From the monthly archives:

March 2009

Poetry Gets Local

by Robert Peake March 17, 2009

Poetry Matters! Out of the ashes of the official Ojai Poetry Festival, a group of enthusiastic local volunteers has banded together to bring a new event to Ojai: The Ojai Valley Poetry Fest on June 6th, 2009 at the Ojai Art Center. The event will feature Wanda Coleman, Frank T. Rios, Jackson Wheeler,…

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Ojai: Lesbian Friendly Spa City!

by Tyler Suchman March 17, 2009

So says SheWired.com… guess the secret is out.

We saw our first two sets of lesbians during lunch and noted that it was great to have family around. Post lunch we decided to take a quick soak in the spa, where we ran into several more gay women in pairs, including…

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Jim Ruch: How will limited water constrain Ojai growth?

by Tyler Suchman March 17, 2009

The following is a white-paper from 52-year Ojai Valley resident and member of the Ojai Conservation District board Jim Ruch. Jim prepared two papers regarding water constraints, one for the City of Ojai and one for the Unincorporated Areas. I’ll print out the City of Ojai version below to start…

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Wildflowers

by SPK March 16, 2009

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The wildflowers are really coming out on our hills.
I’m not a botanist or even that well acquainted with botany, but I do love the flowers. I’ll post a couple of pics I took of local flowers that are blooming right now. Please feel free to correct me if I give…

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Open Thread: Generational Edition

by Tyler Suchman March 16, 2009

I got a Barnes & Noble gift certificate recently for sitting through a online software demo presentation. I opened up my Amazon wish list, and added a couple things to my new BN.com cart. I came across an interesting book (ok, interesting to me) called Presentation Zen. The above video…

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Two Quick Actions for Peace!

by evan austin March 16, 2009

• Living Peace in Ojai meeting tonight!
> You are invited to include your unique voice by participating in the planning of “Living Peace in Ojai.” We are calling a general gathering to explore ideas for this year and start to look for help:
Monday, March 16th, 7:00-9:00 PM at Glen Muse
Already several…

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Amazon Kindle Pushes Into New Territory

by Chris Foley March 16, 2009

Amazon is about to do to the publishing world (for the publishing world?) what iTunes did to the music world (for the music world?)


Amazon has staked out their hardware territory (the Kindle), but the bulk of their revenue will come from eBook purchases. It’s similar to the model Apple employed with…

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Captain Charles Moore on the Seas of Plastic

by Mike Didj March 15, 2009

This video gives a quick synopsis and addendum to the Garbage Island documentary that was posted by myself here on the Ojai Post April 22nd, 2008. The link still works for those that are interested. In this 7 minute 21 second talk at TED, Captain Moore once again reinforces the grave…

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notes from the Ojai Village

by Tyler Suchman March 14, 2009

PR from the OVA… (disclaimer: I’m involved in a voluntary marketing subcommittee)
The Ojai Village Association (OVA), a collection of volunteers comprised of business owners, residents, Ojai Valley Chamber of Commerce members, Ojai City Council members and staff, have embarked on their next project. This is occurring after a having had…

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A Text-Free Lent?

by evan austin March 14, 2009

my DailyGood email from CharityFocus.org shares with me the following:
Roman Catholic bishops to faithful: Give up cell phone and Internet during Lent
By Larry Greenemeier
Concerned that Christians are not entering the Lenten season (which began last week on Ash Wednesday) with the proper spirit, some clergy are calling on their flock to…

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