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Friday October 07, 2011
Start: Oct 7 2011 3:30 pm
When: Friday afternoons, 3:30 p.m.
Where: Coffee Catz, 6761 Sebastopol Avenue, Sebastopol
Friday afternoons at 3:30 at Coffee Catz, an informal gathering, usually outdoors, weather permitting. There has been a different assortment of folks at each one, usually 4 to 5 of us. We encourage you to try it some week.
Drop in—arrival and departure times are loose.
First person there asks at the counter for the “Insurgent Elders” sign to put on the chosen table area so others can find you. You might check the far back room if the weather’s cold or wet and choose some shade if it’s warm outside. It’s possible no one would show up, but it hasn’t happened yet!
-- Alexandra & Lucky
Saturday October 08, 2011
Start: Oct 8 2011 9:00 pm
End: Oct 8 2011 9:00 pm
When: Saturday, October 8, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Where: St. Stephens Church, 500 Robinson Way, Sebastopol, CA
COST: $20 No one turned away for lack of funds
Please email angel@wegreenyou.com or call Angel @ 477-4564 in advance to RSVP.
THEME OF THE MONTH: Emergency Preparedness
Are You Prepared for Emergencies?
Community helping our community to prepare for the unexpected. The best offense is defense.
Practical applications: Health, home and community strategies/preparations to gain resilience.
About the Program:
The Model of Transition for Sustainable Living (MTSL) program consists of twelve modules—one of which will be covered each month in 2011. Together they will provide an overall perspective on current thinking and technology, as well as practical skills for everyday sustainable living. The MTSL program includes a Workbook/Planner, a Reader, a Resource Directory, a Journal, and a series of Visual Aides.
The program has been designed to work in concert with local participating businesses and organizations. The mission of the program is to empower you to act; to transition you from wherever you are today, to a lifestyle that is highly sustainable, within the one-year time period of the course. Therefore, the program consists of 20% theory and 80% practical application.
The course, if completed, will:
· dramatically lower your carbon emissions
· save you money on utilities
· reduce your demand on resources
· assist you in becoming more socially responsible
· help you to become a steward of the environment.
Monday October 10, 2011
Start: Oct 10 2011 6:00 pm
A casual community supported program for all Sebasta'souls willing to connect in silence, contemplation, and stillness.
Every Monday
6:00-6:45
6:00 - 1/2hr silent meditation
6:30- inspirational reading/ Sharing
Free to all! (Small donation for room space appreciated, NOT REQUIRED)
Meditation is a resource for inner strength and resilience to enable us to respond wisely to challenges in our lives, including those facing us in the era of peak oil, climate change, and energy descent. This meditation evening creates space for shared silence and stillness within our community, honoring inspiration and insights from various spiritual traditions.
ALL ARE WELCOME
St. Stephens Church
500 Robinson Way
Sebastopol
for information: karmendraji@yahoo.com
Wednesday October 12, 2011
9:30 am - 10:45 am |
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• Inner Tools for the Transiton
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While we are learning skills for supporting our home and health, let us not forget some of the age old tools for accessing our inner home! There are some very practical and simple techniques you can do to become more calm, centered and clear, even while the world around you seems to be in chaos. In this demonstration, we will guide you in a taste of Joanna Macy's work and reconnecting with nature-- as well as some potent tools for reconnecting with your own inner wisdom. You will learn how to more reliably access that wise part of yourself, your intuition. Accurate, quick information is extremely valuable in countless scenarios. Use these 'inner reskilling' tools of nature and your intuition to navigate through the uncertainty and stress in our lives, and our world and for deeper sense of peace, clarity and joy.
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• Felting with Hazel Flett |
Learn some basic felting techniques taking it from raw fleece to a finished piece. You can make almost any part of your wardrobe with this locally available and sustainable fiber. Hazel Flett has been working with sheep and wool all of her life. As part of Bodega Pastures, she brings her beautiful wool products to the Farmer’s Market.
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• Cheesemaking- Basic Mozzerella
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Learn one of the simplest cheeses to make in a short period. Very few people make a goat mozerella, a rare treat! Patty Karlin has been making cheese as Bodega Artisan Cheeses since 1984. They produce cheese with smallscale, sustainable practices.
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• Gopher Control
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Gophers make growing your food in West County more difficult, learn some basic techniques to help keep them under control. Sara McCamant has been a gardening teacher for over 20 years. Gophers have been a more recent arrival in her gardening life, but she has had lots of experience in trapping, cages, and raised beds.
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11:00 am - 12:30 pm |
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• Backyard Chickens
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In this course we will go over the basics of starting your own backyard chicken operation. We will cover coop styles, sizes, roosters or not, feed, clean up, disease basics, raising chicks, laying boxes, runs, fencing, nutrition and anything else that comes up. After this course you will be ready to start producing your own eggs.,
Mike Stokes is a Green Builder and Designer. He founded Lush Planet Design Build, the Holistic House Doctor and Stokes Sustainable Builders. His Construction and Design company now focuses on designing and building the infrastructure for self reliance. He currently lives on his own 1/4 acre micro farm which he designed and built that includes 13 chickens, 3 goats, a mini fruit orchard, 3 bee hives, an annual food garden, a perennial permaculture garden and a medicinal herb garden.
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• Brining Olive
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The Olive curing workshop will cover all aspects of the Olive from the trees, the different varieties, the two world's (table Olives and Olive Oil) of Olives, when to pick, and three ways to de-bitter Olives. Water cure, Greek style brine cure and dry salt cure. Storage and flavoring will touched on ,too. Followed by tasting Olives with cheese and crackers and some Tapenade. Don will be available for questions afterward for a while. Recipe handouts for all interested.
Don Landis has been eating Olives his whole life. The green ones stuffed with that red stuff and the black ones kids put on their finger tips. Then at a pot luck a friend's friend brought her uncles home made Olives. WOW!!! Since then Don starting making Olives. For about 10 year's he has giving presentations about Olives. Talking about the history of the Olive, the history of the Olive in California and a thorough description of how to make Olives edible with no lye. (they are disgustingly bitter on the tree).
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• Herbal First Aid from the Kitchen and Garden
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Join Larkin for a fun and informative session about herbs and common ailments. Learn of helpful first aid plants that may already be residing in your kitchen, garden or even lurking as weeds in the back yard. Then, join the mass of people who are saving the world . . . one dandelion at a time. Larkin has cultivated a passion for plants and healing since her youth. As a child she developed a very personal connection with the yarrow, nettle, and raspberry growing wild around her Alaskan home. These same friends became the healing companions Achillea millefolium, Urtica dioica and Rubus idaeus of her adulthood. Larkin has been a student, medicine maker and teacher in Sonoma County for 13 years. Her practice focuses on education and empowerment. It is her joy to introduce people to the ordinary weedy plants that are always under foot. Helping people build connections with plant allies, in support of their health and care of their community, is Larkin's labor and art.
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• Compost Tea
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• Candle Making for Kids
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1:30 pm - 3:00 pm |
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• Beekeeping 101
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How to obtain and keep local survivor honey bees for pollination and bee products. Importance of beekeeper collaboration pertaining to queen raising with locally evolved genetics. How to modify a standard Langstroth hive for more natural and effective beekeeping. Information on DIY top bar hives. Overview of various beehive products as an indispensable natural pharmacy. Kristin Petrasek has worked at beekind Honey Shop and Beekeeping Supplies in Sebastopol for the past 3.5 years and has kept honeybees for this time. She speaks daily with beekeepers of all skill levels and experience from Sonoma, Marin, Contra Costa, Napa, Mendocino, and Lake Counties, and considers herself to be a "keeper of beekeepers," learning what is and what isn't working in the world of natural backyard beekeeping in Northern California. She has sat on the board of Partners for Sustainable Pollination, is a Certified Therapeutic Chef, a plant enthusiast, and desires to create permanent oasis's of medicinal and nutritive gardens for people and pollinators alike.
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• Greywater Basics with Damian Macanany and Rachel Dawson |
tba Rachel Adair Dawson is an earthling who loves taking steps to make life on this planet beautifully resilient. As a recent transplant from southern California and a native of the Gulf Coast, she breathes with gratitude to be basking in the local abundance of Sebastopol. Because sharing what she's learned is one of her passions, she has been leading workshops and events on sustainability for over a decade. She is a certified Permaculture Designer and published author.
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• Guerilla Outdoor Mushroom Cultivation with Jay Ma |
Learn basic techniques for growing edible and medicinal mushrooms in your backyard or elsewhere! We will be working with hands-on innoculaton techniques with shitake, reishi, and oyster mushrooms. Participants will leave with a take home oyster mushroom kit that will enable them to grow edible mushrooms at home.
Jay Ma is a permaculture designer, community organizer, former smurf, and director of programs at Living Mandala. He works with regenerative educators and institutions organizing educational courses, workshops, and events for personal and planetary regeneration. Jay has experience with and a passion for outdoor mushroom cultivation, which he loves to share. |
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3:15 pm - 4:45 pm |
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• Timber Frame Joinery
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This class will introduce the craft of joining two or more timbers without metal fasteners. The participants will get the opportunity to lay out the joinery with pencils, measures and squares. They will also get to cut, fit, and finally join the timbers with hand tools. There is no experience required to join in the fun as we craft a useful project together. Brandon Wolf has worked in both finish and timber frame carpentry, after an apprenticeship at the Heartwood Traditional Homebuilding School in Massachusetts. He now works locally as an engineer. He is passionate about the subject of timber joinery and eager to spread the craft to anyone who is interested. |
• Papermaking: Ancient Craft ~ Contemporary Wisdom ~ Playful Medium
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All Levels….Children welcome 8 and under accompanied by and AdultIn this exploration of paper-making from scratch we will delight in the many aspects of this ancient craft. We will cook and beat fibers, use cambium fibers form Asia and explore combinations of recycled fibers, ancient and contemporary sheet formations techniques, wet collage and express our creativity within this extensive tactile medium, plan to get wet and swim in the fibers of this experience.
Meryl Juniper of TumbleWeed Expression, CreekMonkey Studio and Mama Meryl’s Healing Salve is a visual and performing artist, salve maker, teacher and mother. Meryl delicately encourages the full spectrum of human expression as she brings a core of experience from extensive training in the somatic arts, dance, voice, the visual arts and she hplds a BFA from San Francisco Art Institute and has studied paper-making at Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina.
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• Easy Hard Cider
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Come learn the truth behind Johnny Appleseed and how to make your own easy cider from our county's bountiful apples! Hard cider is arguably the most sustainable and energy efficient fermented beverage that can be made in our bioregion.
Marley Peifer is a local farmer, anthropologist, and homebrewer who teaches workshops and does consulting on sustainable living and home fermentation.
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• Starting from Seed - Understanding Seed Catalogs and Starting Seeds at Home
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Curious how to navigate the process from a glossy seed catalog picture to happy little seedlings at home? We will talk about the terms and abbreviations found in a seed catalogs, and then discuss the many options you have at home for seed starting. Containers, soil mixes, proper environment, and transplanting will also demonstrated.
Heidi Herrmann is a farmer and owner of Strong Arm Farm in Healdsburg. She has an Ornamental Horticulture degree from Cal Poly and an MA from SSU in Education. She has taught Sustainable Agriculture at SRJC for 6 years, vends at the Sebastopol Farmer’s Market, and is an avid seaweed harvester too.
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For more info contact Sara 829-5234 or Ingrid 396-8453.
Friday October 14, 2011
Start: Oct 14 2011 3:30 pm
When: Friday afternoons, 3:30 p.m.
Where: Coffee Catz, 6761 Sebastopol Avenue, Sebastopol
Friday afternoons at 3:30 at Coffee Catz, an informal gathering, usually outdoors, weather permitting. There has been a different assortment of folks at each one, usually 4 to 5 of us. We encourage you to try it some week.
Drop in—arrival and departure times are loose.
First person there asks at the counter for the “Insurgent Elders” sign to put on the chosen table area so others can find you. You might check the far back room if the weather’s cold or wet and choose some shade if it’s warm outside. It’s possible no one would show up, but it hasn’t happened yet!
-- Alexandra & Lucky
Monday October 17, 2011
Start: Oct 17 2011 6:00 pm
A casual community supported program for all Sebasta'souls willing to connect in silence, contemplation, and stillness.
Every Monday
6:00-6:45
6:00 - 1/2hr silent meditation
6:30- inspirational reading/ Sharing
Free to all! (Small donation for room space appreciated, NOT REQUIRED)
Meditation is a resource for inner strength and resilience to enable us to respond wisely to challenges in our lives, including those facing us in the era of peak oil, climate change, and energy descent. This meditation evening creates space for shared silence and stillness within our community, honoring inspiration and insights from various spiritual traditions.
ALL ARE WELCOME
St. Stephens Church
500 Robinson Way
Sebastopol
for information: karmendraji@yahoo.com
Friday October 21, 2011
Start: Oct 21 2011 3:30 pm
When: Friday afternoons, 3:30 p.m.
Where: Coffee Catz, 6761 Sebastopol Avenue, Sebastopol
Friday afternoons at 3:30 at Coffee Catz, an informal gathering, usually outdoors, weather permitting. There has been a different assortment of folks at each one, usually 4 to 5 of us. We encourage you to try it some week.
Drop in—arrival and departure times are loose.
First person there asks at the counter for the “Insurgent Elders” sign to put on the chosen table area so others can find you. You might check the far back room if the weather’s cold or wet and choose some shade if it’s warm outside. It’s possible no one would show up, but it hasn’t happened yet!
-- Alexandra & Lucky
Saturday October 22, 2011
Start: Oct 22 2011 9:00 am
End: Oct 22 2011 5:00 pm
DON'T MISS THIS YEAR'S RESKILLING FAIR!
CLICK HERE FOR FULL PROGRAM
Reskill Day One: Saturday, Oct. 22nd
Learn practical skills for resilient and sustainable living.
Workshops & Ongoing Demonstrations. Multiple classes going all day.
Cost: $10-40 Sliding Scale (no one turned away for lack of funds).
Kids program for the whole family. Kids are free.
Simple Lunch of Soup and Bread will be available for $5,
please bring bowl and utensils.
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LOCATION:Laguna Farm
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For questions or to volunteer contact reskillquestions@gmail.com
Pictures from our Reskill Fair 2010:
Sunday October 23, 2011
Start: Oct 23 2011 9:00 am
End: Oct 23 2011 5:00 pm
Special Reskill Day Two: Sunday, Oct. 23rd
Small Animal Processing with Tamara Wilder
Cost: $60 for the class
The class size is limited to 16 people. Everyone will have a chance to participate in the processing of the chickens and rabbits, though there are not enough animals for each person to have their own. We will be working in teams. ( if you have a source for either animals we are still trying to round up some animals).
We are asking people to preregister without a deposit and hope that you will only register if you are sure that you are taking the class.
To register please send an email to reskillquestions@gmail.com and say that you are registering for the class and you will be put on the list. We will send a confirmation. When payment is due, please make checks out to Tamara Wilder. There is also an additional $10 fee for the animal, if you would like to take the animal home with you.
We have one work trade position for the class, if you are interested please let us know.
To bring: a lunch, a small sharp knife, a container to bring animal parts home in.
About the Teacher:
Tamara Wilder, she has been learning, researching, experimenting with and teaching ancient living skills since 1989. For information on her and her work go to www.paleotechnics.com
Monday October 24, 2011
Start: Oct 24 2011 6:00 pm
A casual community supported program for all Sebasta'souls willing to connect in silence, contemplation, and stillness.
Every Monday
6:00-6:45
6:00 - 1/2hr silent meditation
6:30- inspirational reading/ Sharing
Free to all! (Small donation for room space appreciated, NOT REQUIRED)
Meditation is a resource for inner strength and resilience to enable us to respond wisely to challenges in our lives, including those facing us in the era of peak oil, climate change, and energy descent. This meditation evening creates space for shared silence and stillness within our community, honoring inspiration and insights from various spiritual traditions.
ALL ARE WELCOME
St. Stephens Church
500 Robinson Way
Sebastopol
for information: karmendraji@yahoo.com
Wednesday October 26, 2011
Start: Oct 26 2011 7:00 pm
When: Wednesday, October 26, 7- 9 p.m.
Where: The French Garden Restaurant , 8050 Bodega Ave, Sebastopol
free event/optional discussion following the screening
Please join Transition Sebastopol for the screening of Garbage Warrior, an engaging and inventive look at architecture, energy, production, and waste.
About Garbage Warrior
What do beer cans, car tires and water bottles have in common? Not much unless you’re renegade architect Michael Reynolds, in which case they are tools of choice for producing thermal mass and energy-independent housing. For 30 years New Mexico-based Reynolds and his green disciples have devoted their time to advancing the art of “Earthship Biotecture” by building self-sufficient, off-the-grid communities where design and function converge in eco-harmony. However, these experimental structures that defy state standards create conflict between Reynolds and the authorities, who are backed by big business. Frustrated by antiquated legislation, Reynolds lobbies for the right to create a sustainable living test site. While politicians hum and ha, Mother Nature strikes, leaving communities devastated by tsunamis and hurricanes. Reynolds and his crew seize the opportunity to lend their pioneering skills to those who need it most. Shot over three years and in four countries, Garbage Warrior is a timely portrait of a determined visionary, a hero of the 21st century.
Earthship n. 1. passive solar home made of natural and recycled materials 2. thermal mass construction for temperature stabilization. 3. renewable energy & integrated water systems make the Earthship an off-grid home with little to no utility bills.
Biotecture n. 1. the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their sustainability. 2. A combination of biology and architecture.
Please stay with us for our interesting and lively conversation to follow!
When: October 26th
Where: French Garden Restaurant
8050 Bodega Ave
Sebastopol, CA
We look forward to seeing you there!
Thursday October 27, 2011
Start: Oct 27 2011 6:30 pm
A Wisdom Council Discussion Group of Transition Sebastopol
Calling All Elders, Earth Elders, Wannabe Elders, Soon-to-become Elders, or Interested Baby Boomers on up!
The Elder Salon is a nonhierarchical circle of peers. We’ll introduce the discussion with some thoughts from an elder voice or thought-provoking instigator to kick off our own discovery of what it is WE think and believe about the topic; what WE want and need now and in our future; what WE think should be the course of action and attitudes as we progress into and through our older years
WHY: There are a lot of new ideas about aging, staying youthful in body and spirit, and our role in society and local life. What have our generational contributions been and what is left undone? What are our mistakes and triumphs?
The Elder Salon is a nonhierarchical circle of peers. We’ll introduce the discussion with some thoughts from an elder voice or thought-provoking instigator to kick off our own discovery of what it is WE think and believe about the topic; what WE want and need now and in our future; what WE think should be the course of action and attitudes as we progress into and through our older years
Reminder to all: the Elders Salon is regular and ongoing on the fourth Thursday of each month.
Location:
Sequoia Village Cohousing Common House
459 Sequoia Lane, Sebastopol —
(off Covert Lane, opposite Pacific Market (Fiesta) and west a little, before Pleasant Hill Rd.)
Please PARK ON THE STREET!
see more about this group here: http://transitionsebastopol.org/aboutelderssalon
Friday October 28, 2011
Start: Oct 28 2011 3:30 pm
When: Friday afternoons, 3:30 p.m.
Where: Coffee Catz, 6761 Sebastopol Avenue, Sebastopol
Friday afternoons at 3:30 at Coffee Catz, an informal gathering, usually outdoors, weather permitting. There has been a different assortment of folks at each one, usually 4 to 5 of us. We encourage you to try it some week.
Drop in—arrival and departure times are loose.
First person there asks at the counter for the “Insurgent Elders” sign to put on the chosen table area so others can find you. You might check the far back room if the weather’s cold or wet and choose some shade if it’s warm outside. It’s possible no one would show up, but it hasn’t happened yet!
-- Alexandra & Lucky
Saturday October 29, 2011
Start: Oct 29 2011 9:00 am
Where: St. Stephens Church, 500 Robinson Way, Sebastopol
Schedule:
9:00-10:30: Work party in the Community Seed Garden
10:30: Class
9:00- 1:00--Seed Exchange: Free seeds to share. (Seeds and resources are available the whole time.)
Come by and check out our seeds or stay for the whole time!.
All classes and seeds are free to the community!
West County Seed Bank:
Help build our seed saving network! Join Sonoma County Gardeners in expanding our repository of free, locally grown, open pollinated, pesticide-free, non-GMO vegetable, herb, and flower seeds!We meet the last Saturday of each month to swap plants and seeds; and to share ideas and techniques on seeds growing and saving.
For information go to: westcountyseedbank.blogspot.com
Seed Bank open from 10 to 1- we offer locally grown seed free to gardeners, with the intention that those who take seed will grow some seed and return seed to the seed bank.
Contact Sara 829-5234, westcountyseedbank@gmail.com
Monday October 31, 2011
Start: Oct 31 2011 6:00 pm
A casual community supported program for all Sebasta'souls willing to connect in silence, contemplation, and stillness.
Every Monday
6:00-6:45
6:00 - 1/2hr silent meditation
6:30- inspirational reading/ Sharing
Free to all! (Small donation for room space appreciated, NOT REQUIRED)
Meditation is a resource for inner strength and resilience to enable us to respond wisely to challenges in our lives, including those facing us in the era of peak oil, climate change, and energy descent. This meditation evening creates space for shared silence and stillness within our community, honoring inspiration and insights from various spiritual traditions.
ALL ARE WELCOME
St. Stephens Church
500 Robinson Way
Sebastopol
for information: karmendraji@yahoo.com
Friday November 04, 2011
Start: Nov 4 2011 3:30 pm
Friday afternoons at 3:30 at Coffee Catz, an informal gathering, usually outdoors, weather permitting. There has been a different assortment of folks at each one, usually 4 to 5 of us. We encourage you to try it some week.
Where: Coffee Catz, 6761 Sebastopol Avenue, Sebastopol
Drop in—arrival and departure times are loose.
First person there asks at the counter for the “Insurgent Elders” sign to put on the chosen table area so others can find you. You might check the far back room if the weather’s cold or wet and choose some shade if it’s warm outside. It’s possible no one would show up, but it hasn’t happened yet!
-- Alexandra & Lucky
