{"id":34345,"date":"2019-11-13T20:53:24","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T04:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sparselysageandtimely.com\/blog\/?p=34345"},"modified":"2023-12-21T12:02:48","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T20:02:48","slug":"living-on-standard-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/?p=34345","title":{"rendered":"Living on Standard Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

Caveat lectorem:\u00a0<\/strong> When readers submit comments, they are asked if they want to receive an email alert with a link to new postings on this blog. A number of people have said they do. Thank you. The link is created the moment a posting goes online. Readers who find their way here through that link can see an updated version by simply clicking on the headline above the posting.<\/em><\/p>\n

The big fundraiser every year<\/strong> for the Point Reyes and Inverness Disaster Councils is a pancake breakfast at the Point Reyes Station firehouse followed by a raffle. Unfortunately, the blackout two weeks ago forced organizers to call off this year’s breakfast. The food, refrigerated during the outage, was donated to our local food bank at West Marin Community Services.<\/p>\n

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The raffle was postponed<\/strong> until last Saturday when it was held at the firehouse. Displaying a photo Carlos Porrata of Inverness donated as raffle item are: (from left) my wife Lynn, coordinator of the Point Reyes Disaster Council; Cindy Morris, a neighborhood liaison to the council and a member of the council’s radio-room team; firefighter Ben Ghisletta, senior captain at the firehouse.<\/p>\n

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Nora Goodfriend Koven of Inverness<\/strong> looks over some of the raffle items, which included gift certificates from various merchants.<\/p>\n

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Continuing on… It was a pleasant surprise<\/strong> to look up from the dinner table and find I had a gray fox for a dining companion.<\/p>\n

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Also a surprise but a less welcome one <\/strong>was looking out my living-room window into the eyes of a pair of roof rats, which were nibbling birdseed off a picnic-table bench. Around Mitchell cabin, the roof rats try to nest in everything, and we’re forever finding them in our car engines and in of the wine barrel halves we use as planters. Just this week it cost me $25 to have a large nest cleaned out of my car’s engine compartment and have the rats’ damage to the wiring repaired. I leave the rats in our woodshed alone but trap the ones that get into the basement.<\/p>\n

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At this time of year, sunset<\/strong> is often accompanied by the honking of flocks of Canada geese heading to Drakes Bay.<\/p>\n

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Come nightfall raccoons<\/strong> inevitably show up<\/strong> to drink from the birdbath on our deck and snooze atop the railing. As long as there are no blackouts or disasters in Point Reyes Station, life is pleasantly peaceful.<\/p>\n

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Finally, let’s take a closer look at Russian President Vladimir Putin.<\/strong> Is he really a serious<\/em> adversary? All he wants is the Ukraine. Click here<\/strong><\/a> and see what you think of his rock’n roll offensive. Right off you’ll notice in his audience the French actor Gerard Depardieu (who has taken up Russian citizenship), American comedian Goldie Hawn, and American actor Kevin Costner.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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