Check the Santa Cruz Peace Chorale website for information about our upcoming concerts. Tonight, April 30th, we’ll be singing and sponsoring a film about Anne Braden as part of the Reel Work film festival. Next Saturday (May 7th) is the annual concert with silent auction and strawberry shortcake. Hope you can come. This year we … More Upcoming Peace Chorale concerts

I haven’t been following the “birther” controversy too closely. It seemed ridiculous and Trumped up to create an issue of a non-issue. However, this analysis by Goldie Taylor on the Rachel Maddow show is excellent. (Sorry about the advertisement at the start.) It helped me realize what the “controversy” is really about: a racist attempt … More Obama’s birth certificate

Take a look at the Natural History Museum blog for a description and photos of Monday’s field trip for Museum docents to the Elkhorn Slough reserve. We got to see the greenhouse and participate in planting starts for a native rye grass. Winter is the season when native plants will be set out, after they’re … More Museum docents at Elkhorn Slough

It’s April Fool’s Day, but this isn’t a trick post. I’m sitting here listening to birds outside my window, expressing their delight (or so I imagine) in the sunny spring weather we’re experiencing after the deluge and flooding we had last week. Yesterday afternoon I went to the first session of a field trip style … More Not a joke