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    • Tending the Wild – the Workshop

      By Karen Pierce Gonzalez | Author Blog Posts – Tue, Oct 2, 2012 4:51 PM EDT

      Tending the Wild - The Workshop

      10 a.m. - 4p.m. Saturday or Sunday, October 27 or 28

      Pepperwood Preserve, 2130 Pepperwood Preserve Road, Santa Rosa

      $30-$50

      For thousands of years California Indian basket weavers have used little known techniques to shape California's landscape. In Tending the Wild - The Workshop Master Basket Weavers will lead interactive programs that provide hands-on experience for those interested in learning more about the cultivation, preparation of plant materials and related cultural values embedded in their ancestral skill. The one-day workshop will be held 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday Oct. 27 and again on Sunday, Oct. 28 at 2130 Pepperwood Preserve Road in Santa Rosa.

      This educational workshop, presented by California Indian Basket Weavers Association (CIBA) is designed to give participants a clearer understanding of the historic impact of Indigenous Stewardship Methods (ISM) on California's natural environment as well as information about

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    • Three Months

      By Karen Pierce Gonzalez | At Home – Thu, Mar 15, 2012 6:00 PM EDT

      A Caregiving Journey from Heartbreak to Healing
      By J. Dietrich Stroeh & Bill Meagher

      Three Months

      J. Dietrich Stroeh's life came apart after learning that his wife had pancreatic cancer. The Stage Four diagnosis took him on the roller coaster ride of his life. Overnight, this successful businessman became a caregiver powerless over the course of his wife's illness. He had to face internal weaknesses and external obstacles in order to take care of her and, when the time came, lovingly let her go.

      Stroeh chronicles his journey in the upcoming release of Three Months: A Caregiving Journey from Heartbreak to Healing (ISBN # 978-0-9822888-5-6 $19.95, Folkheart Press, 2012). This 108 page book takes readers inside the Stroeh household where home care, medical decisions and much needed laughter give extraordinary shape to an unexpected and devastating illness.

      The book also provides easy to read care-giving tips and useful resources that Stroeh picked up in the course of only three months

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