#Mendocino Co

[wine-porn]

White Mist

A ridiculously clean, vibrant version of the variety, which–as usual with Sauvignon Blanc–causes me to ponder the oft-levied question: How much alleged varietal-correctness (we have somewhat erroniously learned to accept) is required in a sauv-blanc before it’s just a “nice, smooth, beautiful, white wine”? This all goes back–of course–to a *gathering* of accepted pyrazine nuances the common…

[auraeseer]

Expect the can to explode, or fall on your head . . .

[swansongofalyre]

Where to Find Memento Mori (Updated 9/11/2024)

On August 13, two days before 광복절 (Korean National Liberation Day), my debut novel was released. The book is about Korean-American family, and also about Greek mythology, and I promise this combination makes sense in the end. (For those who are curious, I wrote an uncharacteristically personal guest post for Women's Writers, Women's Books on the topic of what inspired me to write a Eurydice and Orpheus retelling about my Korean grandmother.)

It was surreal to go to a store the other day and see it on a table next to Salman Rushdie and other acclaimed writers. After 13 years of this story existing in some form, I'm so excited that this book is finally out—both because it is a beautiful book that I am proud of and that I hope you enjoy, and also because I would love to stop being my own publicist (it is VERY awkward).

So here is an omnibus post of book-related info that I will keep updated and pinned going forward to finally give the memento mori tag a rest. Below the cut, you will find a running list of indie bookstores and public libraries that I know carry my book. (If you have a New York Public Library card and have 5 minutes, I will love you forever if you would email your local branch to ask them to carry my book, thus fulfilling my lifelong dream of living in the NYPL.)

Also below are a few upcoming events at which I have been invited to speak!

Bookstores by State (as of 9/11/2024)

Search for your local bookstore here!

Arizona

Changing Hands Bookstore (Phoenix and Tempe)

California

Gallery Bookshop (Mendocino)

Timbre Books (Ventura) Sold out for now (but you can still order online)!

Indiana

The Press (Valparaiso)

Iowa

Prairie Lights Books (Iowa City)

Maine

Longfellow Books (Portland) Sold out for now (but you can still order online)!

Massachusetts

Nantucket Book Partners (Nantucket) Sold out for now (but you can still order online)!

Porter Square Books (Cambridge and Boston both back in stock!)

Missouri

Skylark Bookshop (Columbia)

Montana

Chapter One Book Store (Hamilton)

New Hampshire

Water Street Bookstore (Exeter)

New Jersey

Watchung Booksellers (Montclair)

New York

Astoria Bookshop (Queens, 1 signed copy left!)

Book Culture (Signed copies at the 112th St. and Broadway stores; also available at LIC and Pittsford Pittsford has sold out for now!)

Books are Magic (Brooklyn, at both Smith St. and Montague St.)

Market Block Books (Troy) Sold out for now (but you can still order online)!

Greenlight Bookstore (Brooklyn) Back in stock!

Shakespeare & Co (Manhattan, Lincoln Center has signed copies; Lexington also as copies back in stock)

Yu and Me Books (Manhattan; comes with bonus goodies, see below!)

North Carolina

Quail Ridge Books (Raleigh)

Oregon

Powell's (Burnside, Cedar Hills, and Hawthorne locations)

Rhode Island

Heartleaf Books (Providence)

Vermont

Phoenix Books (Burlington and Essex)

Washington, D.C.

Politics and Prose (at both CT Ave NW and Union Market)

Washington State

Elliott Bay Book Company (Seattle)

Wisconsin

Woodland Pattern (Milwaukee)

Libraries (as of 09/10/2024)

Worldcat Listings (Probably the most comprehensive)

Libby (for e-books)

California

Berkeley Public Library

Illinois

Chicago Public Library

Kentucky

Lexington Public Library

Maine

Portland Public Library (On Order)

Michigan

Canton Public Library (On Order)

New York

Greenburgh Public Library (Available)

New York Public Library (Available)

Queens Public Library (Available)

Texas

Harris County Public Library (In Processing)

Virginia

Arlington Public Library (In Processing)

Wisconsin

Whitefish Bay Public Library

Washington State

Seattle Public Library

Online

Bookshop.org (US)

Bookshop.org (UK)

Massive Bookshop (all profits go to community bail funds)

Barnes & Noble

Target

KYOBO 교보문고 (Korea)

Upcoming Events

September 3: Astoria Bookshop in conversation with Maia Lee-Chin for the release of her incredible book Et Cetera

September 22: Narrative Bookshop (Somerville, MA) in conversation with Maia Lee-Chin

September 28: Brooklyn Book Festival for a debut authors panel moderated by THEE Edwidge Danticat

October 17: Fall for the Book Festival in Fairfax, VA for a panel on mythology with Rania Hanna, the amazing author of The Jinn Daughter

[finishinglinepress]

FLP CHAPBOOK OF THE DAY: AGE BRINGS THEM HOME TO ME by windflower

On SALE now! Pre-order Price Guarantee: https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/age-brings-them-home-to-me-by-windflower/

windflower lives on the beautiful California Mendocino Coast with her wife, border collie and mini aussie, on unceded ancestral land of the Pomo people. She co-founded the Feminist Arts Program at the University of Massachusetts Women’s Center where she published and edited, Chomo Uri, a women’s multi-arts magazine and produced the first National Women’s Poetry Festival in 1976. Her poetry has been published in numerous journals and anthologies, including international publications.

windflower is also a photographer celebrating the #poetry in #nature.

PRAISE FOR AGE BRINGS THEM HOME TO ME by windflower

This is a beautiful book, written by a contemplative and generous poet with a musician’s ear and a photographer’s eye. The metaphors sprinkled throughout—“Tiny tongues of sand,” “moist chiffon of fog,” “lips of clothespins,” “skirt of the ocean.”—all add up to a rich and sensual reading experience. The sound and rhythm of lines such as “Make me your summer lullaby” and “our waterbed a boat in its own warm harbor” beg to be read aloud and simply made me swoon. In the last section of the book, the poems widen into a provocative and intelligent exploration of social justice; the poem, “My First History Lesson” alone is worth the price of admission. This book is both soothing and exciting and these poems will stay with me for a very long time. All in all, a very profound reading experience.

–Lesléa Newman, author of the dual memoir-in-verse, I Carry My Mother and I Wish My Father

Here is a book about loss and connection – written with the power and imagination of an accomplished poet who invests the feminine spirit with love, power, grace and redemption. She traces love from the blue found in her grandmother’s hands through the wisps of blue that brush across the sky and lands in the cornflower color of her wife’s eyes.

Here is a woman who has found a cathedral in nature that blesses her with endless images: beauty, joy, pain, and love with a depth that illumines all parts of the poet’s life and yet at the climax, skillfully brings us into the crushing tragedy of the murder of three civil rights workers.

Here is a poet who follows a path of vowels and consonants down to the ocean, who won’t let hope slip away with the king tides: It is the women who look up at the sky and see their children nestled in the moon. It is the women who hem the skirt of the ocean.

–Elizabeth Kirkpatrick-Vrenios, author of Special Delivery and Empty the Ocean with a Thimble

Please share/please repost #flpauthor #preorder #AwesomeCoverArt #poetry #chapbook #read #poems

[mothusband]

looking at the coast from a tall rock on the beach - mendocino co., cali, august 2022

[therecordchanger62279]

NEW PLAYLIST: WAITING FOR THE SUN

In 1996, St. Martin's Press published a book called Waiting For The Sun by a British writer named Barney Hoskyns. The book is the single best history I've ever read about the California music scene. It spans 50 years, and covers everything from the Jazz of the 1940s to the Hip-Hop of the 90s. But the major portion of the book focuses on the Rock and Pop scenes of the 1960s, 70s, and 80s.

I enjoyed the book so much that I put together a 90 minute mix tape of music discussed in the book. A couple of years later, with a CD burner handy, I expanded the original to a double CD that featured 38 tracks, and more than 150 minutes of music. I was so happy with the result that I wrote a letter to Rhino Records and proposed they issue a boxed set based on the book in co-operation with the author. I even sent them my track list as a starting point. Of course I never heard from them, and my hopes for a boxed set were dashed.

Here we are a couple of decades later, and we have playlists, and streaming services available. So, I thought I'd share with you the best mix tape / burned CD set I ever made. I still think Rhino missed an opportunity. See if you agree. After you listen to it, you really should read the book. It's the cheapest ticket you'll ever find for that West Coast trip you always dreamed of taking.

Here's the track list, and it should be listened to in the order given here. I spent almost as much time sequencing it as I did picking the songs - all of which spotlight some aspect, and some of the history of the Golden State.

(Disc One)

Lonesome Town - Ricky Nelson

Laurel Canyon Blvd. #2 - Van Dyke Parks

California Saga (Pts. 1-3) - The Beach Boys

Hotel California - Eagles

California Nights - Lesley Gore

California - Joni Mitchell

Sin City - Flying Burrito Brothers

Estimated Prophet - Grateful Dead

I Love L.A. - Randy Newman

Twelve Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming To The Canyon) - The Mamas & The Papas

Pleasant Valley Sunday - The Monkees

Palm Desert - Van Dyke Parks

That's How We Do It In L.A. - Lindsey Buckingham

California Dreamin' - The Mamas & The Papas

The Boys of Summer - Don Henley

Livin' On The Fault Line - Doobie Brothers

Gringo - Little Feat

Marina Del Rey - Marc Jordan

Deportee - Gene Clark & Carla Olson

Bad Night At The Whiskey - The Byrds

(Disc Two)

Trouble Every Day - Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention

Dead Man's Curve - Jan & Dean

Trouble In Paradise - J.D. Souther

L.A. Woman - The Doors

Down In Hollywood - Ry Cooder

Valley Girl - Frank Zappa

Werewolves of London (Live) - Warren Zevon

It Never Rains In Southern California - Albert Hammond

Sunset Grill - Don Henley

Maybe The People Would Be The Times Or Between Clark & Hilldale - Love

Talk To Me of Mendocino - Kate & Anna McGarrigle

Tamalpais High (At About 3) - David Crosby

Prisoner In Disguise - Linda Ronstadt

Poor Man's Shangri-La - Ry Cooder

Say Goodbye To Hollywood - Ronnie Spector

The Last Resort - Eagles

Frank's Wild Years - Tom Waits

Laurel Canyon Blvd. - Van Dyke Parks

[ireadyabooks]

Pre-Order Giveaway: This Time It’s Real by Ann Liang!

Pre-order your copy of This Time It’s Real at any of the independent bookstores below by 2/6, and you will get a custom book plate signed by Ann Liang at on-sale!

ARIZONA

BRIGHT SIDE BOOKSHOP — FLAGSTAFF, AZ

CHANGING HANDS — VARIOUS LOCATIONS, AZ

CALIFORNIA

A SEAT AT THE TABLE BOOKS LLC — ELK GROVE, CA

AVID ENTERPRISES INC. — DAVIS, CA

BAY COMPANY BOOKS — SANTA CRUZ, CA

BOOKS INC. — VARIOUS LOCATIONS, CA

BOOK PASSAGE INC — CORTE MADERA, CA

BOOK SELLER - GRASS VALLEY, CA

CHAUCER’S BOOKSTORE - SANTA BARBARA, CA

CHILDREN’S BOOK WORLD — LOS ANGELES, CA

COPPERFIELDS BOOKS — VARIOUS LOCATIONS, CA

DIESEL A BOOKSTORE — VARIOUS LOCATIONS, CA

EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS LLC — OAKLAND, CA

FLINTRIDGE BOOKSTORE — LA CANADA, CA

FRUGAL FRIGATE INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE — REDLANDS, CA

GALLERY BOOKSHOP — MENDOCINO, CA

GREEN APPLE BOOKS — SAN FRANCISCO, CA

HICKLEBEES CHILDREN BOOKSTORE — SAN JOSE, CA

JERICO BOOKS — BERKELEY, CA

KEPLERS BOOKS — MENLO PARK, CA

KINOKUNIYA BOOKSTORES — LOS ANGELES, CA

LINDEN TREE — LOS ALTOS, CA

MAHALO LOGIC INC — EL DORADO HILLS, CA 

MENDOCINO BOOK CO — SAN DIEGO, CA 

MR. MOPPS CHILDRENS BOOKS — BERKELEY, CA 

NAPA BOOKMINE — NAPA, CA

NORTHTOWN BOOKS — ARCATA, CA

PETUNIAS PLACE — FRESNO, CA

RUBYS BOOKS LLC — FOLSOM, CA

TOWNE CENTER BOOKS — PLEASANTON, CA

RAKESTRAW BOOKS — DANVILLE, CA

READING BOOKS — SONOMA, CA

PAGES — MANHATTAN BEACH, CA

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WARWICKS — LA JOLLA, CA

COLORADO

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BOULDER BOOK STORE — BOULDER, CO 

BOOKBAR — DENVER, CO 

MARIA’S BOOKSHOP — DURANGO, CO

NEXT PAGE — FRISCO, CO 

OLD FIREHOUSE BOOKS — FORT COLLINS, CO

OFF THE BEATEN PATH — STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, CO

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CONNECTICUT

ATHENA BOOKS — OLD GREENWICH, CT

BOOKS ON THE COMMON — RIDGEFIELD, CT

BREAKWATER BOOKS — GUILFORD, CT

ELM STREET BOOKS — NEW CANAAN, CT

HOUSE OF BOOKS — KENT, CT

RJ JULIA BOOK SELLERS — MADISON, CT 

WASHINGTON, D.C.

BARSTONS CHILDS PLAY — WASHINGTON, DC

POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE — VARIOUS LOCATIONS, WASHINGTON DC

DELAWARE

BETHANY BEACH BOOKS — VARIOUS LOCATIONS, DE

BROWSEABOUT BOOKS — REHOBOTH BEACH, DE

FLORIDA

BOOKS & BOOKS — VARIOUS LOCATIONS, FL 

CLASSIC BOOKSHOP — PALM BEACH, FL

MIDTOWN READER — TALLAHASSEE, FL 

SAN MARCO BOOKSTORE — JACKSONVILLE, FL 

STORY AND A SONG BOOKSTORE — FERNANDINA BEACH, FL

GEORGIA 

AVID BOOKSHOP — ATHENS, GA

E SHAVER BOOKSELLER — SAVANNAH, GA

GJ FORD BOOKSHIP — ST SIMONS IS, GA

HORTONS BOOK & GIFTS — CARROLLTON, GA

LITTLE SHOP OF STORIES — DECATUR, GA

RETAIL REDUX — SAINT SIMONS ISLAND, GA  

HAWAII 

BOOKENDS LLC — KAILUA, HI 

IDAHO 

REDISCOVERED BOOKSHOP — VARIOUS LOCATIONS, ID 

WELL READ MOOSE — COEUR D ALENE, ID 

ILLINOIS

ANDERSONS BOOKSHOP — VARIOUS LOCATIONS, IL

BOOK CELLAR — CHICAGO, IL

BOOK STALL AT CHESTNUT CT — WINNETKA, IL

BOOKENDS & BEGINNINGS LLC — EVANSTON, IL

CITY LIT BOOKS — CHICAGO, IL

MAYUBA BOOKSTORES INC — LOMBARD, IL

WOMEN & CHILDREN FIRST — CHICAGO, IL

INDIANA

BRAIN LAIR LLC — SOUND BEND, IN 

SECOND FLIGHT BOOKS — VARIOUS LOCATIONS, IN 

IOWA

BEAVERDALE BOOKS — DES MOINES, IA

BOOK VAULT — OSKALOOSA, IA

DOG EARED BOOKS — AMES, IA

PRAIRIE LIGHTS BOOKS — IOWA CITY, IA

SIDEKICK COFFEE AND BOOKS — IOWA CITY, IA

KANSAS

RAVEN BOOK STORE — LAWRENCE, KS 

WATERMARK BOOKS, WICHITA, KS 

KENTUCKY 

CARMICHAELS BOOKSTORE — LOUISVILLE, KY 

JOSEPH BETH BOOKSELLERS — LEXINGTON, KY 

LOUISIANA 

CAVALIER HOUSE BOOKS — DENHAM SPRINGS, LA 

GARDEN DISTRICT BOOKSHOP — NEW ORLEANS, LA 

OCTAVIA BOOKS — NEW ORLEANS, LA 

MAINE

BRIDGETON BOOKS — BRIDGTON, ME 

LETTERPRESS BOOKS — PORTLAND, ME 

MAIN COAST BOOK SHOP — DAMARISCOTTA, ME 

SHERMANS MAINE COAST BOOK SHOP— VARIOUS LOCATIONS, ME

MARYLAND

A LIKELY STORY — SKYESVILLE, MD

BERLIN BOOKSTORE — BALTIMORE, MD

SNUG BOOKS LLC — BALTIMORE, MD

MASSACHUSETTS

AMHERST BOOKS INC — AMHERST, MA

BELMONT BOOKS INC — BELMONT, MA

BOOKLOFT — GREAT BARRINGTON, MA

THE BOOK SHOP OF BEVERLY FARMS — BEVERLY, MA

BUTTONWOOD BOOKS & TOYS — COHASSET, MA

BROOKLINE BOOKSMITH CORP — VARIOUS LOCATIONS, MA

COPPER DOG BOOKS — BEVERLY, MA

EIGHT COUSINS BOOKSTORE — FALMOUTH, MA

HARVARD BOOKSTORES INC — CAMBRIDGE, MA

JITCOMBS BOOKSHOP — EAST SANDWICH, MA

ODYSSEY BOOKSHOP — SOUTH HADLEY, MA

PORTER SQUARE BOOKS INC — VARIOUS LOCATIONS, MA

SILVER UNICORN BOOKSTORE — ACTON, MA

STORYBOOK COVE — HANOVER, MA

TATNUCK BOOKSELLERS — WESTBOROUGH, MA

WHITELAM BOOKS — READING, MA

AN UNLIKELY STORY INC — PLAINVILLE, MA

MICHIGAN 

BETWEEN THE COVERS — HARBOR SPRINGS, MI 

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HORIZON BOOKS — VARIOUS LOCATIONS, MI 

PLUMFIELD BOOKS — ADA, MI 

SCHULER BOOKS & MAGIC — VARIOUS LOCATIONS, MI 

2 DANDELIONS BOOKSHOP — BRIGHTON, MI 

MINNESOTA

NELLBOOKS LLC — EXCELSIOR, MN 

RED BALLOON BOOKSHOP — SAINT PAUL, MN 

WILD RUMPUS — MINNEAPOLIS, MN 

MISSOURI

NEIGHBORHOOD READS LLC — WASHINGTON, MO 

NOVEL NEIGHBOR LLC — SAINT LOUIS, MO 

MONTANA

CHAPTER 1 BOOKSHOP — HAMILTON, MT 

NEW HAMPSHIRE 

GIBSONS BOOKSTORE — CONCORN, NH 

LAKE ISLE LLC — MEREDITH, NH 

TOADSTOOL BOOKSHOP — VARIOUS LOCATIONS, NH 

WATER ST BOOKSTORE — EXETER, NH 

WHITE BIRCH BOOKSELLERS INC — NORTH CONWAY, NH 

NEW JERSEY 

BOOKTOWNE — MANASQUAN, NJ 

CHRISVIN INC — JERSEY CITY, NJ 

CURIOUS READER — GLEN ROCK, NJ 

INKWOOD BOOKS NORTH LLC — HADDONFIELD, NJ 

JAZAMS — PRINCETON, NJ 

LABYRINTH BOOKS — PRINCETON, NJ 

LITTLE CITY BOOKS — HOBOKEN, NJ 

LITERARY VISIONS — MONTECLAIR, NJ 

THUNDER ROAD BOOKS LLC — SPRING LAKE, NJ 

WORDS MAPLEWOOD BOOKSTORE — MAPLEWOOD, NJ  

NEW YORK 

ALICE EVER AFTER BOOKS LLC — BUFFALO, NY 

BOOK HOUSE OF STUYVESANT PLAZA — ALBANY, NY 

BOOK CULTURE — VARIOUS LOCATIONS, NY 

BOOK HAMPTON — EAST HAMPTON, NY 

BOOKSTORE PLUS — LAKE PLACID, NY 

BOOKS ARE MAGIC — VARIOUS LOCATIONS, BROOKLYN, NY 

BOOKS OF WONDER — NEW YORK, NY 

BRIARS AND BRAMBLES BOOKS — WINDHAM, NY 

CENTER FOR FICTION — BROOKLYN, NY 

COMMUNITY BOOK STORE — BROOKLYN, NY 

DOG EARED BOOK — PALMYRA, NY 

GOLDEN NOTEBOOKS — WOODSTOCK, NY 

GREENLIGHT BOOKSTORE — BROOKLYN, NY 

KINOKUNIYA BOOKSTORES — NEW YORK, NY 

NORTHSHIRE SARATOGA — SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY 

OPEN DOOR BOOKSTORE — SCHENECTADY, NY 

OBLONG BOOKS & MUSIC — VARIOUS LOCATIONS, NY 

POWERHOUSE — VARIOUS LOCATIONS, NY 

MCNALLY JACKSON ROCKEFELLER — NEW YORK, NY 

MCNALLY ROBINSON BOOKSELLERS LLC — NEW YORK, NY 

STRAND BOOKSTORE — VARIOUS LOCATIONS, NY 

SPOTTY DOG — HUDSON, NY 

WORD — BROOKLYN, NY 

NORTH CAROLINA

BOOKSMARKS — WINSTON SALEM, NC

COUNTRY BOOKSHOP — SOUTHERN PINES, NC

FLYLEAF BOOKS LLC — CHAPEL HILL, NC

MALAPROP’S BOOKSTORE — ASHEVILLE, NC

PARK ROAD BOOKS — CHARLOTTE, NC

QUAIL RIDGE BOOKS — RALEIGH, NC

SUDALU ENTERPRISES LLC — WAKE FOREST, NC

OHIO 

BOOKSHELF — CINCINNATI, OH 

GRAMERCY BOOKS — COLUMBUS, OH 

JOSEPH BETH BOOKSELLERS — CINCINNATI, OH 

PROLOGUE BOOKSHOP LLC — COLUMBUS, OH 

OKLAHOMA 

BEST OF BOOKS INC — EDMOND, OK 

BOOK MERCHANT LLC — STILLWATER, OK 

BRACE BOOKS & MORE — PONCA CITY, OK 

OREGON 

ANNIE BLOOMS BOOKS — PORTLAND, OR 

BLOOMSBURY BOOKS — ASHLAND, OR 

CHILDRENS PLACE BOOKSTORE — PORTLAND, OR 

ROUNDABOUT BOOKS — BEND, OR 

POWELL’S BOOKS — PORTLAND, OR 

WAUCOMA BOOKSTORE — HOOD RIVER, OR 

PENNSYLVANIA 

CHILDRENS BOOK WORLD — HAVERFORD, PA 

DOYLESTOWN BOOKSHOP — VARIOUS LOCATIONS, PA 

JAZAMS — LAHASKA, PA 

READS AND COMPANY — PHOENIXVILLLE, PA 

RHODE ISLAND 

BARRINGTON BOOKS — BARRINGTON, RI 

BOOKS ON THE SQUARE — PROVIDENCE, RI 

BROWN BOOKSTORE & CAMPUS STORE — PROVIDENCE, RI 

CHARTER BOOKS LLC — NEWPORT, RI 

SOUTH CAROLINA 

ITINERANT LITERATE BOOKS — NORTH CHARLESTON, SC 

SOUTH DAKOTA 

MITZIS MAIN STREET BOOKS — RAPID CITY, SD 

TENNESSEE

PARNASSUS BOOKS — NASHVILLE, TN 

NOVEL LLC — MEMPHIS, TN 

TEXAS

BRAZOS BOOKSTORE — HOUSTON, TX 

BOOKPEOPLE INC — AUSTIN, TX 

KATY BUDGET BOOKS — KATY, TX 

LARK AND OWL BOOKSELLERS — GEORGETOWN, TX 

FRONT STREET BOOKS — ALPINE, TX 

UTAH 

KING’S ENGLISH INC — SALT LAKE CITY, UT 

VERMONT 

THE BENNINGTON BOOKSHOP — BENNINGTON, VT 

NORWICH BOOKSTORE — NORWICH, VT 

THE GALAXY BOOKSHOP — HARDWICK, VT 

NORTHSIRE BOOKSTORE — MANCHESTER CENTER, VT 

PHOENIX BOOKS — VARIOUS LOCATIONS, VT 

VIRGINIA

BARDS ALLEY — VIENNA, VA

BARSTONS CHILDS PLAY LTD — VARIOUS LOCATIONS, VA

BOOK DRAGON SHOP — STAUNTON, VA

HOORAY FOR BOOKS — ALEXANDRIA, VA

ONE MORE PAGE — ARLINGTON, VA

PRINCE BOOKS — NORFOLK, VA

WASHINGTON

AUNTIES BOOKSTORE — SPOKANE, WA

BOOK GAME CO — WALLA WALLA, WA 

BRICK & MORTAR BOOKS — REDMOND, WA 

ELLIOT BAY BOOK CO — SEATTLE, WA 

MAGNOLIAS BOOKSTORE — SEATTLE, WA

PAPER BOAT BOOKSELLERS — SEATTLE, WA 

WATERMARK BOOK COMPANY — ANACORTES, WA 

QUEEN ANNE BOOK COMPANY — SEATTLE, WA 

RAVENNA THIRD PLACE BOOKS — VARIOUS LOCATIONS, WA 

SALOS KNYGOS LLC —VARIOUS LOCATIONS, WA

SECRET GARDEN BOOKSHOP — SEATTLE, WA 

UNIV BOOKSTORE SEATTLE — SEATTLE, WA 

WISCONSIN 

BOOKS & COMPANY — OCONOMOWOC, WI 

BOSWELL BOOK SO LLC — MILWAUKEE, WI 

NORTHWIND BOOK & FIBER — SPOONER, WI 

STEVENS POINT BOOKSTORE — STEVENS POINT, WI 

[lakeconews]

Shakespeare at the Lake plans punk rock take on ‘The Tempest’

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — Shakespeare at the Lake, a co-production of Lake County Theatre Company and Mendocino College, announced that “The Tempest” by William Shakespeare will be its featured play for this summer’s production.

[rabbitcruiser]

HALL Wines, St. Helena (No. 1)

Since first working in her family’s Mendocino vineyards, Kathryn Hall dreamed of a place to showcase fine wines alongside expressive art and masterful architecture. Now, Kathryn and Craig Hall are creating an unrivalled destination in the Napa Valley - where winemaking excellence and innovation meets contemporary design to celebrate life and inspire the senses.

The Halls acquired the historic St. Helena Bergfeld Winery in 2003 and re-opened as HALL St. Helena in July of that year. With a rich history spanning 150 years, HALL St. Helena’s location was once the home of the Napa Valley Co-Op, producing 40% of Napa Valley’s wines.  In 2013, The Hall family completed the restoration of the 1885 Bergfeld Winery and merged history and innovation with the completion of California’s first LEED® Gold Certified winery, in addition to a stunning Visitor Center and state-of-the-art gravity flow winemaking facility.

Source

[wine-porn]

OMG so lovely. The beautiful, crisp decadence of a ridiculously structured white Rhone. From Alder Springs, of course. Just stunningly bitter and butter and beset with all the things you look for in a wine that isn’t Chardonnay. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. A blend of gold only 12% Viognier for that pure Marsanne and Roussanne expression. A more perfect wine could not be imagined…

[pvpoland]

Konopie indyjskie i energia z PV. Amerykański przykład jak optymalizować biznes.

Amerykanie, którzy uprawiają konopie indyjskie optymalizują koszty stałe prowadzenia przedsiębiorstwa inwestując we własne źródło wytwarzania energii – fotowoltaikę, która jest kluczowa dla ich biznesu.

Pod koniec lat 70. w hrabstwie Mendocino w Kalifornii nastąpił gwałtowny wzrost upraw konopi indyjskich i wykorzystywania w tym celu energii elektrycznej produkowanej przez off-grid`owe instalacje fotowoltaiczne. Cztery dekady temu uprawa konopi indyjskich w Kalifornii była nielegalna, więc cała działalność musiała być utrzymana w pełnej konspiracji.

33 stany zalegalizowały medyczną marihuanę

Obecnie w USA 33 stany zalegalizowały medyczną marihuanę, a 10 stanów i dystrykt Kolumbia dopuszcza zażywanie marihuany do celów rekreacyjnych. Popyt na wysokiej jakości marihuanę wiążę się ze zwiększonym zapotrzebowaniem na energię elektryczną, co obciąża kosztowo producentów i sieć publiczną. Fotowoltaika wspiera przedsiębiorców uprawiających konopie indyjskie, obniżając rachunki za prąd i przyczyniając się do bardziej ekologicznej uprawy.

3 etapy uprawy konopi

Siew nasion, roślinność i okres kwitnienia. Nasiona po zasianiu zanim pojawią się łodygi i liście potrzebują naświetlania przez 24h przez maksymalnie cztery tygodnie. Po pojawieniu się łodyg i liści uprawa potrzebuję naświetlania przez 18h, żeby przejść do ostatniego etapu tj. kwitnienia. W trakcie ostatniego etapu kwiaty muszą być naświetlane przez zaledwie 12h każdego dnia. Po 60 dniach okresu kwitnienia rośliny są gotowe do zbioru. Sztuczne światło wykorzystywane w większym stopniu w uprawach w szklarniach i pomieszczeniach wytwarza dużo ciepła, które jest regulowane przez systemy HVAC. Ponadto konopie indyjskie podczas wzrostu wydzielają parę wodną, która może być przyczyną pojawienia się niszczącej uprawy pleśni. Dlatego systemy osuszania to bardzo ważny element uprawy.  

Wysoka energochłonność uprawy konopi indyjskich.

Legalizacja marihuany w niektórych stanach Ameryki skłoniła niektórych inwestorów do upraw na zewnątrz. Jednak przedsiębiorcy częściej decydują się na uprawy w pomieszczeniach, żeby lepiej kontrolować specjale warunki niezbędne do uprawy konopi, optymalizować plony i jakość produktu końcowego. Wg różnych szacunków do uprawy tylko czterech sadzonek konopi indyjskich potrzeba równowartości energii potrzebnej do zasilenia aż 29 lodówek Side by Side. Żeby zapewnić optymalne warunki do wzrostu roślin inwestor musi korzystać z zaawansowanych systemów HVAC  w celu zachowania kontroli poziomu wilgotności, dwutlenku węgla i temperatury. Ponadto uprawa konopi indyjskich wymaga energii elektrycznej do zasilenia systemu nawadniania (pomp wodnych), wentylatorów, osuszaczy, urządzeń niezbędnych do przetwarzania surowca, jak również do zasilenia sprzętu biurowego i urządzeń do pakowania. Wszystkie te czynniki powodują, że koszty energii elektrycznej niezbędnej do uprawy są głównym kosztem dla każdego inwestora, co wpływa na rentowność inwestycji. Wg badań przeprowadzonych przez Evana Millsa w 2011 r., wyprodukowanie 1 kg marihuany wiąże się z emisją ok. 4600 kg CO2. Inne źródła szacują, że ta branża odpowiada za emisję ponad 15 milionów CO2 w skali roku.

Prąd z darmowej energii słonecznej wspiera uprawy konopi

Legalizacja uprawy konopi indyjskich w niektórych stanach Ameryki i zwiększony popyt na tę używkę wiązał się z zwiększonym popytem na energię elektryczną. Dlatego fotowoltaika w znacznym przyczyniła się do rozwoju tego segmentu biznesu ponieważ zapewniała plantatorom energię elektryczną z darmowej energii słonecznej przez cały okres uprawy. W stanach, w których uprawa konopi została zalegalizowana, lokalni dostawcy energii odczuli wzrost zapotrzebowania na energię elektryczną. Na przykład w ponad półmilionowym Denver, w stanie Kolorado aż 4% całkowitego zapotrzebowania na energię w mieście pochodziło z uprawy konopi. Wg przedsiębiorców zajmujących się uprawą konopi, uprawa na wolnym powietrzu wiąże się z około osiemnastokrotnie niższym zużyciem energii niższym zużyciem energii niż uprawa w pomieszczeniu. Jednak uprawa na zewnątrz oznacza niższą kontrolę nad temperaturą i wilgotnością, której nie można regulować. W związku z powyższym efekt końcowy czyli marihuana może być niższej jakości, co wpłynie na niższy popyt i niższe zyski. Wykorzystując fotowoltaikę do zasilania systemów oświetleniowych i HVAC, przedsiębiorcy znacznie obniżają rachunki za energię oraz zmniejszają emisje gazów cieplarnianych. Naturalna uprawa konopi zasilana przez bezemisyjne źródło energii.

Nowy trend w uprawie konopi - fotowoltaika z magazynem energii

Trendem, który w ostatnich latach jest obserwowany to integracja instalacji fotowoltaicznej z magazynami energii elektrycznej. Magazyny energii są nieocenione w przypadku zaniku zasilania i jednoczesnym utrzymaniu włączonych świateł. Bez wystarczającego oświetlenia rośliny zaczynają kwitnąć zbyt wcześnie, co wpływa na niższe zbiory a tym samym straty finansowe. Inną opcją, która jest wykorzystywana przez przedsiębiorców to wykorzystywanie magazynów energii w okresach szczytowego zapotrzebowania na energię, wówczas mogą zaoszczędzić na kosztowanych opłatach za zapotrzebowanie, które funkcjonują w USA i mogą stanowić od 30 do 70% rachunku za energię. Ponadto połączenie fotowoltaiki i magazynów energii jest potwierdzeniem prowadzenia zrównoważonej uprawy, co wpływa na pozytywne decyzję klientów końcowych.

Amerykańskie przykłady pokazują jak szerokie zastosowanie ma energia produkowana przez fotowoltaikę. Dzięki własnej mikroelektrowni fotowoltaicznej amerykański biznesmen maksymalizuje zyski ze sprzedaży wysokiej jakości marihuany ponieważ płaci zdecydowanie mniej za rachunki za energię elektryczną.

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Sir Douglas Quintet - 01 Mendocino (HQ)

Having been away from the US charts since 1966 they came back with this. Also unusual that their follow ups were of a Cajun sound despite the fact Doug Sahm and co were Texan.

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Tweety González cumple 40 años en la industria de la música y lo celebra con su primer disco solista

Twitin Club

Un disco de 10 canciones que navegan entre el rock, el trip-hop y el jazz compuesto entre 2017 y 2023 co-creado junto a artistas de distintos estilos.

El músico, productor, programador, arreglador, tecladista, melómano y nerd musical Fabián "Tweety" González, se dio el gusto de lanzar su propio disco de estudio tras cuatro décadas de trayectoria. 

El primer adelanto fue el instrumental “Jazzypop” en el que le rinde homenaje a la mítica sala porteña Jazz & Pop donde Tweety se forjó como músico profesional improvisando jazz al lado de los más grandes del género durante su adolescencia mientras paralelamente iba al colegio. 

El segundo adelanto fue "Una pregunta más” con un Lisandro Aristimuño rockero y en el que participa el cordobés Tuten Mapu que se destaca por mezclar folklore con música electrónica. 

Luego le siguieron los adelantos “Flasheando una cualquiera” junto a la poeta y actriz Maia Tarcic; “Caer” junto al músico y productor mendocino Leandro Lacerna sumado al flow de Big Buda y Kofke 117; y "Porro Viejo" junto a la compositora Gimena Alvarez Cela.

En palabras de Tweety:

"Este disco es la suma de todas mis influencias y es la suma de la experiencia de jugar por décadas con el estudio de grabación como un instrumento expresivo. Ojalá lo disfruten tanto como yo"

"Twitin Club" - Ficha Técnica:

Tweety González: Producción general, composición, teclados, beats, Grabacion y mezcla.

Lisandro Aristimuño: Voz, Guitarra y Letra en “Una pregunta más”

Martin “ Tuten Mapu“ Rodriguez: Guitarra y Bajos en “Caer”, “ Una pregunta más”, “ Flasheando una cualquiera”, “Pudre”, “El que rompe no paga”

Sergio Verdinelli: Bateria en “Pudre” y “Mi Fa Si” 

Lucca Beguerie: Bateria en “ Flasheando una cualquiera”

Alejandro “Oaky” Castellani: Bateria en “Caer”, “Una pregunta más”, “ Jazzypop”, “ El que rompe no paga”

Leandro Lacerna: Voz, Guitarra, Producción adicional, Composición y Letra en “Caer”. 

Rayo alias Big Buda: Rap en “Caer”

Kofke 117: Rap en “Caer”

Maia Tarcic: Voz, Composición y Letra en “Flasheando una cualquiera”, “Pudre”, “Las cosas tienen su lugar”,  “Mi Fa Si”, “Perimetral”, “El que rompe no paga”

Gimena Alvarez Cela: Teclados y Voz, composición y letra en “Porro Viejo”, teclados y Voz en “Las cosas tienen su lugar”, “Perimetral”, “El que rompe no paga”

Carlos Villavicencio: Orquestación en “Mi Fa Si” 

Facundo Guevara: Percusión en “Pudre”, “Las cosas tienen su lugar”  

Mat Alba: Guitarra en “Perimetral”

Andres Mayo: Mastering

Theo Lafleur: Arte de tapa y conceptos gráficos.

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Award-winning Mime Troupe Spotlights San Francisco’s Homelessness Crisis

Founded over six decades ago, the Tony-Awarded San Francisco Mime Troupe has always been at the forefront of the pulse of the City and the issues of the day. SFMT opens its 64th season on July 1 with a new musical called: “Breakdown - Sometimes it’s not all just happening in your mind.”

Directed by Michael Gene Sullivan, Breakdown features a five-person cast, with original music & lyrics by Daniel Savio.

The musical reflects what is currently happening in San Francisco as homelessness continues amid a stressed-out economy from the COVID-19 pandemic and rising inflation. The story/plot of this musical is how can we help those struggling with actual mental illness? And who is driving the country insane?

The main character, portrayed by Kina Kantor is a homeless woman named Yume. She lives on the San Francisco streets of an increasingly intolerant urban landscape. Yet that doesn’t mean all her issues can be solved by a passionate social worker, named Saidia, portrayed by Alicia M.P. Nelson.

In the City “by The Bay” San Francisco seems to have more bureaucracy and paperwork than compassion. Help is always just around the Kafkaesque labyrinthine corner!

But that doesn’t mean San Francisco is the hellhole of progressivism as an up-and-coming Fox News commentator, named Marcia Stone, portrayed by Jamella Cross, seeks to present San Francisco that way to the rest of the country.

As playwright/director Sullivan and music composer/lyricist Savio strive to illustrate…whether it’s an individual, a bureaucracy, or a national sanity, everything is headed for a…”Breakdown!”

While SFMT’s initial inspiration was and is rooted in mime, as Sullivan explained.

“We use the term ‘mime’ in its classical and original definition,” he said.

"The exaggeration of daily life in story and song." “It is a form of popular theater that is as old as the marketplace itself,” he said.

Similar to SFMT is Theatre in Paris, in France. Upon hearing the news about the upcoming 64th season and SFMT’s new musical, Carl de Poncins, one of the founders of Theatre in Paris agreed with Sullivan, saying…

“Yes…The history of mime relied on elaborate movement and gesture but also incorporating speech and some song.” Pointing to mime’s universality as an art form, de Poncins noted…

“variations of the practice also found their way into ancient aboriginal, Indian, and Japanese theatrical heritages, all of which feature performances that blend music and dance with a narrative told through a stylized gesture and facial expression.”

“The Japanese Noh tradition of masked theatre, in particular, is another example, said de Poncins, and Noh would go onto influence many contemporary French theorists of mime.”

Co-founders of Theatre in Paris, Christopher Plotard and Romaine Beytout, like de Poncins are very pleased and excited for SFMT as they present an entirely new production. Bringing live theatre directly to the people in public places such as parks is what they are all about. They applaud the work SFMT is doing.

Following much of the basic commedia dell'Arte format, SFMT revels in the ability for art to enhance and improve people’s lives. Adding further, Sullivan said. “From the ancient Greek and Roman farces to the Renaissance/Shakespearean era to modern Chinese Opera, we are using archetypes comically to illustrate people's issues.”

“This is a time honored worldwide tradition,” said Sullivan just as de Poncins mentioned. “Our broadly drawn characters are instantly recognizable allowing the audience to immediately engage in the action,” he said.

BREAKDOWN - A New Musical, opens July 1 at Cedar Rose Park in Berkeley and continues with a showing at Dolores Park in the Mission District on July 4. Shows will continue throughout the Bay Area in SF, Marin (Mill Valley), Ukiah (Mendocino), Cotati (Sonoma), East Bay, Palo Alto, Santa Cruz, San Jose, and Davis, until September 4.

All performances are free of charge unless otherwise listed. Some performances will require an RSVP.

Written by Michael Gene Sullivan with Marie Cartier, BREAKDOWN - A New Musical has been made possible by contributions from The Don Stevens Laugh and Love Fund; California Arts Council, Grants for the Arts; and Individual Donors. For a complete schedule and more information, visit sfmt.org or call 415-285-1717. (Photos by David Allen Studio, Courtesy of SFMT).

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Another Atmospheric River Arrives in California

SAN FRANCISCO -- It's not often California that is the subject of news stories about weather during winter. However, on Wednesday an epic storm, the latest of a series of atmospheric rivers, hit the state's coastline, taking at least two lives. Local fire and police officials confirmed that a 19-year-old woman living in Fairfield north from San Francisco, died after the vehicle she was driving hit an electric pole. A 2-year-old child died when a tree fell onto an Occidental mobile home which is located within Sonoma County. The storm caused flooding on streets throughout San Jose and forced evacuations in Santa Barbara and Oakland. More than 180,000 electric customers in California were in power outages at the time of last count as per PowerOutage.us, which is a website that tracks outages. It destroyed a huge canopy that was over a gas station located in South San Francisco and unleashed the slide of a rock that blocked the northbound roadways of Highway 101 in Mendocino County even as rescue teams located in Sacramento County were recovering bodies of the storm that hit the area last weekend. Businesses, schools, and parks were shut down, and Governor. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency across the state to help more swiftly respond to a storm. "We believe that this could be among the most difficult and significant series of storms to come down in California in the past 5 years,"" declared Nancy Ward who is the new Director of Governor's Office for emergency services. She took over from the state's former chief of emergency services just five days ago. This atmospheric storm, likely to last until Thursday it is the third storm to roar across in the Golden State in less than two weeks. Another storm is predicted for the weekend. Normally, rain amounts similar to those predicted this week would not be a major issue. However, the ground in a large portion in the State is saturated by previous storms and charred by wildfires making it more prone to runoff and flooding. The Mission District in San Francisco the doors of apartment structures, cafes and restaurants were surrounded by Sandbags as rain started to increase Wednesday evening. In the course of the weekend, many roads and shops in the neighborhood that is low was flooded, with water pools over a foot on the streets. Refrigerators and other appliances that were on display in repair shops began to disappear on the Saturday. Zoe Williams, sales director Zoe Williams, sales director for Three Babes Bakeshop, next to the repair shop, stared at the pouring rain in the window of her store on Wednesday. The bakery also experienced flooding with several inches of rain on Saturday. the water started to rise up the drains, but staff removed it, cleaned the shop and then quickly restored the store. The night before, Williams and her co-workers were crossing their fingers the shop would get through this latest storm unharmed. Prior to heading to bed the team piled sandbags on the doorway, she said she added, "It's kind of a wait and watch." California generally receives the majority of its annual rain during the winter months, however these many storms that are sweeping across quickly can cause much more damage than good. The big storms that are sweeping through these clusters could be increasing in frequency due to climate change -- can deliver excessive water at a rapid pace to the reservoirs of California as well as emergency response personnel to manage, the Times' Raymond Zhong reported. "It's very helpful if storms were so considerate to spread them by a week or two apart to allow for the water to flow through the system" Jeanine Jones, an official from the state of California's Department of Water Resources, explained to him. Despite the risks however, certain Californians are still thankful for any precipitation after dry months. The past three years have been most dry in more than 150 years of Californian history. Don Bransford, who has an agricultural property north from Sacramento located in Colusa County, saw potential relief from the destruction of the last year's drought destroyed his land and reduced the amount of rice he grew from around 1,800 acres to nothing. Don Cameron, who grows products like carrots, vino grapes within the south of San Joaquin Valley, said he didn't mind the fact that he needed to purchase pumps to drain water from hundreds of areas of onion. "This is truly a blessing," Cameron said, "just to watch these storms coming together and pounding California right on." Tell us how the storm impacting you? Contact us by emailing vivekwebediting@gmail.com with your personal stories and pictures. For more details: Where we’re traveling Today's advice is directly from Doris Bowen, who recommends visiting the city's largest park: "I frequent San Francisco often, and I'm blessed to live just a few block within Golden Gate Park. It is full of beautiful things to see! The park has museums, a Ferris-wheel as well as the band shell (often featuring free performances) Fountains as well as the Conservatory of Flowers, many different meadows and gardens and a huge lake perfect for bird watching and boating windmill, as well as numerous trails. It even has a softball pitch that has plenty of benches to relax on and watch the games. In fact, there's something for everyone at the park. One of the major roads that are in Park (J.F.K. Drive) is closed to traffic through and is accessible to bicyclists, walkers, and everybody else. If you'd like to explore the entire long distance of the park begin at the eastern end of the park and walk all the way to the ocean. It's about 3 miles all downhill. You might even meet the bison! Returning home, you can take the Muni train or bus. In the end, you should spend time enjoying the beautiful urban park." Let us know about your top destinations to visit throughout California. Email your suggestions to vivekwebediting@gmail.com. We'll feature more suggestions in future editions of the newsletter. And before you go, some good news The New York Times recently released an article about Tom Brady -- sort of. Brady the football player is 45 years old that puts him within the top 1 percent in terms of age quarterbacks who start their careers. The Times interviewed people who are the same age in their professions like Brady has in histhat is the oldest one percent of people working and across a wide range of careers. The Times spoke to a teacher of biology at the age of 72 of the Cal State University of Northridge. A composer aged 88 who lives in the Central Coast. In Los Angeles County, a 70-year-old paramedicis a position where the median age is 33. A paramedic Jesse Izaguirre, works for two 24 hour shifts per week to transport patients around Los Angeles. He is constantly between the ambulance. According to his story which The New York Times could not independently verify, the nurses believe that he's in his 50s. "Some people inquire, 'When will you retire when you'll retire?" Izaguirre told The Times. "I suggest"First foremost, it's nothing of your matter.'" He laughed. "I'm kidding. I'll be honest with them about anything. When will I end my career? I would like to retire as soon as possible, but hopefully not." Thanks for reading. I’ll be back tomorrow. — Soumya P.S. This is today's Mini Crossword. Briana Scalia and Isabella Grullon Paz contributed to California Today. Contact the team via vivekwebediting@gmail.com. Join us here to receive this newsletter delivered to your email inbox . Read the full article