Tag: rain

Not the Super Bloom

by Lisa | Mar 27, 2017 | plants, Sonoma | 1 |

Southern California’s deserts are in a super bloom. I just came from there. Ironically, we...

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Vox Clamantis in Deserto

by Lisa | Apr 3, 2014 | Drought, going green, musings, politics | 9 |

More and more I think there should be an entrance exam for anyone visiting California, either for...

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Talking Like Rain

by Lisa | Nov 20, 2013 | Drought, farming, going green, Sonoma | 5 |

Isak Dineson, in her wonderful memoir of her time on an African coffee plantation, has a beautiful...

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In Rain We Trust

by Lisa | Dec 4, 2012 | plants, Sonoma, the spread | 1 |

Rain is a beautiful thing in California. At least it is in the vast majority of the state whose...

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Más Español, Por Favor

by Lisa | Jul 12, 2011 | learnin', travel | 2 |

I’m on the cusp of the mid-point in my intensive Spanish language immersion program in...

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Spring is Busting Out All Over!

by Lisa | Apr 1, 2011 | farming, food | 3 |

I’m sure I mentioned all that rain we’ve been having — seems like 40 days and 40...

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Bud Break and Delicate Flowers

by Lisa | Mar 30, 2011 | Sonoma, the spread | 4 |

Postings have been thin on the ground around here, mostly because we’ve been slaves to the...

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And a Drainage Ditch Runs Through It

by Lisa | Feb 1, 2010 | dogs, plants, Sonoma, the spread | 7 |

What a difference a month makes. Especially in Sonoma. Especially if that month is January....

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Rainy Days and Mondays

by Lisa | Oct 19, 2009 | farming, winemaking | 4 |

Usually farmers pray for rain. Especially in semi-arid places like California. Except when that rain comes at the end of the growing season and just before harvest. And if you are growing wine grapes. Typically, we shut off the...

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Now is the Winter of My Discontent

by Lisa | Feb 28, 2009 | farming, musings | 4 |

An English poet, other than the one referenced above, said “April is the cruelest...

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So You Are All Complaining About the Snow. Well, The Flip Side Ain’t Pretty Either.

by Lisa | Jan 30, 2009 | farming, food, going green, politics, Sonoma | 10 |

Our weather in Northern California is possibly even scarier. We’re now in our second...

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Goin’ Feral On the Frontier

by Lisa | Oct 30, 2008 | farming, my eccentric friends, wildlife | 4 |

If you live in California or have ever visited here at the change of seasons, you know how the...

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A Yank. A Brit. Two Terriers. A Vineyard. And a Dream.

Being the true-life adventures of two city kids and two spoiled terriers as they transition to a life of winemaking and organic farming in Sonoma. You know Green Acres? It’s like that.

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Things About Me

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There are reasons I’m not famous.

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I have the world's largest Christmas music collection.

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I'm an unashamed Donny Osmond fan.

I get wildlife drunk.

My terriers have famous friends.

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