How to Pray for Peace

by | Dec 15, 2008 | Valley Locavore

From How to Cook a Wolf, by MFK Fisher, a food writer from back in the day, comes a poem called How to Pray For Peace.Pray for peace and grace and spiritual foodFor wisdom and guidance, for all these are goodBut don't forget the potatoes….Prayer and...

Dora the Earner

by | Dec 15, 2008 | The Public Humanist

There have been times in the past year when I was grateful to Dora the Explorer. At the adult-hostile hour of 5:30 AM, I could, with eyes half shut, select an iTunes television episode on a laptop set up on a chair in front of the sofa, and half-snooze until 6:00...

Too Much to Dream Last Night

by | Dec 15, 2008 | Ten Gallon Liberal

Back in '91, Win Wenders' Until The End of the World posited a future technology to record dreams. Stunning, but it seems impossible–brain waves seem to indicate things that are way more general than a very specific image. How could the brain possibly...

Valley Musician Releases CD

by | Dec 15, 2008 | Uncategorized

A local musician, after not releasing CDs, has released a CD. The new effort contains several “songs.”The CD was recorded by a renowned local recording engineer, and is expected to be encased in plastic wrapping. Other local musicians, when asked about the...

How Young is Too Young?

by | Dec 15, 2008 | Cherchez La Femme

With all of the talk about restrictions against gay marriage lately, I think it's prudent to take a look at controversial straight relationships that some may consider immoral or perverse. In Australia, the law does not recognize same-sex marriages. However, in...