From the monthly archives:

December 2009

Safe and Happy New Year’s Eve, Ojai!

by Tyler Suchman December 31, 2009

Dear Ojai -
You’re the best. Have a great time tonight, drive safely, hug your friends, love your family and get ready for a great 2010. May you have prosperity, good health and compassion towards others. May you accomplish your goals, release your traumas and kick the habit. May you do…

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Overnight Music Thread: Death Cab for Cutie

by Tyler Suchman December 30, 2009

I’m like a decade late to the party, but these guys are totally great.

Death Cab for Cutie – “I Will Possess Your Heart”

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Krotona in the Ojai Valley

by Tyler Suchman December 30, 2009

From the fine folk at the OV Museum…
Join historian and author Joseph Ross for a presentation and booksigning at the Ojai Valley Museum, Sunday, Jan. 10 from 1 to 3 pm. Ross’s latest book, Krotona in the Ojai Valley, is a portrait of the prominent theosophists that colored the economic,…

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CSA Memberships available for January

by Steve Sprinkel December 29, 2009

Gozo Farm and The Farmer and The Cook have memberships available in their CSA program. Community Supported Agriculture is a popular, international movement that connects consumers with farmers who provide produce to that membership on a weekly basis. Memberships are $100 per month. Over time, the expense is a definite…

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Los Ancianos, Las Primeras Personas ..

by Millennium Twain December 28, 2009

the First People, the Sky People, and … the ‘Los Padres’!
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Chismahoo, Cismuhu, the Creation Deity for the Matilija People
before the Flood and the creation of the Chumash and other peoples, all our relations, todas las cosas, and the ‘Middle Earth’ we now inhabit … some 12,000 to 15,000 thousand years…

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Iran Revolution Thread

by Tyler Suchman December 27, 2009

A detour from the usual Ojai news, but something I wanted to shed some light on…
It’s getting very little media coverage, but the revolution occurring right now in Iran is truly remarkable. Andrew Sullivan has been exhaustively covering Iran for months, including the recent escalation on December 26th, providing fascinating…

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Rollerball and the Public Option

by Todd Miller December 27, 2009

I’m a sci-fi movie fan, and “Rollerball” is a favorite of mine. Mind you, I’m not talking about the disposable 2002 retread, but instead the original 1975 classic with James Caan and John Houseman, in which an oligarch of giga-businesses have done away with archaic traditional governments and now run…

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R.I.P Ruben Duarte

by Raymond Powers December 26, 2009

R.I.P Ruben Duarte (Ruben’s Burritos)- Thank you for you years of service to the Ojai community. Much love to his family and closests friends.
From: Julie Lynn Tumamait-Stenslie Fri. Dec.25
Good Morning and Merry Christmas, Sad News , Ruben Duarte,passed away into Spirit this morning around 8:30 a.m. Prayers and support for…

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