There will be work parties this weekend to help with continued efforts to clean up after the flood.

Saturday December 28, 2007

Twin Oaks Dairy- Chehalis. Meet at the Chevron at Union and Plum at 9am for carpool.

What to Bring: Your own warm rain gear, boots, drinking water, and food for the day.

Sunday, December 29, 2007

Simply Life Farm- Independence Valley. Field Clean-up. 9:45am Chevron at Union and Plum.

What to Bring: Your own warm rain gear, boots, drinking water and food for the day.

Saturday and Sunday, December 28 & 29, 2007

Boistfort Valley Farm, Curtis. Work Crews continue on the weekend. They are now repairing, much of the mud and debri has been cleared.

Contact: www.boistfortvalleyfarm.com

The Olympia Farmers Market (OFM) is now closed for the season. People can still donate at the office or on-line at www.olympiafarmersmarket.com. Over $30,000 was raised by the community in the past three weeks. Thanks Olympia. This money will go directly to the farmer's impacted by the flood that sell at the OFM.

The Olympia Food Co-op is still taking donations to help the flood farmers/ suppliers. There are two location on the east side and west side of Olympia. www.olympiafood.coop.

Thanks!

Ah, the end of December, when the MSM starts using some secret, unquantifiable formula to determine the Top Ten this and that.

You know what I mean: Top Ten News Stories of the Year. Top Ten Celebrity Gaffs. Top Ten Weight-loss Programs. Top Ten You Name It.

So, here's a challenge to Olybloggers!

Instead of ranking events, can you tell the rest of us what thing, or things, changed your life in the past year? Good, or bad, what was a defining moment for you in 2007.

It can be personal, it can be community-related, it can be whatever you want it to be.

And, I'm asking folks to refrain from sass-back (in other words, please be respectful of others thoughts). This is a chance for all of us to relate what has been important in the past year, without passing judgment on what has been important to others. I

'll start:

Camp Quixote. You've seen in another post that the Camp has been nominated for Person of the Year. I concur with this nomination. What an amazing bunch of folks!

The camp has changed my life and certainly some notions I had about homelessness and homeless people. I have watched it move from its difficult birth downtown where it was the target of community misunderstanding and scorn, into an accepted part of our big-hearted community. Getting to know the residents; the people who support the camp in large and small ways; and working with the faith communities that have stepped forward, sometimes with few resources, to host the camp or be present to it in other ways, has been eye-opening and delightful.

Alright, a new year, a new month and a new First Friday!!

Friday the 4th from 5pm-late downtown Olympia businesses, art galleries and restaurants will open their doors again for Experience Downtown at Night.

Everyone is welcome, bundle up and bring your family!

As the week progresses we will be posting details of what will happen, but we don't want to give everything away.

einmaleins (www.1x1olympia.com) will be hosting Larry Mishkar, local Architecture and Landscape Photographer (www.larrymishkar.com) with some of his work. Oh and there will be food. Did I mention there will be food?

Looking forward to seeing you there! 

hola, just wondering if folks are into cosmology? pretty wild stuff!

observable universe

I had forgotten all about my pre-resolution that I posted at the end of 2006 and finding it anew is inspiring. I exercised this resolution quite well this year:

• January - Racket: At least one local restaurant gets the shake down

Hola OlyBlog Posse,

Just curious if anyone out in 'blog-land knows how to track the City of Olympia requests for bids & proposals...

Looking to make this info available via RSS or at least find out where this info is available.

But twice in a row. Damn Damn Damn.

Now I know there's nobody to blame for this, these things just happen. However, the subject that my two comments were denied over was about how some people don't need to take responsibility for the choices they make, they just need to declare immunity based on their upbringing and blame it on others. Since it's been decreed okay to blame it on others I concede defeat of my previous stance and hereby declare my inability to post a comment is the result of an oppressive regime blind in their Friday Afternoon posting privileges.