The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at State University Mon- terey Bay, established with a grant from the Bernard Osher Foundation, is part of a national network that recognizes learning has no age limits. OLLI brings the joy and stimulation of lifelong learning to adults age 50 and better who are interested in university-level education without the pressure of course credits or grades.

HOW TO ENROLL: Enrollment Confirmation: You may sign up for individual class offerings OR Confirmations will be sent by email or Become an OLLI Plum Member and receive complimentary tuition for by mail for those without email. three OLLI courses per semester! OLLI Plum Membership costs only $99 per semester or $149 for the entire year! OLLI Refund Policy: You may cancel your order two weeks Additional OLLI at CSUMB Plum Membership benefits include: prior to offering for a 100% refund. One week prior receives a 75% • Invitations to OLLI social events refund. No refund within one week of offering. • Faculty discounts to CSUMB Otter Sports Center, Otter Aquatic Center and CSUMB athletic events Adding or Dropping Classes: • A CSUMB parking pass Members who wish to add or drop a course must call (831) 582-5500 to do Student discount for CSUMB World Theater events • so. Members are not automatically • Use of The Tanimura & Antle Family Memorial Library materials dropped from courses for non-attendance. during published hours; CSUMB.EDU/library

There are 2 easy ways to register: Fee Assistance Program: 1. Register online at CSUMB.EDU/olli If you would like to be considered for 2. Register by mail with the registration form on page 15. our fee assistance program, please send a personal letter to: CSU , COURSE LOCATIONS: Attn: OLLI at CSUMB Unless otherwise noted in the course description, all courses will be held 100 Campus Center in the CSUMB Corporation Building Annex located on campus on the Seaside, CA 93955-8001 corner of Inter-Garrison Road and Sixth Avenue (Building 201). In the letter explain your situation and which courses you would like to take. Directions:

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2 OSHER LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE • CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, MONTEREY BAY A GOOD HAIRCUT

Sam was handsome and he knew it. His constant grooming produced soft silky hair that highlighted his green eyes. When he walked, he placed one foot directly in front of the other, like a runway model, allowing people to admire his sleek physique and elegant movements. His black glossy hair, always at the right length, reflected light with each move. His teeth were white and naturally straight. No braces for Sam.

In my presence, Sam never uttered a single word the entire time I knew him. Barbara said they communicated through eye contact and gestures. They were that close. Barbara assured me that Sam was deep and thoughtful.

Stretching his supple spine while turning away, he glanced at me. His yoga moves were elegant, as always. Just once, I wanted Sam to stumble. His every gesture seemed to broadcast THE OLLI WRITERS’ CIRCLES AT CSUMB disdain and ennui for my life. There was something vaguely French about We’re back for another exciting season. Whether you’re a beginning writer Sam. or a published professional seeking constructive feedback, the OLLI Writers’ Sam and Barbara had been together Circles offer a creative, collaborative atmosphere in which to improve your for years. Sam followed Barbara to writing. California and ended up living with me because her apartment was too small. He had no choice. Yet, they seemed This season we’ll be offering two circles. Circle A is for returning OLLI circle to get closer without the stress of living participants. All those who are new to the OLLI Writers’ Circle program are together. Barbara looked for a job and welcome to join us for Circle B. Both circles are invited to a special holiday Sam pampered himself all day. season session to share cookies, read snippets and meet one another. (6 meet- “How cute your cottage is,” Barbara ings per session plus holiday gathering, Dec. 17; 9:30 – 11:30am) exclaimed when the two of them first arrived in August.

Date/Time: Thursdays; 9:30 – 11:30am Laughing, I said, “In California this is Circle A: Sept. 10, 24; Oct. 8, 29; Nov. 12; Dec 3 considered a house.” Circle B: Sept. 17; Oct. 1, 22; Nov. 5, 19; Dec 10 “Oh,” she said. Fee: $75 This was our first home. It was an Elin Kelsey, PhD returns for her third year facilitating the popular OLLI writ- eleven hundred square-foot house. Originally it had been a vacation ing circles. Elin is an award-winning author for children and adults. Her new- bungalow for a fortunate San est book, Watching Giants: The Secret Lives of Whales will be released in paper- Franciscan. Now, it was a $ 325,000 back by UC Press in Fall 2009 and was selected as a “Best Reads for 2009” by house on the wrong side of the tracks in Burlingame, California. It was 1989 Canada’s National Public Radio Network (CBC). Elin consults on international and real estate was cheap. No one had environmental projects and is an adjunct professor at Royal Roads University heard of the Loma Preita fault line. where she was recently nominated for the 2009 Kelly Outstanding Teaching “Look at the beautiful plants”, I said. Award. Learn more at www.elinkelseyandcompany.com (Continued on page 5)

(831) 582-5500 csumb.edu/olli 3 TAIKO APPRECIATION Taiko is the Japanese word for drum. In North America, this term is used to describe both the Japanese drum itself and the art form of kumidaiko (ensemble drumming with Japanese drums). Join fellow enthusiasts in learning the basics of taiko drumming in a fun and engaging workshop leading to a performance by Monterey’s own Shinsho Mugen Daiko, at CSUMB World Theater on Sunday, Octo- ber 18. All participants learn a song based on fundamental stance, rhythms and technique. No experience necessary!

Two pre-performance classes will provide the background and context for viewing this one-of-a-kind event. One post-performance wrap up session concludes the course. Admission to the performance is included in course registration. Enrollment limited to first 12 registrants. (3 Meetings plus Taiko Performance, Oct. 18; 2:00pm)

Dates: Tuesdays, Oct. 6, 13, 20 Time: 6:00 - 7:30pm Fee: $60

Ikuyo Conant is a composer and choreographer based in Santa Cruz, CA. She is the Artistic Director of Watson- ville Taiko, and has written and arranged the group’s music and developed the choreography since l992. In 1996, she created Shinsei Daiko, a youth drumming and performing arts group, and in 1999 she established Shinsho Mugen Daiko of Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay. She is the resident teacher for Sandoshin Taiko in Morgan Hill, and has taught Taiko drumming at CSUMB.

BACKPACK LIT Do you love to go a wandering? What if you only can bring a backpack? What would you bring to read on such a journey? This course with Ranger B, aka Professor Mossberg, has us shoulder our packs with literature for the trail, as we amble along life’s pathways, waving our hands to all we meet. We will consider great literature to have at the end of the day to soothe our weary muscles and revive our worried minds. We will each design a backpack of literature for our own journeys, the books we cannot leave home without, the works we need to have for whatever valleys and peaks we climb and descend. But we can only choose 4-6! We will learn about what oth- ers like John Muir have put in their backpacks, and we will sing, with our backpacks on our backs. Trail Mix provided. (5 Meetings)

Dates: Wednesdays, Sept. 30; Oct. 7, 14, 21, 28 Time: 2:00 – 4:00pm Fee: $60

Barbara Mossberg is an international authority on Emily Dickinson. Her book, Emily Dickinson: When a Writer is a Daughter, was named a Choice Outstanding Academic Book of the Year. She directs the Integrated Studies program and is a professor of First Year Seminar at CSUMB. Dr. Mossberg is also known as host and creator of the Poetry Slow Down, a weekly talk-news show devoted to poetry and consciousness on KRXA 540AM, www. krxa540.com, Sundays; noon – 1:00pm. She also has a blog to promote poetry, Fat Lady Flying, at barbaramoss- berg.blogspot.com

4 OSHER LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE • CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, MONTEREY BAY THE BEARS OF THE WORLD

Much of what passes for fact about bears in reality is not (Continued from page 3) so: bears do not hibernate, most bear species (even young “Here’s a bird of paradise by the front grizzly bears) have no trouble climbing and spending stoop. An avocado tree, a lemon tree, much of their time well above ground in tree tops, and jades are in the backyard. Huge by California standards. You don’t find that and bears, even polar bears, are not strict carni- in New York.” vores. “California is a state of mind,” I said. Join us for an evening of “bare” facts as “Enjoy the natural beauty outside.” we examine bears from prehistoric fos- “Mellowspeak,” Barbara said under her sil origins (if you believe grizzlies are breath. formidable, take a look at cave bears!) to tropical species, to our own local Sam yawned and scratched himself. bears of Monterey County’s Los As vain as Sam was, he did have one Padres National Forest. You’ll disgusting habit. Regardless of who learn a great deal if you bear was present, if Sam had an itch, he scratched it. He appeared oblivious to with us. (1 Meeting) social convention when grabbing his crotch in public. Barbara assured me Date: Thursday, Dec. 3 it was a minor flaw in an otherwise Time: 6:30 – 9:00pm beautiful soul. After all, he was family. Fee: $25 The sweet aroma of cinnamon, nutmeg and brown sugar broke the tension. For their arrival, I baked our mother’s Spice Cake. In seconds, I was transported to our childhood home on Long Island in the 1950’s. There at the kitchen table, BIOLOGY AND AFIELD WITH Barbara and I ate warm spice cake, washing it down with cold milk. While we played field hockey after school, THE CALIFORNIA CONDOR our mother baked, filling the house with luscious smells. Standing in my Join us for an illustrated look at the biology and population restoration efforts kitchen in California, neither of us said of North America’s largest bird species. This in-depth lecture will be followed a word. The aroma of the spice cake had temporarily erased 30 years. Sam by an optional field trip to a condor viewing habitat in Big Sur on Saturday, scratched himself. October 31. *A location map and trip guidelines will be provided upon registration. Participants will Sam and Barbara lived a quiet retired meet at the Multi-Agency Visitor Center at life in New York, reading books and sipping sherry in the late afternoons, Big Sur Station immediately south of the followed by homemade dinners. The Big Sur River State Park. (1 Meeting chaos of two toddlers overwhelmed at CSUMB plus optional field trip, Sam. Katie was five, Tyler was two, and the place was up for grabs. We Oct. 31; 10:00am) arose at 5:30 am to seize the day. The three of us walked to the park by 8:30 Date: Thursday, Oct. 29 and played until noon. Two-hour naps Time: 6:00 – 8:00pm followed lunch. Late afternoons, Katie and Tyler ran around the backyard until Fee: $20 dinner. Baths and story time came next with everyone asleep by 8:00 pm, including me. Sam claimed the living room couch. Bruce Elliott is a retired Senior Katie and Tyler sneaked into our bed Biologist Supervisor with the sometime during the night, every night. California Department of Fish I never heard or felt them. But when the and Game. Mr. Elliott is a sun burst through our bedroom window, the two of them were snuggled beside former Board Member of the my husband and me in a full-size bed Condor Restoration Group, the that sagged in the middle. Ventana Wildlife Society. (Continued on page 9)

(831) 582-5500 csumb.edu/olli 5 TO COPE AND TO THRIVE: Guided Instruction in Mindfulness-Based Stress-Reduction (MBSR)

Mindfulness is a way of relating directly and effectively to whatever is happening in your life, consciously and systematically working with your own stress, pain, illness, and life situations. The stress reduction program has been found to be of benefit to people reporting stress, medical conditions ranging from high blood pres- sure to heart disease to chronic pain, and psychological conditions like anxiety, insomnia and addiction. It has great value for anyone who wishes to concentrate on prevention and wellness. Nearly three decades of scien- tific research at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center and at medical centers around the world have shown that training in mindfulness can positively, and often profoundly, affect participants’ ability to reduce medical symptoms and psychological distress while learning to live life more fully. The course consists of one introductory session, 8 weekly sessions, plus a special one-day retreat.

(This program is not offered as an alternative to traditional medical and psychological treatments but rather as a complement to these approaches.)

This highly participatory practical course includes:

• Gentle stretching and movement

• Group dialog plus communication exercises for everyday life

• Individually tailored instruction as needed

• Daily practice-at-home assignments; and

• Home practice materials with CDs and textbook

Free Intro: Monday, Sept. 14, 2:00 – 4:00pm (attendance strongly encouraged) Classes: Mondays, Sept. 21 – Nov 16; 1:30 – 4:00pm (no class Oct. 12) Retreat: Saturday, Oct. 31, 9:30am – 4:00pm Place: CSUMB Meeting House (corner of Gen. Jim Moore and Divarty) Fee: $80

D Allen, M.A., has studied Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) with Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD, the originator of MBSR at the Univer- sity of Massachusetts Medical Center and has completed the authorized MBSR teacher training practicum with Bob Stahl, PhD. He has used MBSR in his own life to overcome or significantly decrease stress, medical symptoms and anxiety. He currently relies on daily MBSR practice to help manage chronic physical pain and to stay in touch with life’s moment-to-moment offerings. He has over 30 years experience with awareness and meditation practice, and has taught and led retreats in California and Mexico for many years.

6 OSHER LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE • CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, MONTEREY BAY FROM ELECTRIC VEHICLES TO THE SMART GRID: The Evolving Framework for New Energy Technology OLLI at CSUMB invites you to attend a lecture with energy expert Bob Danziger. Bob will share his considerable expertise regarding the current energy market where obstacles to success are often a bewildering array of legal, regula- tory and institutional issues. Presently, confused capital markets are searching for footing while a flood of venture capital continues to look for an energy play with Google-type results. At the same time, scores of companies and institutions are pouring into Smart Grid, hoping to capitalize on federal, state and utility incentives to provide the much-needed update of a grid nearing its 100th birthday. Bob will bring the current market clearly into focus, particularly the challenge of meeting the Obama Administration’s goal of an 80% reduction in greenhouse gases by 2050, while providing insight into the challenges new energy technologies face in meeting national and international goals. (1 Meeting)

Date: Monday, Oct. 5 Time: 6:00 – 7:30pm Fee: Free to all – guests welcome!

Bob Danziger received his JD from Whittier College. He founded Sunlaw Energy Corp. and consulted across a broad range of energy and environmental technologies. He developed two of the first modern cogeneration projects, which Sunlaw owned and operated until 2002. Bob has been a lecturer at Stanford University, Hopkins Marine Station, the Stanford Genetics Dept., and a consultant to Google and others.

BOOK IDEA TO MANUSCRIPT TO PUBLICATION: Writing Services, Multi-Media Products, and Social Networking Possibilities • Ready to fulfill your dream of having a book with your name on it? • Want to leave a legacy so that people will remember who you were and what you accomplished? • Need to create an effective business tool promoting the benefits of your products or services? • Want to create a new profit center and build your business by taking it to the next level?

Whether you have a completed manuscript, one in progress, or need a ghostwriter or an editor to transform your ideas into compelling writing, this workshop will educate you on the latest—and local—possibilities for bringing your work to the public.

It will expose you to the many self-publishing book production and market- ing options available today and the vast array of technologies for realizing your vision, including print on demand, digital printing, e-books, audio books, CD and DVD, video and MP3, and Internet marketing with social networking (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube), your own website and on-line retailers such as Amazon. (1 Meeting)

Date: Monday, Oct. 19 Time: 6:00 – 9:00pm Fee: $40

Patricia Hamilton, member of Independent Book Publishers of Amer- ica, Small Publishers of America, National Writers Assn. and Central Coast Writers, runs a consulting and book publishing business, PARK PLACE PUBLICATIONS, that since 1982 has helped authors all over the world publish and market their books in a variety of electronic and print media. Her own healthy travel guides have won national book and marketing awards. (831) 582-5500 csumb.edu/olli 7 PUTTING YOUR PASSION INTO PRINT*: A Submission Success Team • Got your fiction or screenplay manuscript completed?

• Have a great outline and two good sample chapters for non- fiction?

• Want to meet regularly with a small group of writers to set goals, deadlines, and write query letter and book proposals that sing?

For writers ready to get their work ‘out there’, these meetings are aimed at supporting yourself and others, and will cover activities about transcending blocks to success. We will review winning query letters and proposals that have been funded by agents for as little as $5,000 and as much as $1,000,000. Based on principles in the best selling book by Arielle Eckstut & David Henry Sterry*, members will develop individualized goals and critique not each others’ writing, but their queries and proposals to agents and publishers. Join one or both sessions. Both groups are invited to a special finale on December 7; 6:00 – 8:30pm to celebrate achievements. (3 meetings per session)

Session1: Mondays, Sept. 14, 28, Oct. 12: 10:00am – 12:30pm Session 2: Mondays, Nov. 2, 16, 30: 6:00 – 8:30pm Fee: $40 per session (book included)

Pat Hanson, PhD and former National Writers Union Chapter 7 Chair, runs a consulting business HEALTH MATTERS that offers research, training, grant writing and multimedia materials development for the public and private sector. She has taught Women’s Health Issues at Monterey Peninsula College and is an adjunct faculty member in Service Learning at CSUMB.

CSUMB GOSPEL CHOIR In addition to singing, you will study the performance, practice, and historical evolution of contemporary Gos- pel music in America via the performance medium. The Choir performs at the Annual CSUMB Winter Concert, held Sunday, December 6; 3:00pm. Off campus performances may also be included. Due to the delicate art of balancing voices within each section, this course is open to those who can commit to the full Fall session. Limited seats!

Dates: Tuesdays, Aug. 25 – Dec. 8 Time: Noon – 2:00pm Place: CSUMB Music Hall, Building 30 Fee: $70

Paulette Gissendanner has received her BA in Applied Music and Elemen- tary Education, and graduate work in Vocal Performance and Pedagogy. She has worked with the Indiana University Afro-American Chorale Ensemble and served as a professor of music at the University of the Virgin Islands-St. Thomas.

8 OSHER LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE • CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, MONTEREY BAY PUBLIC RADIO:

BEHIND THE SCENES OF KAZU (Continued from page 5)

KAZU 90.3, “NPR for the Monterey Bay Area,” is one Tyler had been born with a full head of of the dominant radio stations in the Monterey-Salinas- adult hair. It looked odd on an infant. His thick hair grew quickly. I kept Santa Cruz market. For over two decades, KAZU has cutting away at it trying to control it. It continued to inform, educate and entertain its listeners was more like fur than hair. Katie also from local, national and international perspectives. In cut Tyler’s hair. Only she left small bald spots. One day I decided it was time for this special three-part series, KAZU and NPR staff will the barber. take OLLI members behind the scenes in an explora- Sam roused himself from his sunbathing tion of the following topics: and watched the three of us get ready for our outing. He gently placed himself • Ombudsman Alicia Shepard sees her job as on the living room floor and moved explaining NPR to listeners, and listeners to NPR. into a perfect sphinx posture. I had been doing yoga for years and never She is responsible for bringing transparency to mastered that position with such grace. the organization’s journalism decision-making I wanted to tip him over. Sam stretched, processes. Ms. Shepard, a noted journalist (New awaiting Barbara’s arrival while I corralled Katie and Tyler into the car. York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times) and author (Woodward & Bernstein: Life in the Shadow of Watergate), will talk in depth about the One can never underestimate the history and basic concepts of Public Radio. benefits of a good haircut. Within 30 minutes, Tyler transformed from a straggly toddler into a little boy. His • Capture the “on-the-air” experience with KAZU hosts/producers David thick hair was layered into a traditional Wittrock and Krista Almanzan. These two radio veterans will reveal how boy’s haircut. He even had a cute little cowlick on the crown of his head. With they prepare and broadcast a program from reporting to script preparation his blond hair and big blue eyes, Tyler to delivery over the airwaves. Participants will try their hand at read- looked picture perfect. Or so I thought. ing copy while gaining insight into editing, clock management and live Sam stared at Tyler for hours never broadcasting. blinking an eye. One morning, with all of us dozing on • Join Doug McKnight, KAZU General Manager, as he shares the rich his- and off, Sam entered our bedroom. I tory of KAZU. Mr. McKnight will provide insight regarding Public Radio watched him quietly step, one foot in front of the other, until he reached the operations, fundraising, ratings and the future of local programming. pillow Tyler and I shared. The blond fur was just too much. Sam attacked Tyler’s hair with his tongue. He purred. Dates: Thursdays, Sept. 10, 24; Oct. 1 (no class 9/17) He pulled. He meowed as he tugged at the cowlicks. Time: 10:30am - noon Place: KAZU, CSUMB Corporation Building, Room 317 Tyler’s eyes snapped open.

Fee: $40 “Shush,” I whispered. “It is just Sam. He is grooming you.”

Tyler lay very still and started to smile. Occasionally Sam would look over at me. I doubted my mothering skills. Guttural noises emanated from Sam as he wrestled with Tyler’s hair.

Barbara assured me that Sam’s grooming techniques were just what was needed to style Tyler’s hair. Months later, Barbara found a job and an apartment in Silicon Valley and Sam stayed on as our family cat and hairstylist.

- Eileen Tremain

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(831) 582-5500 csumb.edu/olli 9 OLLI GOES TO THE MOVIES: International Social-Issue Films The 10th Annual International Film Festival presented by the Monterey Bay Chapter of the United Nations Association (November 5-8, 2009 at the Golden State Theatre in downtown Monterey) presents an excellent selection of in- ternational documentary films focusing on important global issues including war and peace, human rights, world health and economics, environmental concerns and intercultural understanding. This course offers a preview of Festival films (selection to be announced) as well as an opportunity to share, discuss, and evaluate the movie-going experience with others (admission to the Festival is included in course registration). Three pre-Festival class ses- sions will provide background, context, film excerpts, discussion and screen- ings of other social-issue documentaries examining the vital issues of our day. One post-Festival wrap up session concludes the course.

This class is back by popular demand! You won’t want to miss out on this crop of top-notch documentaries and the discussions they are certain to inspire. (4 Meetings plus Festival.)

Dates: Wednesdays, Oct. 14, 21, 28; Nov. 11 Time: 6:00 – 8:30pm Fee: $75

Karen Davis is Senior Film Programmer for the Mill Valley Film Festival. She teaches courses in world cinema and cultural studies, and has been on the faculty of several institutions, including CSUMB, and Vassar College. She has also written, produced, and directed numerous film and video productions, primarily in the documen- tary genre.

Into the Wild Have you ever wondered what it would be like to travel deep into the heart of the world’s most captivating jungles? Renowned travel expert Dan Presser has made it his life’s passion to explore these fascinating environments. Join him for a three-part lecture series and be transported to jungles from Africa to Borneo to Argentina. Dan will offer scintillat- ing antidotes about his many adventures into the wild, accompanied by stunning photographs of the inhabitants, wildlife and incredible land- scapes he has encountered over the years. (3 Meetings)

Dates: Thursdays, Oct. 1, 8, 15 Time: 6:00 - 7:30pm Fee: $20 or $10 if you bring a guest (free admission for the guest)

Dan Presser was born in Texas and his love of animals was fostered by frequent visits to the Houston Zoo as a youth. After earning his undergraduate degree at Tulane University and completing his graduate studies at Michigan Sate, Dan worked for many years in the advertising field. A move to the Monterey Penin- sula coincided with a shift into the travel industry, where Dan has remained ever since. As an expert in jungle travel, Dan would rather be in a tent in Zambia than a five-star hotel in the heart of Paris. He should know. He’s done both.

10 OSHER LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE • CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, MONTEREY BAY CALIFORNIA CIVICS

OLLI at CSUMB is honored to host Fred Keeley for an in-depth look at (Continued from page 9) California History, Politics and Policy. This course will be presented in six sessions, encompassing three main areas of focus. In the first two sessions, Someone Who Looks Like Me we’ll explore the four stages of change and growth of California, address- Bill and I just got back from Oregon. ing the question of “How did we get here?”. Next, Mr. Keeley will provide We were visiting our friends Mary and insight into modern era of politics, with an emphasis on “game changing” Rich, who moved there from Pacific moments. The course will conclude with an examination of the challenges Grove two years ago, just before the economy began to spiral downward. California faces today. They sold their house on 14th Street for 1.2 million, and converted a huge Victorian in North West Portland into an amazing four-plex. California History We also visited Tom and his family from Sept. 19: Part 1 Pebble Beach. They bought an even Sept. 26: Part 2 more amazing Victorian in the same neighborhood. We didn’t even have enough time to look up Michael and Bob who also moved to Portland after Contemporary California Politics selling their store in the Crossroads. Nor did we see Fran, teaching online in Oct. 3: 1978 – 2002 Portland for CSUMB. It seems like everyone is moving to Nov. 7: 2002 – Present Portland these days, except for people who look like me.

While Portland is noted as being one Challenges of Today of the youngest, most prosperous and educated cities in the nation; a recent Nov. 14: Policy Challenges article reported it as being 4th from the bottom when it comes to diversity. Nov. 21: Fiscal Challenges African Americans make up less than 3% of the population.

Dates/Time: Saturdays; 10:00am - noon Besides a few homeless people and a bus driver, I hardly saw anyone who Fee: $75 looks like me.

Fred Keeley is on the Board of Directors of California Forward, a statewide Anyway, we were in the Pearl, buying books at Powell’s Bookstore when non-profit corporation that specializes in major areas of state government re- suddenly this kid yells out: “Mommy, form. He served in the California State Assembly, representing the Monterey look at him!” It was loud, and sounded Bay area, from 1996-2002. Mr. Keeley is the elected County Treasurer of the like someone crying “help”, “watch out”, or “oh my God”. County of Santa Cruz and is an appointee of the state Senate to the Governor’s Everyone seemed to stop and turn to Commission on the 21st Century Economy. find the source of his alarm, and to see if we too needed to be alerted, protected or simply join in amusement.

I looked down as well, searching the crowded room of books and browsers, and quickly found our “town crier” just a few feet away. He was an adorable toe head, about 4 years old, with bright blue eyes who said again in an even louder, more distinctly frightened voice: “Mommy, look at him!”

I was shocked, when suddenly I discover that the “him” he was referring to was me. Cowering in his stroller, he stared at me and pointed, yelling one

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(831) 582-5500 csumb.edu/olli 11 FINDING YOUR VOICE WITHIN: A Writing Workshop with Patrice Vecchione Connect to your inborn creativity and express yourself deeply, clearly and wholly. Through writing you’ll give voice to the truths you live by and explore the richness of your imagination. You’ll be introduced to a variety of techniques to calm the internal editor and inspire the writer within. Writer’s block, fact vs. truth, writing and place, and voice are some of the topics that will be covered. We’ll write each week and have an opportunity to share our work. Those interested in exploring prose as well as those inclined toward poetry and both new and experienced writers are welcome. We’ll include a copy of Patrice’s book, Writing and the Spiritual Life: Finding Your Voice by Looking Within, as the text for the class. (6 Meetings)

Dates: Tuesdays, Oct. 6, 13, 20, 27; Nov. 3, 10 Time: 1:00 – 4:00pm Fee: $80

Patrice Vecchione is the author of Territory of Wind, a poetry collec- tion, and the nonfiction book, Writing and the Spiritual Life: Finding Your Voice by Looking Within. About Writing and the Spiritual Life, The Writer Magazine said, “Trust the voice of Patrice Vecchione.” She’s also the editor of many acclaimed anthologies of poetry and prose including Faith & Doubt, which was named a best book of the year by The American Library Association and appeared on the New York Public Library’s best books list. For many years, Patrice has taught poetry and creative writing through her program “The Heart of the Word.” She teaches in community centers, writing organizations, universities, libraries, hospitals, schools, and privately.

Shooting the Local Landscape: A Digital Safari from the Field to the Gallery Take a morning trek along the beaches and wetlands of Marina and Moss Landing, capturing pictures, learning lighting strategies and composition. Finish the day with your digital images finely tuned on disk, on line and in a gallery.

While exploring the local estuarine environment, join long-time local photographer and CSUMB digital photo instructor Pat Watson to explore the beaches and native environment of our local area. Using his thirty years of professional photo- graphic experience, Pat will help you make the most of your digital camera, whether it’s a point-and-shoot or SLR format. For the afternoon, join the class at the CSUMB campus to work with industry standard software to download your images, adjust them for best quality and write them into a playable movie for you, your family and friends. You’ll also get tips and tricks for preparing your images for large format printing and using on- line galleries to share your images across the web. (1 Meeting)

Date: Saturday, Oct. 3 Time: 9:00am – 4:00pm Fee: $60 Place: Meeting place to be announced

Pat Watson has been internationally published and has exhibited with numerous group and solo shows. His work has appeared in numerous publications, including Secrets of Award Winning Digital Artists, and more. Patrick currently teaches at CSUMB in the School of Information Technology and Communications Design Department.

12 OSHER LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE • CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, MONTEREY BAY WIND, SAND, SEA, AND STARS: The Saga of the Space Frontier (Continued from page 11) more time (as if now to get the attention of the entire store) “Mommy, look at It was forty years ago this year that hu- him.” mankind first set foot on the moon. When I felt as if I were in some sort of line was the last time you thought about the up – being identified for committing a space program, the astronauts, the space heinous crime. And in a bizarre chain station, or the Mars missions? If you’re like of events, all eyes went from their books, to each other, to him, and then most Americans, you haven’t focused on to me. the space program since the Columbia and Challenger disasters. Much is happening in His mother also glanced at me in quasi- embarrassment, pulled his arm down, space and behind the scenes however, caus- and quickly whisked him out of the ing great debates and discussions such as: (1) the use of space for military store. Everyone simply went back to purposes, (2) the generation of new wealth by space entrepreneurs, (3) the what they were doing, while I broke out into a cold familiar sweat. new space race between China, Russia and the U.S., (4) America’s destina- tions in space, the moon, Mars or beyond, (5) and tourism in space. Only If that wasn’t enough, as we left the 100 miles away, the space frontier beckons, promising opportunity, prosper- bookstore, two young white guys (perhaps students at nearby Portland ity, and hope for individual nations, and future generations. State) followed behind me. In the store window was a poster advertising This course will look at America’s space a newly published book about Barak program within the context of today’s vola- Obama.

tile economic and political environments. Seeing the poster, one guy said to the We will discuss, examine and explore this other: “I am so over this Obama thing.” marvelous asset and symbol of America’s “Yea, me too,” his friend replied. “OK, technological, economic, and military so he’s President. But can’t we just move on? I’m sick and tired of seeing prowess. Some of the topics covered in this his face everywhere.” “Yea,” his friend program will be space power theory, future said, “I’m pretty tired of it too.” space exploration, space commercialization, It began to rain, again. A streetcar cyberspace, space law, space tourism, weap- quickly rolled up. We all got on, and ons and war in space, and our National Space I searched the faces of the passengers Policy. Come and join us on this voyage of for someone who looked like me. All I found was a picture of an African discovery. (4 Meetings) American family, on an ad for mental health services at the community hospital.

As we travelled back to Mary’s house I felt as if I were invisible. Spirit and energy drained, my mind drifted to another place – to an incident that happened about four years before. I was on my way to the cheese shop in Dates: Saturdays, Oct. 10, 17, 24, 31 Carmel, and just as I was crossing the Time: 9:30am – noon plaza a black woman, coming down Fee: $60 the escalator from the upper level of Saks yelled “Hello!” I didn’t recognize the voice, but I turned toward her David S. Rader teaches the Modern American Presidency Series, the Trail- direction, and saw that she was waving blazing Through Time Series and the Wind, Sand, Exploration Series for at me.

OLLI and other Lifelong Learning programs. He has taught as an adjunct As she moved closer to ground level instructor for thirty-five years in numerous disciplines including business, she shouted, “Hello! It is so good to see management and leadership, international business, international studies you” - as if we were long lost friends. and the social sciences. He has worked in the securities, real estate, high I stopped walking, took a good look at tech and defense industries. (Continued on page 14)

(831) 582-5500 csumb.edu/olli 13 THE EMOTIONAL AND COMMUNICATIVE LIVES OF DOGS

In this course you will learn about the emotional and communica- tive lives of dogs, as documented by scientists and canine experts, with a basis in biology and behavioral science. The course will use lecture, multi-media, discussion, and live observation of participant dogs. (We will invite your dog for a class experience as we observe and respond to your dog’s emotions.) You will receive a copy of The Emo- tional Lives of Animals: A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathy - and Why They Matter by Marc Bekoff and Jane Goodall, which will be used as a course reference. You will come away with a keener ability to sense your dog’s life experience and a greater understanding of the emotions behind your canine’s actions. (4 Meetings)

Dates: Tuesdays, Oct. 27; Nov. 3, 10, 17 Time: 6:00 – 9:00pm Fee: $60

Sean Senechal is the founder of AnimalSign Center, www.animalsign.org, where she is an animal language educator. Her revolutionary approach has been endorsed by the Koko Foundation, Roger Abrantes (world-renowned dog language expert) and veterinarians. A cognitive ethologist, she examines the capability of dogs, horses and cats to expand their natural language skills by developing a sign language for them. She authored the book Dogs Can Sign, Too out this fall, has been featured on Animal Planet, and has served as a keynote speaker at the Canadian Association of Professional Pet Dog Trainers in May 2009. She has lectured at CSUMB, UC Davis and Hartnell.

her and was certain that I had never seen her before. But, she rushed over to always out and ahead. me, put her hand on my elbow, looked me in the eyes and with a broad smile said, “Now, you are a sight for sore eyes.” Consciously and then unconsciously, I did just that and soon found myself as far away as I could get, from as many people who looked like me. I was charmed by her greeting, but confessed that I did not know who she was. “I’m sorry,” I said, but I don’t think we have ever met.” That was in part what I think propelled me to this place on the central coast. Although the Peninsula (with tourism, agriculture and hospitality industries) is actually much more multi-cultural than Portland, diversity was not on my list of criteria back then. It is now.

(Continued from page 13) My therapist later asked how it felt being in that curious encounter with the stranger in Carmel Plaza. I described a sudden awareness of loss, sadness, Ignoring my obvious confusion, she asked me where I was visiting from. When isolation and deep regret. I told her that I lived right there, in Carmel, she said “You live here?” “Yes”, I said, proudly. After all, doesn’t everyone want to live in Carmel? But I also remembered the feeling of a warm embrace, a sense of love and nurture, the touch of her hand, a feeling of safety and a deep relaxation – a “Oh”, she said, her smile quickly fading, as she gently stroked my arm. “You momentary release. It felt like home, and a curious familiarity I had long since are the first person I’ve seen here who looks like me. Are you OK?” she asked. forgotten. “Yes”, I said. “I’m fine.” As we got off the streetcar on that rainy afternoon in Portland, and strolled passed the fabulous shops of sustainable designer clothing; gazed at the And as quickly as she had come, she was gone into the crowd of shoppers on colorful stalls of locally grown produce; passing organic butchers, bakeries and Ocean Avenue. restaurants, bookstores, galleries and tree lined streets with the most fragrant It actually took me a few minutes to compose myself. Because as I watched her gardens and meticulous Victorian houses; I thought, I don’t want to move to walk away, I realized that I wasn’t really OK. Standing in the middle of Carmel Portland. plaza, I felt ashamed, diminished and very much alone. Carmel was far enough for me. For me, upward mobility had meant leaving everything and everyone else behind – moving up, up and away - from, never looking back or even in, - Michael E. Reid

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