ALWAYS Mendocino Coast's FREE Lighthouse August 2020 Peddler The Best Original Writing, plus the Guide to Art, Music, Events, Theater, Film, Books, Poetry and Life on the Coast Art in the Redwoods A Re-imagined Exhibit and Fundraiser for 2020 !e 59th annual Art in the Redwoods returns with new art, new fundraiser dinner plans, and a new experience. And the 2020 event will be reimagined. Summer wouldn’t be summer without Art in the Redwoods. At the same time, a di"erent plan was needed and the people at Gualala Arts have done just that: they’re creating an updated event. In short, part of Art in the Redwoods will be held (mostly) online, the dinner will be almost totally ‘socially distanced’, and the judges will be here to judge the hundreds of works of art. And sponsorships are still available. !is year's opening event takes place on !ursday, August 13: It's the Opening Dinner Fundraiser, and . . . Cont'd on Page 6

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ed to drive a concept. She also schedule initial consults for commissions, uses text in her pieces. “!e sig- murals, signs for store; restaurant, etc.; ACTION NETWORK nage provides the observer with graphic design such as logos; and wall art. FAMILY RESOURCE CENTERS instructive hints and directions !e Coast Highway Art Collective is now making the viewer a collabora- open two shopping days a week, Fridays Gualala Point Arena tor, she notes. My hope is that and Saturdays from 11:00am to 2:00pm. 200 Main Street this active participation beckons Selected artwork by Collective members (CLOSED for REFURBISHING) the viewer to be a"ected by what and guest artists are on display in the gal- Playgroups and Learning Through Play they see and feel, thus making lery's front courtyard. In July, whimsical Pre-K at Horicon Elementary these stories their own.” and practical face masks by Lauren Sinno# Arts & Crafts Born in Oklahoma City, Wes- are o'en available, as well as clothing from Teen Group and mentorship ley Luster is a multi-ethnic artist the collection of July 5, including short Parenting Support & Family Counseling whose creative work - much like sleeve and long sleeve shirts, sundresses and and much more! borhood of San Francisco in 1994. She now his ethnic background - is extremely var- scarves. lives with her husband, 2 daughters and 2 ied in shape, scope, nature, taste, form and !e Coast Highway Art Collective gallery Enriching the Lives of Children, dogs. function. Luster says his work “is created is located at 284 Main Street, Point Arena, Families and Community Caperton works with metal, glass, ce- out of that which also fuels his inspiration... the li#le red building next door to the Red- ramics and wood as a designer and artisan. the potential for limitless creation and pos- wood Credit Union. More information !e mixed media series has been one of her sibility.” When in his creative process, there is available at www.coast-highway-artists. - most enjoyable and challenging endeavors. are no bounds or limits, though he tends to com. Call 884- Deborah Caperton exhibits her jewelry in focus on portraits in a variety of styles.

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• Action Network 2 • Gualala Supermarket 6 • Art in the Redwoods. Like never before (Part 1). (Cover). • Anchor Bay Store 4 • Ignacio Health Insurance 13 • !e Coast Hwy Art Collective has new art. Come to the opening August 1. (Page 2). • Arena Frame 12 • Judith Hughes 2 • Ned takes a friend for a walk. Feel the breeze....(Page 2). • Arena Pharmacy 4 • KGUA 13 • !ree on-demand $lms from Arena !eater. Find out how you can watch. (Page 4). • Arena Tech Center 12 • KTDE 4 • MET Opera presents . . . not opera, but great voices in concert. (Page 4). • Ar! Feed and Pet 8 • KZYX 16 • !e welcome mat is out. For local musicians. Contact KTDE with your music. (Page 5). • B Bryan Preserve back cover • Li#le Green Bean 9 • Neon Egypt. No ticket or passport needed. Just ears. (Review). (Page 5). • Banana Belt Properties Front Cover • Mar Vista 8 • !e moon is all yours. Find out how to take a look. (Page 6). • Classy-Fied Ads 11 • Oceanic Land Company 6 • Art In !e Redwoods (Part 2). An update on the 59th Event. (Page 6). • Cove Co!ee 14 • O$ce Source 13 • Caring? Care for yourself. Karin has some healthy thoughts. (Page 7). • Denise Green 14 • Phillips Insurance 4 • Fast, agile and really groovy. (OK, I made up that last one). Audubon's Here. (Page 7). • Dream Catcher Interiors 10 • Point Arena Light Station 3 • Cathy Sue Riehm's piece on Leptospirosis is a necessary reminder for pet care. (Page 7). • Four-Eyed Frog Bookstore 14 • Red Stella 8 • Chie"o and Cassady bring their art to the new Dolphin. (Page 8). • Franny's Cup & Saucer 2 • Rollerville Cafe 10 • Yes, another census reminder. (Page 8). • Garcia River Casino 9 • Sea Trader, "e 3 • Cassandra Dalle# is our poet this month. (Page 9). • Green Room, "e 15 • Skunk Train 7 • !e Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary wants you! (Page 9). • Gualala Arts 5 • Spirit Veterinary Services 8 • Mendocino Coast Botanical Garden. Worth the drive. (Page 9). • Gualala Building Supply 12 • Wellness On "e Coast 9 • mai haiku returns with her monthly Haiku. (Page 9) • Zen House Motorcycles 14 • Who's gaslighting who? (Or is it whom?) See what David thinks. (Page 10). • Galileo? Science? Meet them both in a new book reviewed by Jenny. (Page 11). • Mitch is thinking about the history of BLM. (Page 12). • !e 150th Anniversary of a coastal landmark. See the light. (Page 13). • Peddler's crossword is here to challenge you . . . or help you impress friends. (Page 14). • MJ insists "Old Blue Eyes" is back. I think she's right. (Page 15). • Feeling a li#le Sudoku? Try our puzzle. (Page 15). Our thanks to August contributors Rozann Grunig, mai haiku, Mitch McFarland, • Tom Murphy checks in with an update on Gualala, streets, highways, etc. (Page 16). Blake More, Tom Murphy, Cathy Sue Riehm, Mary Jane Schramm, David Ste"en, • An abbreviated "Get Out!" returns. Li#le by li#le. (Back cover) Karin Upho", and Jennifer Bort Yacovissi.

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Pg 3 Lighthouse Peddler, August 2020 !ree Films at Arena !eater In August: "Rebuilding Paradise", "!e Fight", "Out Stealing Horses" (Not actually in the !eater, But you can Watch at Home and Still Bene$t Arena !eater!) One of the pleasures we've missed for half of which goes to Arena !eater. new millennium alone. As winter arrives the past few months is the enjoyment of Next up is "!e Fight". Only days a'er the he meets one of his few neighbors, Lars walking into Arena !eater and for some 2017 inauguration of Donald Trump, furi- (Bjørn Floberg), and realizes he knew him great music, a theater production, a MET ous Americans gathered at airports across back in the summer of 1948. 1948(the Opera performance, National !eatre, Bol- the country in protest of the Muslim ban. year Trond turned 15. !e summer Trond shoi Ballet and so many other wonderful But it was the e"orts of the American Civil grew up. “Out Stealing Horses” is based events. And, of course, we love the movies. Liberties Union, waging the $ght in federal on the bestselling novel by Norwegian au- Over the years Arena !eater has been like court that turned the tide staying the execu- thor Per Pe#erson, which received several a security blanket for us. Buy a ticket, walk tive order on grounds of unconstitutionali- important international awards and was through the door, get some popcorn and a ty. !e ACLU has never granted access to its included in !e New York Times’10 Best Coke, grab a seat and se#le in for a $lm es- o)ces, even as its ba#les(on the fronts of cape. abortion rights, immigration rights, LGBT While we still can't sit in those comfort- rights and voting rights(have become able seats, we can enjoy a $lm at home and more timely and momentous than ever. still support the theater. Kino Marquee With "!e Fight", access has $nally been is a new initiative that creates "virtual cin- granted to the $lmmaking team of Eli B. De- emas" for temporarily closed indepen- spres, Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg, dent theaters. It lets audiences see(at makers of 2016’s award-winning "Weiner". home(newly released $lms that these Rousing, inspiring and slyly humorous, theaters would otherwise be playing on their latest documentary follows four seis- Books of 2007 (Fiction). Pe#erson’s nov- the big screen, and which are not yet avail- mically important cases and a handful of els have been translated into more than 50 able on other digital platforms. !ree $lms magnetic a#orneys. !ese lawyers may not languages. "Out Stealing Horses" has a run are available in August to stream on de- know how to charge a cell phone or oper- time of 122 minutes. mand in your home or on your device. Magnolia Pictures is proud to introduce First up is "Rebuilding Paradise". Early in a new way of supporting the independent the morning of November 8, 2018, a spark theaters you love, while watching "Out %ies into the parched brush of the Sierra Stealing Horses" at home. $5 from every Nevada foothills. With li#le warning, %ames ticket purchase goes directly to the theater are everywhere. Fierce diablo winds shower of your choice(Arena !eater. burning embers as house a'er house be- comes a violent inferno. Propane tanks ex- MET Opera Launches August plode as desperate citizens grab their most precious possessions and jump into their ate a stand-up desk but have persuaded Pay-Per-View Music Series vehicles hoping to escape. Supreme Court Justices, beating back seri- Renee Fleming, Roberto Alagna, With unfathomable, harrowing footage, ous encroachments upon our freedoms. An Aleksandra Kurzak, Lise Davidson Academy Award–winning $lmmaker Ron antidote to endless news cycles $lled with !e Metropolitan Opera is launching a Howard pulls the viewer into the driver’s tweet tantrums, "!e Fight" inspires with unique pay-per-view series featuring opera’s the story of front-line warriors in the ba#le biggest stars performing in striking loca- for the American soul. !rough August 13. tions across Europe and the United States. Immediately following "!e Fight" there !e ground-breaking new series includes will be a pre-recorded discussion between live performances featuring the same un- Kerry Washington and the four ACLU law- matched production value as the Met’s Live yers featured in the $lm (Brigi#e Amiri, in HD transmissions. !e series continues Lee Gelernt, Dale Ho, and Chase Strangio). with two concerts in August. Tickets for !is conversation is exclusive to virtual each recital are $20. Performances will re- seat to experience the terror and the help- cinema and in-theater engagements. Ad- main available on demand for 12 days. lessness of devastated refugees from a town ditionally, patrons will have free access to Please note: All ticket purchases will go with the ironic name of Paradise. Eighty-$ve a live Q&A on Sunday, August 2 with the to the Met. We hope, as you enjoy this con- lives are lost in what ultimately becomes the $lmmakers and lawyers, moderated by Ann tent, you’ll consider a donation to Arena most destructive wild$re in California’s his- Hornaday of the Washington Post. !is will !eater! Just click on the donate bu#on at tory. be also be archived and available a'er the Arena!eater.org. !e full schedule is be- Over the course of a year, survivors from screening. Magnolia Pictures is proud to low. All programs are scheduled to start at Paradise cope with shared trauma, displace- introduce a new way of supporting the in- 10:00am. ment, and uncertainty about the future. Yet dependent theaters you love, while watch- • August 1: Renée Fleming, live from slowly, with sheer grit and determination, ing !e Fight at home. $5 from every ticket Dumbarton Oaks Museum, Washington, they begin to rebuild their lives and rede$ne purchase goes directly to the theater of your D.C. the meaning of home. Rebuilding Paradise choice. !e $ght has a run time of 96 min- • August 16 : Roberto Alagna and Alek- is a testament to the power of the human utes and is rated PG-13. sandra Kurzak, live outdoors from the spirit from one of our most gi'ed $lm- !e third $lm is "Out Stealing Horses", Château de la Chèvre d’Or in Èze, France makers. "Rebuilding Paradise" was directed available to stream August 7 - 20. It's No- (sole Sunday performance). by Ron Howard, has a running time of 95 vember 1999: 67-year-old Trond (Stellan • August 29 : Lise Davidsen, live from the minutes, and is available to stream through Skarsgård), lives in self-imposed isolation Oscarshall Palace in Oslo, Norway !ursday, August 13. Tickets are $12.00, and looks forward to welcoming in the Pg 4 Lighthouse Peddler, August 2020 Local Musicians Invited For Neon Egypt • "Unearthed" Gualala Mendonoma Music An Album Review by David Ste"en Arts On !e Radio, On KTDE Listening to music should always bring an (6) “Enter !e Princes” was the track SINCE 1961 !e Tide, Community Radio 100.5 FM in element of surprise. Preferably not the ‘ghost where I heard Miller’s percussion “singing 707.884.1138 GualalaArts.org Gualala, has been featuring(and promot- in the closet’ sort, but rather something new lead”. Goldberg’s sax is there but I stayed fo- 46501 Old State Hwy ing(local music, local musicians, and local and dynamic; an unexpected pleasure. Fa- cused on the marvelous rhythms. Gualala, CA 95445 59th music venues for over 27 years on many of miliarity is not a bad thing, but discovery (7) In “Luxor A$er Dark” Goldberg and Art in the its current long-running programs, includ- can be far more interesting. For the uninitiat- Miller share an alternating series of solos. ing (in order, Monday through Sunday): ed, si#ing, listening and taking in the newly One dominates, then recedes as the other is Redwoods "Good News Guys", "Solid Fuel Sounds", released album by Neon Egypt(Harrison up front. It reminded me of some hundred "La Caja Musical", "Bone Daddy’s Blues Re- Goldberg and Steven Miller( one immedi- year-old call and response. Online! vue", "High Tide Morning Show", "Moon ately understands that this is a transportive (8) !e rains arrived in “Bedouin Down”, Become a Sponsor Toon Drive-In", "Hollerin’ Pines", "Eight to album. Goldberg is heard on tenor, alto or C but more quickly than I wouldir have preferred and enjoy our the Bar with Les Tarr", "Celtic Coasting", soprano saxophone, accompanied by Miller le c

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in March, due to the coronavirus pandemic, (9) “Nearly Too Far” ist an hypnotic trip. I Sign up Now! KTDE also has been playing wonderful thoroughly enjoyed the ride. The Boxed-Hat music by local performers on "Mendonoma (10) “Flows !e Sacred River” brought Dinner will be Prepared by Music" at 6:00pm each Wednesday on !e me back to a happy place, where Miller and Rosemary Campiformio Tide. During the past four months, this Goldberg are pulling together and bringing of St. Orres weekly program has been pleased to feature us with them. *(includes $100 donation letter) full-length CDs by BAKU, Paci$c Woods, (11) “Under A Scimitar Moon” feels less August 14: Neon Egypt, Stardust Messenger, Cloud$re like the so' quarter moon, and much more Judges Awards & Friends, Bards of a Feather, Ampage, El- like the Middle Eastern blade for which it’s Live-Streamed, 6 - 7 pm on lipsis, Karl Young, Danny Barca, and Sha- Drums, a unique sonic hybrid between taiko named. Goldberg makes his instrument sing ron Garner with the Dorian May Trio. Gualala Arts Facebook Page drums and Timpani . as if it’s trying to single-handedly keep the As Mendono- Online Exhibit In another age I’d suggest the way to lis- sword’s edge at bay. ma Music con- ten to Neon Egypt is to enter a high-end August 14-30 at tinues through- listening room, with a state of the art Linn (12) “Towards !e Sun” is a perfect closer GualalaArts.org for the album. It brings the listener back to out this year, turntable, dropping the needle (carefully) See the Art Online! the Golden Land. KTDE invites into the outermost groove and le#ing the Scott Chieffo • Photography local singers, in- album track through side A, and then (care- !ere are many stops along the way, yet the Joann Cassady • Ceramics strumentalists, fully, again) %ipping the album and listening continuity of the 12 tracks of “Unearthed” Exhibit Opens Sat. Aug. 1, duos, and groups to the B-side. Of course, absent a time ma- is unmistakable. And improvisational. It’s a 11am - 7pm to submit their chine, leave that imagery aside and just play cover-to-cover exploration, as Harrison and Continues thru Aug 30. music for broad- the CD. Close your eyes and you’ll probably Steven celebrate their journey. Like driving cast on !e Tide. be in that listening room anyway. At least down a highway with hills and curves these At Dolphin Gallery Musicians may mail CDs to: that’s what I did. Here’s what I heard on my two musicians push the boundaries of the 39114 Ocean Drive Cypress Village, Gualala !e Tide Community Radio journey of “Unearthed”, track by track. melodies and rhythms, reinventing time sig- PO Box 1557 (1) “Return to the Golden Land” is one of natures and melodies to $t the moment. And Open Thu-Mon., 11-4 (Closed Tue&Wed) Gualala, CA 95445. the more exotic tracks. It evokes great aural yet, there is a clear common thread through imagery. !ere’s no magic carpet hovering the album, from start to $nish. And we’re Alternatively, mp3s and/or YouTube links near by, but I’m certain the dancer is some- be#er for having gone along for the ride. Al- may be sent to: [email protected]. "We must continue to go forward as where in the room. A perfect opening track. bums like “Unearthed” are meant for an im- All music submissions should include the mersive listening experience. We’re not look- one people, as brothers and sisters." name and phone number of a person whom (2) “Spirits and Kings” continues the in- ing for singles here. !e idea is to explore it the Tide can contact for permission before troduction but at a slightly di"erent cadence. all and pick favorites later. John Lewis (1940-2020) the music is broadcast on Mendonoma Mu- (3) With “Cartouche Du Jazz” the pace About a decade ago, I read the following sic. picks up and for the $rst time, the distance in “All About Jazz”: “!is is what sets apart With a prearranged appointment, CDs between Miller’s drums and Goldberg’s sax- jazz music from many other forms of music. may also be dropped o" at !e Tide's o)ce ophone is far more pronounced. A friend of mine, who is a keen composer, in Gualala. For more information, please (4) In “View From A Mountain Temple” once asked me, "Don't you jazz musicians get call 707-884-1000, or send an email inquiry bored playing the same standards all the time to [email protected]. the journey takes a turn. It’s as if the musi- cians stopped at an oasis and took some time over and over again," and I replied, "Well, the We look forward to the "Good New Days" thing is, every time we play, it is di"erent when once again there will be live local mu- to re%ect on the journey so far, before con- tinuing on. from the last, and we seldom know what's sic performances in our area. In the mean- going to happen next.” Whether a standard, time, please tune in for Mendonoma Music (5) “Waters Of Nubia” seems to take us to classic, a new original or spur of the moment each Wednesday at 6:00pm(and for all the old (pre-Aswan Dam) region of the Nile. composition, that’s what we love about ter- of KTDE's live local music programming !e image of Lake Nasser is too big and ri$c musicians. We may not necessarily be seven days a week(on !e Tide 100.5 FM overpowering for this track. Instead we feel familiar with the song, but we can embrace in Gualala! like we’re si#ing along the old Nile with vi- the performance. Images (clockwise !om upper le"): Karl Young, sions of a lone $sherman on the water. Hap- Sharon Garner, Stardust Messenger, Ampage. pily. Neon Egypt: "Unearthed" • NeonEgypt.com

Pg 5 Lighthouse Peddler, August 2020 Art in the Redwoods Takes On A New Idea in 2020 • August 13 - 30 Full Moon !e 59th Annual Event Will Be Re-imagined! (Continued from cover story) . . . it will be di"erent. As usual, Sponsors( dinner. Reservations should be made no later All of the art can be viewed on the internet those ordering the dinners(will get than Friday, August 8. 707-884-1138. by following the link available at Gualala Arts. • $rst dibs at seeing art Online! And then, Art in the Redwoods is really !ere is still room for sponsorships for this • $rst dibs at buying art, and about the art. On Friday, August 14, the year's Art in the Redwoods. Already on board • they’ll be invited to the Zoom judges will be making their decisions and an- for this year are: Boxed Hat parties !ursday night. nouncing the awards beginning at 6:00pm. 2020 Grand Sponsors !e announcements will be live-streamed Andrea A. Lunsford !e fundraising dinner will feature familiar on the Gualala Arts Facebook page. Haddad & Sherwin, LLP options(meat, seafood, and vegetarian, As previously announced, awards will be St. Orres August 3 and this year the 4-course dinner will be given out in a variety of categories, and the Platinum Sponsors served ‘to go’. And this year the dinners will awards will total more than $5,000 this year, Mark Qua#rocchi & Tina Kelly be prepared under the supervision of Rose- all provided by local sponsors. Awards will Bob Rutemoeller and Mary Sue I#ner New Moon mary Campiformio, co-owner of St. Orres. be given in the following categories: Surf Market Hungry supporters can reserve their Beading Excellence (honoring Jane Reichhold) Joan Wood/Mango Grits dinner by calling Gualala Arts(707-884- Best Local Work Gold Sponsors 1138(or by emailing [email protected]. Color Photography Woodenhead A'er stating your dinner preference, you’ll Best of Show Silver Sponsors be given Collage & Mixed Media Simon Burne# & Ursula Hamilton a time for Clay & Mosaic Bob & Sophia Mitchell the drive- Digital Art Paci$c Piecemakers Quilt Guild t h r o u g h Emerging Artist (under 18) Lee Rye August 19 pick-up and Environmental Award (3) Jim Suhr then enjoy Fiber, Textiles & So' Sculpture Chris & John Wall dinner in Figure Drawing Excellence Bronze Sponsors your home, Don’t buy a house . . . Glass Art Kathie & George Anderson all the while Jacque#a Nisbet Weaving Prize Lesley Clement BUILD YOUR HOME on support- Jewelry & Ornamentation Paula Haymond & Gabriella Rappaport the Gualala Ridge! ing Gua- Mendonoma Sightings Dale Ellio# & Chris Mangarelli For Sale: lala Arts and Monochromatic Photography Harmony Art Organic Design Improved Ocean View Lot Art in the Most Popular Work Deidre Harrison & !omas Crane 38060 Ocean Ridge Dr. Redwoods. Dinners will be available to be Oil & Acrylics Ignacio Health Insurance Services • Plenty of trees for privacy, or picked up between 2:00pm and 4:00pm, Sculpture Jane Kelley Bookkeeping&Hall Kelley Org Inc. • Create an ocean view and your dinner orders will be brought to Prints & Graphics !e Lighthouse Peddler • Septic permit on file your car. Quilts George Mutch • Water meter at street Even with the changes, the heart and soul Pastels & Drawings SkyFiber Internet (subject to moratorium) of Art in the Redwoods will continue. And, Water Media Lois Talovsky • High Speed Internet this fun dinner/fundraising event will pro- Woodworking Westamerica Bank • Quiet residential area. vide delicious food, and some of the $nancial Video Clips Dr. Paul White, White Mountain Institute (It’s warmer on the ridge!) support needed to maintain and build the fu- All of the artwork entered and displayed !ere are many ways to enjoy Art in the $75,000 ture of Gualala Arts and the artists, members as part of the 2020 Art in the Redwoods will Redwoods. Find yours. And welcome to the Oceanic Land Office and visitors who have come to love this jewel be on display on the internet. !e art will 2020 Gualala Arts Art in the Redwoods. (707) 884-4757 on the Mendonoma Coast. Please contact be available for viewing, and art lovers can the Art Center and reserve your space for the purchase any and all available works.

Pg 6 Lighthouse Peddler, August 2020 Words on Wellness • "Caring For Yourself" Animal Care & Welfare • Leptospirosis by Karin Uphoff By Cathy Sue Riehm !ere’s nothing quite like the mist of plant is a perfect mild abrasion for remov- Many of us love to take our dogs to the manage Anchor Bay campground. !ey were cool coastal fog on hot, dry summer skin. ing dirt and stimulating circulation while beach. Rex is happiest swimming a'er his regularly coming across “young and emaci- Naturally hydrating, ocean air infused with so'ening your skin. A larger piece can be ball in the water or running a'er his ball on ated” stranded seals and sea lions, and then seaweed and minerals also nourishes skin le' hanging in the shower for the same the sand. Should I be worried that there are contacting the Marine Mammal Center in which absorbs it easily. No ma#er what scrubbing action. always seals and sea lions close by? Sausalito to drive up here, assess the animal climate you live in, If you $nd your Last year, the northern California coast and transport it back to the center for test- summer demands skin red and irri- saw another surge of leptospirosis in seals ing. !is testing usually resulted in a lepto- extra a#ention to sk- tated, rose hydrosol and sea lions. !is outbreak is the second spirosis diagnosis. A'er over a decade of this incare, especially if followed by a com- largest since starting to track this disease al- routine, Jennie and Mike made a proposal you are safely social- bination of rosehip most $'y years ago. to the MMC that resulted in izing outside. While seed oil and jojoba So what is leptospirosis? Lep- a team of volunteers being wearing a hat and is especially sooth- tospirosis is a bacterial infec- provided the tools and train- facemask keeps the ing. You can also tion. !is bacteria, Lepto- ing to, $rst, assess a stranded sun o" your face, the make your own der- spira, can not only be passed animal- is this a healthy pup mask itself can leave mal relief spray using from animal to animal, it is whose mother is simply o" skin irritated, some- equal parts lavender zoonotic- which means (my hunting for food, or is this an times causing rashes. or rose hydrosol or regular readers should know animal showing the signs of At the end of the rosewater to aloe this…) that it can be passed sickness? !e team was also day cleanse your face by opening up the vera gel, shake together in a spray bo#le and from animals to humans. trained to treat an animal with pores with a hot washcloth. For a relaxing keep in the fridge for misting sunburn or in- How is lepto transmi#ed? %uids (or stabilize them), and moment of facial bliss, soak or run cloth %amed skin. Try making a %ower tea using !e bacteria is spread by the then transport them down to under hot water, wring out and spray with one or more fresh %ower petals that disin- urine of infected animals, and can live in wa- the Marine Mammal Center for testing and lavender hydrosol then cover your face with fect and heal skin; calendula, chamomile, ter or soil for weeks, even months. !rough rehabilitation. Jennie says “Lepto is very it. Take a deep breath and let the day go as yarrow, rose or lavender. Use 1 part petals the skin (especially an open wound), the prevalent in the environment in this area. you exhale resting your face in your hands. to 2 parts boiled water, cover and soak pet- mucous membranes (eyes, nose or mouth) An infected seal could shed the bacteria by Repeat. With your pores now open, scrub als until cool, then strain and use as a wash or by ingestion (drinking contaminated wa- urinating on the beach or in the water, and face with a piece of wet grapestone kelp or or in a spray bo#le with aloe or witchhazel. ter), this bacteria gets into the body and can unprotected dogs are susceptible.” ‘Turkish washcloth’ (Mastocarpus papilla- For sun-damaged skin, castor oil is a helpful cause symptoms such as vomiting, diarrhea, If your dog is a regular at the beach, the tus). !is is a perennial red alga found on anti-in%ammatory and reduces keratosis. muscle aches and abdominal pain, but it’s yearly vaccine could be a good preventive rocks in the mid- to high tidal zone, its sur- !is viscous oil traps water, so works well also possible that an animal can be infected, measure. If you come across a seal or sea face covered with bumpy nobs. 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Sharp-shinned Hawk: "Built For Fast & Agile Flight" !e Sharp-shinned Hawk is built for grant or winter visitor, but are uncommon amazingly fast and agile %ight in dense breeders or year-round residents. forests. !ese woodland hawks belong to !ey eat small birds and are masters of the accipiter genus, whose members have the high-speed chase. !ey are o'en seen short, rounded wings and long squared- stalking a backyard feeder for their prey. o" narrow tails that are used like rudders, !ey take more birds than any other ac- allowing them to maneuver cipiter and rarely go for small through trees and foliage. mammals, lizards or insects. Sharp-shinned Hawks are Sharpies generally build a the smallest accipiter. !e new two-foot wide nest each males are about a foot long. As year out of sticks and twigs. with most hawks the females Occasionally, they will rebuild are almost a third larger. Both an old crow or squirrel nest. sexes look alike: !ey have a !e female incubates four to gray-blue back and $ne red $ve white eggs marked with bars across the chest and belly. brown for a month; the male !e eye of the adult is scarlet. feeds her for this entire time. Immature sharp-shins have yellow eyes Sharp-shinned Hawks are generally si- and are brown with brown streaking on lent except for alarm calls given if intrud- the breast. !ey characteristically %y with ers come close to the nest. Other names alternating %aps and glides. include chicken hawk, sparrow hawk, bullet Sharp-shinned Hawks are a common mi- hawk and li#le blue darter.

Our thanks to the Mendocino Coast Audubon Society for contributing this article about the Spo"ed Towhee. Each month, the Lighthouse Peddler features another bird regularly seen at or near the Mendonoma Coast. More information is at www.mendocinocoastaudubon.org. Pg 7 Lighthouse Peddler, August 2020 Sco# Chie"o Photography • Joann Cassady–Ceramics At !e Dolphin Gallery and Gi' Shop • Exhibit Opens August 1 A new exhibit featuring the photography view$nder, Sco#’s technical mastery in the use molds and there are no short cuts. !e of Sco# Chie"o and the ceramics of Joann “digital darkroom” allows him to optimize clay and the process can be unforgiving, Cassady opens at the new Dolphin Gallery each image digitally so that the $nished even hum bling at times, and not all pieces and Gi' Shop, Saturday, August 1. !e gal- print matches his reach the intended lery is open from 11:00am to 4:00pm. original artistic vi- end. But when they In the 15 years that he has been living sion. do, the magic in that on the Southern Mendocino County Coast, For the past sev- moment is the in- Open Sco# Chie"o has developed an intimate eral years, Sco# spiration that drives Wednesday -Saturday photographic relationship with its unique has shown his $ne the process and fu- 11 to 4 Sunday 11 to 3 landscape. His images capture the subtle art photography els my passion to do prints at galleries it again. and exhibits along !e exhibit will be hwy 1 gualala • 707-884-1072 • www.redstella.com the west coast. His up at the Dolphin work is represented Gallery through in private collec- Sunday, August 30. tions throughout !e Dolphin Gal- the United States and beyond. His images lery and Gi' Shop is at 39114 Ocean Drive, taken within the Point Arena-Storne#a Gualala, in Cypress Village. Public Lands were used in the public re- lations e"ort to eventually have that area Procrastinators Take Note: added as the $rst mainland-based unit of !e Census is NOW! beauty of the coast and forests with a highly the California Coastal National Monument !e Census is here. Each of us must $ll unique, “painterly” style that emphasizes the in 2014. Additionally, Sco# works as the out the census form so that our rural areas, quiet solitude of these landscapes. Chie"o's Operations Manager at the Gualala Arts town, villages, cities, counties and states are main photographic goal is to be able to com- Center. You can view Sco#’s work on his represented. !e data gathered from this m u n i c a t e website, www.schie"ophotography.com. census will dictate the amount of federal this unique His work can also be found at the Gualala funding that will come to our county for the v iew point Arts Center, the Artist’s Collective in Elk, next ten years. to others, and in various regional venues. Every in- such that Joann Cassady re%ects on an inspired dividual that they are life. "As an artist, my life has gone full is counted, able to look circle. A'er art school and a career in translates to upon his commercial graphics, I le' the industry $20,000 over images, and to follow my heart back to early child- ten years. So, develop a hood, playing in the backyard, squishing if we miss a new and mud pies through my $ngers. !is time family of four, that is $80,000 our county stronger ap- around, clay has replaced the mud but the will not receive for critical infrastructure preciation pleasure I get from holding the earth in needs including our roads, our schools, se- for life’s de- my hands is just the same. nior housing, $re $ghters, and more. You tails. He be- Raku, a $ring technique (which, in Japa- can $ll out thew census online at: www.my- lieves that a nese means pleasure or enjoyment in) has 2020census.gov $ne art pho- become a passion for Cassady. "My pieces Complete the census. !ere are only a tographic image is most powerful if it can be are all made by hand using coiling & pinch- few questions: the names of who lives in my viewed with increasing pleasure repeatedly ing tech niques and $red using di"erent $r- home, their birth dates, and our ethnic heri- for many years, rather than simply tage. Stop thinking about it. Just do it! have a strong initial impact. Chie"o gets almost instant feed- back as he begins his photographic journey. “When I go into the $eld, www . thelighthousepeddler com • always free & in color I rarely carry any strongly precon- ceived ideas about subject ma#er for my images. I study the light, as it falls on the landscape, and look for ways in which it may bring out the hidden beauty around me. When things are going well, I literally enter a medita- tive state of mind, which allows me to create images that communicate the subtle emotions aroused by the scene surrounding me.” ing processes. I’m drawn to create shapes While the vast majority of his artistry that are simple yet elegant and in their sim- takes place looking through the camera’s plicity, capture your eye’s a#ention. I don’t

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Let’s face it, culture always she is going insane. seems more credible when it has a French He does this by tinkering with small el- accent. It's probably even more basic than ements in their relationship. He insists she that as a simple compare-and-contrast may is mistaken, forgetful, or delusional about show. A'er studying German in college and many aspects of her life. !e plot of “Gas- having traveled extensively through Eu- light” was so believable that the $lm title and ultimately the election of Boris John- rope, my anecdotal evidence is that there and premise added a verb(gaslighting( son. Leaving the economics and the politics is a signi$cant di"erence between being to the English lexicon. For example, a recent aside, the much more pressing question asked “Parlez-vous francais?” or “Sprechen headline from a Los Angeles Times edito- I was asking is what is the deal with Boris Sie Deutsch?”. It's not necessarily scienti$c rial asked “Trump's census order de$es the Johnson’s hair? It’s my view that Mr. John- but I have it on very good authority that a Constitution. Is he gaslighting, or just des- son’s hair seems to be a separate gaslighting French accent(at least when it comes to perate?”. And in July the Washington Post e"ort by him, distracting us from the chaos $lms(will always prevail. Which brings reported that since becoming president in Britain these days, but I’ll save Boris for me to Charles Boyer. Donald Trump has ". . . crossed the 20,000 another day. Born in Figeac, France in 1899, Charles mark ( an average of 23 claims [lies] a day Closer to home, gaslighting has lately over a 14-month period, which included been taking on a more ominous quality. the events leading up to Trump’s impeach- Convicted felons (friends of the president) ment trial, the worldwide pandemic that are pardoned. !e word “hoax” is used to crashed the economy and the eruption of discredit almost any rational, credible or protests over the death of George Floyd in con$rmed problem. Inspectors general in police custody." In short, Trump's lies are the government are being $red for doing a form of gaslighting. And these days, gas- their jobs. !e Secretary of the Depart- lighting seems to be everywhere. ment of Health and Human Services, Alex !e romantic international traveler in me Azar, selected one of his top aides to run the always liked ge#ing my passport stamped day-to-day U.S. response to the coronavirus at every border. I recall a driving tour in the pandemic. It was a perfect choice, given the "Perhaps the most positive 1970s where Dolly and I crossed multiple aide’s occupation before being personally street-level effect of the frontiers entering !e Netherlands, France, selected handle this important duty: he was Black Lives Matter move- Luxembourg, Germany, Austria and Swit- a Labradoodle breeder. Yes, this adminis- ment will be the increased zerland, almost always receiving a stamp in tration knows all the best people. And the our passports as proof. A favorite memory man responsible for overseeing the child willingness of white people was stopping in the principality of Lichten- separation policy at the border, had never to speak up when they see Boyer was barely 20 when he began his $lm stein. We had lunch in Vaduz, the capital, spent any time rese#ling refugees before he racial injustice." career. Although his early roles were during but $rst paid our 50 Swiss centimes for the was put in charge of, ah, oh let's see, refugee the silent era, with the addition of sound (optional) passport stamp. !at being said, rese#lement. Mitch McFarland came a steady growth in his $lm roles, as crossing borders in Europe today is consid- Science takes a back seat to magical think- he began making movies on both sides of erably less exotic but in$nitely easier with ing. !e Senate takes vacations and tables the Atlantic. By 1944 he had already made the creation of the E.U. needed legislation “while Rome burns”. We It’s unlikely that California’s north coast 40 $lms including two of his most remem- Gaslighting may very well have played wait for additional federal monies for the will soon be a target for these faux-military bered roles: as Pepe le Moko in “Algiers” a part in Brexit, the 2016 vote resulting in unemployed, additional funding for state displays, yet there are a few things we can and as Gregory Anton in “Gaslight”. His on the UK leaving the European Union. !e governments, readily-available testing for do. Complete your census form so that screen success in the 1930s and 1940s was plebiscite was built on reactionary cries of Covid-19, a fast turnaround of test results California (and counties like Mendocino not surprising as his good looks and com- national sovereignty, isolationism, racism and so on. At the same time the federal and Sonoma) receive a full share of federal mand of English (with a seductive French and a general wave of right-wing politics government has found the energy to send monies in the coming decade. Register to accent) were perfectly suited to the big along with a casual complacency by many in hundreds (and soon to be thousands) of vote, and then VOTE. And don't be silent! screen. “You know, that accent”, my friend on the le'. !e $nal tally was a narrow 52% unknown, unidenti$ed para-military forces, Reach out regularly to our local, county, Frank in Chicago would say, “da womens to 48%. Two years a'er the Brexit vote an waving them in front of us like it’s right, ra- state and congressional representatives. love it”. analysis by !e Guardian concluded that tional and, most importantly legal and nor- Gaslighting is underway every day. We “Gaslight”, a 1944 psychological thriller, “!e past two years have felt like a vast ex- mal. In addition to BLM and other protest- need to recognize it and “put the gas %ame was adapted from a 1938 play by Patrick ercise in gaslighting.” !e divorce was not ers, groups of moms and military veterans out.” Hamilton. Director George Cukor (“!e going smoothly and at this writing(four have been gassed, beaten and arrested.

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Pg 11 Lighthouse Peddler, August 2020 Scuttlebutt by Mitch McFarland

Lately I have been trying to $gure out am being o"-pu#ing to that person because racial integration in America. what a racists is. My years traveling around of our cultural di"erences, am I being a rac- White civil rights workers in the South the world as a merchant seaman made it ist or just an asshole? during the 1960s braved the scorn of their obvious to me that EVERYONE has some It is easy enough to de$ne a person as white peers (Viola Gregg Liuzzo was mur- strong feelings about some other group, racist if they openly take action to display dered by the Klan), and even Lyndon John- one that o'en gets categorized as belong- their bigotry. !e white son, who is reported to ing to another “race”. power lunatics make it have used the n-word in Science (that pesky thing again) tells us all too obvious how that private, felt obliged to that there is only one race of homo sapiens. goes, but any bank man- sign the Civil Rights Act. !is makes me uncomfortable using the ager still practicing redlin- Despite whatever criti- word “race” to describe people of a di"er- ing is morally just as racist cism is leveled at millen- ent cultural or ethnic background than me. as the nuts that get on TV. nials, it can happily be !e idea that Europeans, Asians, and Afri- People o'en go along said that they seem to cans are of a di"erent race is so well accept- with their peer group re- be the least racist mem- ed in common usage that for the purpose garding the negative at- bers of our society. !e of this piece I guess I have to use the word tributes of another “race” percentage of interracial as it is typically used, despite the fact that simply to keep from being marriages has more than I think it sort of misses the whole point of singled out for scrutiny. doubled since 1980. inter-cultural relations. !ey don't want to speak 22% of blacks ages 15 to Race is a political category that humans up when they see others 29 are intermarried. Of invented to create some space between repeating racist ideas for fear of being at- all newlyweds in their 30s,18% are married themselves and another group that they tacked themselves. So are these people rac- to someone of a di"erent race or ethnic- have decided needs exploiting. !is is ists or just cowards? Does it ma#er? And is ity. Among all white newlyweds, the rate is typical of the English colonial way of think- everyone always expected to act heroically? around 11%. ing- and, of course, Spanish missionaries. It is not easy to go against dominant think- Perhaps the best advice for creating racial Some have even used the concept of race to ing. Group thought doesn't tolerate con- harmony comes from the Warren Bea#ie glorify themselves, thereby denigrating all trary opinions very well. character in the $lm "Bulworth". I believe “others”. Read Shogun, for example. Perhaps the most positive street-level it was the concluding line of the movie How about the Palestinians and the true e"ect of the Black Lives Ma#er movement when he stated, “all we need is a voluntary, Middle-Eastern Israelis? !ey look a lot will be the increased willingness of white free-spirited, open-ended program of pro- alike to me and though they spell it di"er- people to speak up when they see racial in- creative racial deconstruction. Everybody ently, they both use the name Abraham or justice. If the BLM rallies are any indication, has got to just keep f***kin' everybody 'til Ibrahim, yet I am sure many on both sides white people are more than ever deciding to they're all the same color.” of that con%ict consider themselves of a dif- speak out about their own frustration with Photographs of Viola Greg Liuzzo. (above) ferent race than the others. the lasting e"ects of America's “original sin”. and Chuck Berry (le") Since we all have our preconceived(or !e targets of racism are, of course, the programmed(beliefs about other people, most seriously a"ected by racial stereo- "No message could have been any clearer you might say that makes all of us racists. types, but racial bigotry a"ects all of us. If you wanna make the world I'm OK with that, but it begs the question, Not only does a nation lose out by deny- “CoronaVirus”: what do each of us do once we accept that ing the equal participation of all the talents a better place A family of viruses, Take a look at yourself idea. How we act with that knowledge is of its citizenry, but we all individually are where the rubber hits the road. denied the intellectual growth that comes named for their crown- and then make a change." So maybe it is not our beliefs, but our with experiencing other cultures. Most like spikes, which can actions that really de$nes people understand that travel Michael Jackson (1958-2009) a racist. I may have some broadens the mind and opens cause mild to severe From "Man In The MIrror" preconceived notions new channels of thought and respiratory illness and about the culture of Black, communication. People who or Chinese, or Hispanic never visit other cultures tend death. people, but do I allow those to be more insular and pro- “Moron-a-Virus”: ideas to guide my behavior vincial. !e same holds true toward an individual mem- within our country. If our dif- A family of viruses named ber of one of those groups ferent cultures don't- or can't- for the Trump family of when my ethical principles mix, then we are all the poorer should lead me in another for not sharing our di"erent morons whose behavior direction? !at seems to strengths. can cause mild to severe be what ma#ers. !ings do seem to be chang- Another question: If I am put o" by ing. Beginning with the boomer generation headaches, nausea, illness, someone of another culture (that some appreciation of cultural di"erences began death and economic would call another “race”) is it because of to emerge. White kids went crazy for black my unchecked bigotry or is it because that musicians. Oddly, Chuck Berry might be collapse. An advertisement in the public interest individual person happens to be a jerk? If I one of the most signi$cant motivators of paid for by a concerned citizen.

Pg 12 Lighthouse Peddler, August 2020 !ere’s Always Something To See At !e Point Arena Light Station. Visit !e Light Station !is Summer Celebrating its 150th Anniversary of Educational Chair of its Board. It is also the rial and benches for viewing and more. Visi- lighting the way on the Paci$c Coast, the westernmost installation in the “Art Line,” a tors are provided an Outdoor Museum map Point Arena Lighthouse stands as an iconic series of walkable, interactive outdoor art- as part of the site visit fee. $gure on the landscape of the American Pa- works across At this ci$c Coast. !e historic Point Arena Light the heart writing the Station includes the surrounding 23 coast- of America O u t d o o r PRINT • SCAN • FAX • EMAIL al acres, and the 115 '. Lighthouse Tower along a 28 Museum is Business Cards • Building Plans and its 1896 Fog Signal Building continue m i l e - w i d e open dai- Postcards • Flyers • Posters to provide inspiration, education and en- band, cen- ly from Signage • Secretarial Services joyment for all of us and for generations to tered on the 1 0 : 0 0 a m Oce Supplies • Tech Accesories come. 39th Lati- to 3:30pm No other lighthouse o"ers such a fully tude. Known (subject to ph 707.884.9640 interactive experience in the exchange be- as Earth Art, change dur- fax 707.885.0191 tween history, science and natural beauty. these geo- ing the on- Sometimes brilliantly sunny, other times metric re%ec- going shel- fog-shrouded and mysterious, always rug- tions of Na- ter-in-place). BUSINESS HOURS gedly beautiful, the lighthouse is a place ture's forms !e facilities Mon Tue Thu Friday to $nd something di"erent, a place where and pa#erns are closed on 2pm - 4pm the romance is real and the experience is are being Thanksgiv- CLOSED: Wednesday, Thursday, Weekends profound. !e Light Station is surrounded created by artists, labyrinth enthusiasts, ing and Christmas days. !e Lighthouse re- by water on three sides, and sits adjacent to and local community members in 14 states quests a site visit fee of $5 for guests 12 and the Point Arena-Storne#a Unit of the Cali- that stretch from California to New Jersey. over, which provides you access to the Out- fornia Coastal National Monument. Already there are many examples of Earth door Museum and the Light Station Store. Clearly, the Point Arena Light Station Art on the Art Line. With art as a conduit, Children under 12 years are free. Admis- is the premiere visitor destination in Men- the Art Line fosters a sense of unity and docino County. It is also one of the best awareness by promoting a series of con- whale watching spots on the North Coast, nections ( between the individual and with the annual Gray Whale migration Nature, within the community, and be- from late November through May, Hump- tween the communities on the Art Line. backs throughout the Why the 39th paral- year, the occasional pod lel? !e 39th paral- of transient Killer Whales lel closely denotes the and even Blue and Fin- north/south centerline back Whales. Happy lo- of the country ( truly cals and visitors can catch the heartline of Amer- a view of the spouts, tails ica. Creating a physical sion is always free to Lighthouse members. and breaches from the line of walkable Art can Summer is a great time to visit all that blu"s around the Light- be viewed as activating the Point Arena Light Station and its new house peninsula and the heart meridian, re- Outdoor Museum have to o"er. More infor- from the trails and ga- minding us to return to mation is at 707-882-2809 and at PointAr- zebo. !e new Outdoor this powerful connection enaLighthouse.com. Museum encompasses point within ourselves. the entire 23 acres of the !e line starts in Cali- Light Station grounds. fornia and runs through !e newest feature, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, which was completed in Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, June, is the Light Station Indiana, Ohio, West Vir- Labyrinth. Located just ginia, Virginia, Maryland, inside the entry gate on Delaware and the south- the eastern edge of the ern tip of New Jersey on Station, this stone labyrinth o"ers visitors the East Coast. a meditative and contemplative avenue to !e outdoor museum at the Point Are- enjoy the Station grounds and views. En- na Lighthouse, will also introduce visitors visioned and funded by the Point Arena to the Druid’s Circle made from 5 locally Lighthouse Keepers, Inc. (PALKI) Vice sourced blue shale pillars. For $lm lovers, President Laura Franklin, the labyrinth the gazebo is from the $lm “Forever Young” was installed by noted stone masons Julien which was le' a'er the completion of the Carmellino of France and Kevin Carman of 1992 $lming. !ere is a Native Plant Gar- Riverside, CA. den, Coastal Prairie, Whale Trail interpre- !e labyrinth is an unusual $ve circuit pat- tive panel, several historical plaques and tern designed by Marilyn Larson, a found- markers around the property, the unique ing member of the Labyrinth Society and stone entry fence, various trails and memo-

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Pg 14 Lighthouse Peddler, August 2020 "Ol’ Blue Eyes Goes A-Courtin'" by Mary Jane Schramm, Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary OL’ BLUE EYES was feeling amorous when they’ve got it all here? $cient deterrent to most would-be raiders. ability, ocean temperatures, and competi- last spring. He’d been a bachelor within his BIG BLUE: With a bulbous head atop a COURTSHIP: Unlike Sinatra’s melodic tion by other seabirds. In 1974, Pt. Blue close-knit community, with some of the long, thick neck, the Brandt’s is the size of ballads, this Blue Eyes’ vocal repertoire is Conservation Science counted 23,800 best ocean-view real estate in the City of a small goose, up to 31 inches long, nearly a deep, gu#ural "oink." !e male Brandt’s adults, but in 2009 a mere 1,248 adults. San Francisco. !e enclave didn’t require a six pounds, with a wingspan of 3.5 feet. Greater Farallones National Marine Sanc- fenced and gated compound to keep outsid- Breeding adults are blackish, with irides- tuary’s Beach Watch program has peri- ers at bay; the terrain on which they’d built cent heads, necks, backs and wings. !ey odically documented unusual numbers of their homes – steep, rocky cli"side dwell- have startlingly blue eyes and throat (gu- dead cormorants on area beaches, and our ings – provided security. An intruder would lar) skin edged with tan, and wispy white ACCESS research cruises document live literally have to %y in and risk a doughty feathers around head and shoulders. sightings, adding to the understanding of defense. But amidst all of this companion- Nonbreeding adults are uniform black. this species’ population dynamics. !ey ship, Ol’ Blue Eyes was missing romance, a Younger birds are dark brown, with bu"- are not threatened or endangered. mate, a family. Seeing a comely female near- colored throats and gular pouches. Seabirds are excellent indicators of our !eir feathers lack oily waterproo$ng, ocean’s health, echoing the %uctuations reducing buoyancy and allowing deep in its productivity. Marine systems are dives. !ey o'en perch atop pilings or constantly changing, and we are likely to rocks, wings outstretched, as they dry detect more anomalies as ocean climate and preen themselves. Brandt’s feathers changes. !is seabird data helps our scien- are outlined in black, giving them a $ne- selects the nest site; an isolated %at, if avail- tists to gauge the health of these and other ly-drawn, scale-like appearance. A view able, but few are, so the steep slopes of the marine species and the ecosystem overall, through a spo#ing scope or good binocu- Farallones and mainland headlands provide enabling management to take steps to en- lars will provide an appreciation of these ledges enough to secure a ground nest. !e sure resiliency among wild populations. dark beauties. male gathers seaweed and other materials, ******** SEAFOOD FO*YS: Brandt’s are and the female creates the nest’s feng shui For more information on the sanctuary’s pursuit-divers, darting a'er anchovies, – generally a disorderly pile. Together they seabird research, education and resource juvenile rock$sh, herring, %at$sh, or crus- incubate up to four eggs. Chicks reach deep protection, see h#ps://farallones.noaa. by, he drew back his glistening black head, taceans. !e menu is driven by availabil- into the parental gullet to slurp its nutri- gov/eco/seabird/, and h#ps://farallones. exposing his brilliant electric-blue throat ity; the “Chef’s Special” is a key factor in tious contents. noaa.gov/science/access.html pouch, and bill points skyward, he %u#ered diet selection. Going into a dive they may THE LOCALS: !e Farallones popula- his wings. He rapidly thrust his head down leap upward, to add thrust to their descent, tion has %uctuated greatly with food avail- Above: Brandt's cormorants '"whiskers" disappear a"er court- ship; the blue throat patch is inconspicuous until displayed. and forward, again and again. Fascinated, propelled by their large paddle-feet. Credit: NOAA. enchanted, the female indicated she was !ey snatch prey with long, hooked Far le": Brandt's Cormorant, Ol' Blue Eyes. Credit: David Ledig/US F&WS receptive. (Scene fades to crashing surf and bills. Large %ocks %y low across the Near le": South Farallon Islands' white guano swaths reveal singing violins). Meet Phalacrocorax peni- water in long streams, headed for seabird nesting sites. Credit: Joshua Hull/ USF&WS cillatus, the Brandt’s cormorant. foraging hot spots that may also at- Brandt’s cormorants are large, gregari- tract other seabirds, sea lions and Mary Jane Schramm ous seabirds of the California Current, whales! NOAA Greater Farallones • National Marine Sanctuary breeding mostly along the California and COLONIALS: Cormorants main- [email protected] Oregon coasts. !eir Farallon Islands Na- tain large, dense colonies, discour- IMAGE: Far le%: Blue Whales Aerial in CINMS. Credit: NOAA. Center: Bright orange whale poop re ects their pink tional Wildlife Refuge rookery, within aging predators, although western prey, krill. Credit: Peter Winch/GFNMS-NOAA. Above: $sh-delicious Greater Farallones National gulls are serious threats to the rare Blue Whales. Credit: NOAA. Dan Shapiro. Marine Sanctuary, is one of the world’s larg- una#ended egg or chick. !e cor- est. Brandt’s are non-migratory; why travel, morants’ hard, sharp bills are a suf-

Pg 15 Lighthouse Peddler, August 2020 Gualala’s Future: Natural Wonderland or ‘Sterile Strip Mall’ By Tom Murphy If you thought the great debate over the ing. It would also allow delivery trucks and version more favorable to the Surf. Westport,” said Una Wirkebau, who leads Gualala Streetscape ended with the raucous motorhomes to pull over. Any other solution !en all hell broke loose. May warned he Move2030, a county program focused on Town Hall last October, think again. Not sur- would require enormous retaining walls or might have to close the much-loved Surf if economic resiliency. prisingly, the 64-foot-wide highway concept eliminate more Town Plan requirements. he lost taxpayer-provided highway parking, !e shopping mall approach also draws that surfaced in that meeting doesn’t $t very but he didn’t men- %ak from environmental circles. “Gualala will well into the 60-foot right-of-way. Now Cal- tion the ICP. Surf be the $rst town you come to in Mendocino trans is again seeking community input on customers dutifully County. To have it look simply like a com- what to do. wrote comments to mercial space would be a shame,” Charles !e answer to that question will de$ne Caltrans and signed Ivor, president, Friends of Gualala River, said Gualala for the next half-century as either an Surf petitions, during a June meeting of the GMAC Hous- idyllic nature-loving community for visitors though most prob- ing & Economic Development Commi#ee and residents or what Cypress Village HOA ably never knew (HED). President Will Merget called “a sterile San about the ICP. In a series of four round-table discussions, Jose strip mall.” While an earlier plan featured Hoping to avoid business representatives a#ending HED native landscaping alongside three tra)c division, GMAC meetings agreed by broad consensus that lanes, the newer concept is a barren four-lane proposed a compro- Caltrans should “follow the Town Plan” to plaza of asphalt and concrete stretching from A Long Road mise based on the ICP that allowed the entire enhance the town’s aesthetics. businesses on the east to those on the west. !e 2002 Town Plan stated it “shall be Surf Center to continue using highway park- Is this plan even permi#ed under the Town For the 17 years before last summer, the required to help make Highway 1 a scenic ing in the interim while Bower completed Plan? Caltrans Project Manager Frank Dem- choice was obvious. It is spelled out in the element of the Gualala townscape” while en- his project. GMAC also conducted a survey, ling said last year he was told by Chief Plan- black le#er law of the Gualala Town Plan. !e hancing safety, decreasing congestion, and $nding 89% of area residents still supported ner Julia Acker that there was enough “wiggle Plan, part of the Mendocino County building encouraging people to walk around. It re- the Town Plan concept when they under- room” in the Town Plan to allow changes. code, was developed from input from hun- quired native landscaping along a meander- stood there was guaranteed parking for the However, Acker told me last month she had dreds of people over a 12-year period before ing sidewalk on both sides, a separated bike Surf. only a brief conversation about the turn lane it was $nally adopted in 2002 by the Board of lane that is safe for anyone, one travel lane in Bower and May rejected GMAC’s pro- and neither saw nor heard any details. Supervisors and the California Coastal Com- each direction, and a center turn lane for safer posal. Bower said he’d rather negotiate with “I have not given any formal approval or au- mission. access to 18 driveways along the road. Caltrans, and May publicly expressed doubt thorization to any sort of design at this point,” Despite its age, the document reads like It also called for elimination of the roughly Bower would ever complete the work. Acker said. “I want to make sure they’re not it was wri#en last week by environmental- four-dozen parking spaces on the highway. Community Leaders running carte blanche with a conversation ists discussing global warming. While Sea Only about a dozen spaces near the Surf Several other business and civic leaders when I did not sign o" on a $nal plan or any- Ranchers pride themselves for “living lightly Market get much use now; people rarely have publicly supported the Town Plan’s vi- thing.” on the land,” the Town park on the northern sion, including Gualala Hotel owner Jim Ultimately, the decision may rest on what Plan mandates similar ‘Gualala’s appearance is critical two-thirds of the road. Pedersen; Breakers Hotel and Vue restau- the community says. If you’d like to com- standards for Gualala. to the future of eco-tourism in Most cars and RVs rant owner David Shahriari; and MendoVine ment, you can send an email to Bonnie. !e primary stated Mendocino County. We can’t let park in the 600-plus owner Ron Das. Chamber of Commerce [email protected] . goal of the plan is “to it look like a truck stop.’ o"-highway spaces that Chair Robert Juengling, a long-time realtor preserve and enhance are closer to businesses. on Highway 1 who also chairs GMAC, also Tom Murphy is Vice Chair of the Gualala the rural, coastal charac- And approximately 400 Municipal Advisory Commi$ee. He chairs Una Wirkebau, Move2030 supports the Town Plan’s goals. ter of the town of Gua- additional public and Critics of the mall concept worry it will GMAC’s Commi$ee on Housing & Eco- lala, to be#er integrate private spaces are likely cause irreparable harm to hotels, restaurants, nomic Development and sits with Juengling future development with the natural sur- to be added o"-highway in the foreseeable and retail stores in Gualala and beyond. on GMAC’s Streetscape Commi$ee. He lives roundings, to protect and restore coast views, future. “Gualala’s appearance is critical to the future in downtown Gualala. He can be reached at and to improve public access to the coast.” In 2005, the Mendocino Council of Gov- of eco-tourism in Mendocino County. We [email protected]. By that measure alone, it’s easy to under- ernments (MCOG), which “owns” the proj- can’t let it look like a truck stop. We need a stand why many Gualalans fume at a highway ect, scaled back the right of way to 60 feet sense of nature and beauty from Gualala to proposal that would replace the current 22- from 80 because of physical obstacles like foot blacktop roadway with a plaza nearly “existing development,” which was allowed three times that width for six-tenths of a mile in the Town Plan. from Old State Highway to Ocean Drive. In 2007, John Bower, who owns much of Ironically, many environmentally minded the land along and under the highway, start- residents helped to generate the mall concept ed sketching plans to renovate the Surf Cen- in the mistaken belief that the earlier ap- ter and add about 90 parking spaces for the proach would immediately eliminate highway Surf Market. In 2013, Surf owner Steve May parking near the Surf Market. As we’ll explain reached agreement with MCOG on an Inter- later, it wouldn’t. But unless those people re- im Constrained Plan (ICP) that guaranteed vise their comments now, their earlier posi- his customers could park along the highway tions will help pave over downtown Gualala. until Bower $nished the project. !e obvious compromise would be to drop In 2018, Caltrans held a Town Hall in one of the two lanes of parking added during which residents a)rmed the Town Plan’s vi- last fall’s Town Hall. !at would shrink the sion, and Caltrans released two versions of project’s width and restore other elements the design in June 2019. !e Gualala Mu- of the Town Plan, including the landscap- nicipal Advisory Council soon backed the

Pg 16 Lighthouse Peddler, August 2020 Get Out! August Events. Poetry, Theater, Art, Radio, Online and more. Please be advised that many events currently on the schedule are VIRTUAL events. !ey will be done remotely with a"endees and guests participating through an internet connection. Most vir- tual events can be accessed from home with a good internet connection.

• Saturday 01: On Demand #lm, "Rebuilding Paradise". Streaming at Arena!eater.org. 1 • Saturday 01: 10:00am, Virtual Naturalist Cruise to the Farallon Islands. Link at farallon.org. • Saturday 01: 11:00am, Chie$o/Cassady Exhibit Opening at Dolphin Gallery (until 7pm). • Saturday 01: 12:00pm, Coast Hwy Art Collective. Luster/Caperton. Opening reception. • Saturday 01: 7:00pm, S. F. Mime Troupe on KTDE. "Fear of the Dark: Good Cop". 2 • Sunday 02: On Demand #lm, "!e Fight". Streaming at Arena!eater.org.*** • Sunday 02: 11:00am, Virtual Naturalist Cruise to the Farallon Islands. Link at farallon.org. • Monday 03: 10:00am, Pt. Arena Light Station Opened to visitors. (Open daily). • Wednesday 05: 10:00am, Mendo. Coast Botanical Gardens. See what's in bloom. (Wed-Sun). • Wednesday 05: 7:00pm, S. F. Mime Troupe on KTDE. "Fear of the Dark: Good Cop". 2 • Friday 07: On Demand #lm, "Out Stealing Horses". Streaming at Arena!eater.org. 1 • !ursday 13: 2:00pm, Art in the Redwoods Boxed Hat Dinner at Gualala Arts. (until 4:00pm). • Friday 14: 6:00pm, Art In !e Redwoods, Virtual Judges Awards. Link at GualalaArts.org. • Saturday 15: All Day: Art In !e Redwoods % View all day Online at GualalaArts.org. 2 • Saturday 15: 7:00pm, S. F. Mime Troupe on KTDE. "Dimension 2020: It Came From R&D" . 2 • Sunday 16: All Day: Art In !e Redwoods % View all day Online at GualalaArts.org. 2 • Sunday 16: MET Stars Live in Concert, Alagna/Kurzak. Streaming at Arena!eater.org. 4 • Sunday 17: Applications Due: Greater Farallones NMS (info on page 9). • Wednesday 19: 7:00pm, S. F. Mime Troupe on KTDE. "Dimension 2020: It Came From R&D" . 2 • !ursday 20: 7:00pm, Virtual 3rd !ur. Poetry. Cassandra Dalle". Link at cassandradalle".me • Saturday 29: MET Stars Live in Concert, Lise Davidsen. Streaming at Arena!eater.org. 4 • Saturday 29: 7:00pm, S. F. Mime Troupe on KTDE. "Jade For Hire". 2

Looking ahead to September • Wednesday 02: 7:00pm, S. F. Mime Troupe on KTDE. "Jade For Hire". 2

1. Note: Streaming of Arena !eater "lms is available for two weeks. Fees are shared with Arena !eater. Details are on page 4. Links are at Arena!eater.org. 2. Note: SFMT episodes are broadcast Saturday and repeated the following Wednesday. 3. Note: All entries in 2020 Art in the Redwoods are available for viewing online continuously through August 30. 4. Note: MET performances are $20. 100% of the proceeds go to MET. Consider a donation to Arena !eater too. Links are at Arena!eater.org. AFRICA ON THE MENDOCINO COAST B. Bryan Preserve in Pt. Arena is a 110-acre conservation center dedicated to the breeding and preservation of African hoof stock. Not a zoo, but a private preserve housing endangered Visits available at 9:30am and 4:00pm by reservation only. Stay with us in the comfort and style of one of our eco-friendly cottages. (707) 882-2297 • www.bbryanpreserve.com