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Thursday, January 19, 2012

The East Bay Express did a lovely article about the Oakland Standard this week! And not only about...

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Thursday, January 12, 2012

When OMCA's Gallery of California Natural Sciences reopens in 2013, one of its featured habitats will be the Sutter Buttes, a tiny mountain range near Sacramento that's home to a little-...

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Thursday, December 22, 2011

In the many cookbooks published by Bay Area Junior Leagues, there is one recipe that pops up more frequently than any other: Steamed Persimmon Pudding.

Persimmon pudding is the...

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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

This post is my shortest of the year. Posted on the shortest day of the year. Featured is a quote by John Muir upon first seeing the Sierra Nevada mountains and a photo made up of...

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Monday, December 19, 2011

John Muir was a naturalist, conservationist and kind of a curator all rolled into one: he explored, described, documented, advocated. That work still continues, in museums, in the Sierra Nevada...

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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Check out the fourth and final chapter of Nothing Happens for Long, a film by artist Jonn Herschend about...

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