The seed check-out process is self-service and it’s explained on the Richmond Grows website. Interested people can sign up for 45-minute orientations offered at the library several times a month and/or watch a 10 minute video at their website that clearly explains the process.
This seed library is another effort that Richmond residents are making to grow food locally and build community, and Richmond’s is the first one in the nation to operate at a more traditional public library. “We put it in a public space because we wanted the entire public to have access,” Newburn said.

Link: Richmond now has it’s own seed-lending library

AUGUST 31st

noreply@blogger.com (mama) — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 23:29:00 +0000

My Zine Reading at OAK on Tues. August 31st.

noreply@blogger.com (mama) — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 09:58:00 +0000

Stay tuned!

Radical Parenting Tips

noreply@blogger.com (mama) — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 09:30:00 +0000

Some of the tips are stupid, some are spot on. radical parenting

school librarian

noreply@blogger.com (mama) — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 04:23:00 +0000

Have you considered a career as a school librarian?

How To Become a Librarian

Stir It Up - In the Pot and on the Web: Making Media about Making Food

noreply@blogger.com (mama) — Thu, 27 May 2010 02:18:00 +0000

I was thrilled to have these subjects be key aspects of the presentation: green media, homesteading, food and 2.0 technology. I came to San Francisco Public Library early, my then 18 mo. old son was magically sleeping, and I was able to peruse the Special Collections Dept. of the SFPL. For those who do not know, the SFPL has a very special collection of zines. The Main Library catalogs them as “Little Magazines,” and they are searchable in the catalog but do not have descriptions past the basics of title, geographical subdivisions, and maybe physical descriptions. I took a random selection of a bunch of archival boxes and for a period of a few hours, I really thought I was in zine nirvana. I had made the SFPL Special Collections librarian nervous, because I was clearly not a scholar, but a zine freak taking notes on the back of my own small pieces of paper and had a permanent smile and a trace of drool on my face. I was the kind of patron they most feared.

When I had emerged from my literary "drunken" haze from reading the archived decades of geographically subdivided angst between the lines of prophets and unknown outcasts bound by staples, sewing machine thread and wheat paste, I tried to stealthily slip into the back part of the lower auditorium where the lecture for “Stir it Up” was held. The problem was that was where all the speakers were hanging out, and my son was squirmy.

It became clear that the vast majority of people there all knew each other, as they were all part of University of San Francisco. A lot of the students had emerged from the garden and brought their garden dusted clothes and bountiful foraged loot. On the back table were pickled Jerusalem artichokes, some fabulous fermented apple cider elixir, seed packets of calendula and marigolds, and seasoned baked bread. Students served the culinary treats as if they were very expensive chocolates.

I was slightly annoyed by the lecture. It always bothers me when professors make belittling comments about technology and the influx of media, and then crow in delight about how a student Twittered him about if he could bring an electric griddle to make pancakes with to class. It was nice to see the use of multiple formats such as Flickr, personal movies with perhaps an iMovie application, live folk music, and personal anecdotes, and not just another power point lecture. The lecture was not boring, slow, or dry in content. The lecture felt like a quick, fluffy overview of course curricula, or a plug for taking these type of courses at the university. However with the majority of the audience being students, it strikes me odd that they did not just do this lecture at the university.

Some things that I took home at heart: I enjoyed the virtual audience that was on their laptops outside, and I would have liked more participation and engagement from that perspective. I also picked up a copy of Novella Carpenter’s book, have read about half of it, and plan on finishing it when I am done with finals. The whole lecture, reading Novella’s book that was passed around, now has me all fired up about getting a piece of land, getting some meat birds, goats and going back to my roots that my wonderful hippie parents instilled in me long ago. It just is not enough to recycle, take public transportation or bicycle, it is important to grow what you eat, and take responsibility for what goes into and out of our bodies. Thank you for the lecture information, and I hope to see more of these green events at the San Francisco Public Library.

Stir it Up:
Join Professors Melinda Stone and David Silver as they spin tales about making food and making media at the University of San Francisco. Stone will screen a couple of videos from her How-to Homestead collection and discuss how student research assistants and the University's community garden play a vital role in the creation of these pieces. Silver will share examples of social media produced by students in Green Media--a class devoted to making media about making food. Experience the dynamic convergence of green living, food in San Francisco, social media, and Web 2.0 technologies in this digital storytelling presentation.

Green Stacks at SFPL

Organic CA farms

noreply@blogger.com (mama) — Sun, 23 May 2010 07:34:00 +0000

http://wanderingwwoof.com/?cat=30

Nifty Cataloging Calculator

noreply@blogger.com (mama) — Sat, 22 May 2010 18:38:00 +0000

Cataloging Calculator

Click on LC Cutter and type in the main entry (usually author's last name) and it will show you the main entry cutter.