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Harbor groups and spectator bird

Hi Friends,    I am still attending the Fellowship Hall meeting at Marina Pacifica.   Every group has things to like and other things that challenge you.   This fellowship hall has a child care room...

Huntington Beach AW

Hi Friends, I made it to Arlington West Huntington Beach on Sunday,  March 7th, and stayed with them for the day.  They have their VFP business meeting midday when they set up AWHB so I attended that as...

Vets 2 Vets, Farmlab and 50 yrs

While exploring the Los Angeles area from my boat,  I have attended many interesting projects for veterans and transorming our society.  Few have been more impressive than Farmlab...

Alamitos Bay Routine

Alamitos Bay is between Long Beach and Seal Beach on the San Gabriel River.  It is my favorite guest harbor so far.  From my boat Pelamis,  I attend the Marina Pacifica Fellowship Hall AA meeting every...

“Will War Ever End?” Fury and rage, VAMC

I have read Captain Paul Chappell’s book “Will War Ever End” and enjoyed it greatly. I did not realize that Gandhi and Socrates were war veterans. His distinction between fury and rage...

VA Health Care and US

I’ve spent a lot of time recently at the VAMC WLA, the largest veterans facility in the country. I’m both studying the facility and dealing with my own arthritis, high blood pressure and other...

Housing homeless vets with jobs?

I’ve been visiting VAMC WLA several times a week to learn more about what goes on there. Archis Acres founder and Iraq vet Colin Archipley, the VFP LA President and I met with Assets Management Director...

LONG BEACH natural history

Two rivers, the Los Angeles and the San Gabriel hold Long Beach between them.  It is probably why the worst flooding was in Long Beach during the rains.  The two rivers come from different directions and...

Howard Zinn and Honking For Peace

Dear Friends, Was Zinn talking about honking for peace with this? “Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.” Historian Howard Zinn I think he was telling us the same...

a corporation for us

Hi Friends,   It seems to me that,  if you can’t beat them, join them! My last read was William Greider’s “Soul of Capitalism”, now seven years old. I read his most recent, ...
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