Page 64 - Sonoma County Gazette - August 2018

Ten Boxes: A Story of Stuff
Inspired by Charmian Kittredge London, $25-$35, Jack London State Park, 2400 London Ranch Road, Glen Ellen, 707-938-5216, jacklondonpark.com
By Diane McCurdy
Last year Marie Kondo’s book The Life Changing Art of Tidying Up topped
Aug 22 ~ FREE Online Writers Camp
best seller’s lists. Kondo is sort of a Martha Stewart on steroids. She feels if possessions are organized and things that do not “spark joy” are discarded there will be a carry over of serenity and joy into daily life. My mind kept wandering to Kondo’s book while reading local author Susan Fekete’s memoir
One hour class will take you through writing exercises by author Ellen Sussman andauthor/filmmakerElizabethStark, FREE, 7p-8p, Sonoma County Writers Camp, 1993 Burnside Road, Sebastopol, sonomacountywriterscamp.com
Aug 25 ~ Come to Know the Poets - Iris Jamahl Dunkle, Clare Morris, Gregorio Pehrson, Doug von Koss and host Sashana Kane Proctor. $15, 3p Anderson Hall, 5240 Bohemian Highway, Camp Meeker, 707-632-5761
Ten Boxes: A Story of Stuff because her theme is the antithesis of the KonMarie method. It focuses on what happens when messiness and disorganization take over a life. The author’s mother was, in impolite parlance, a hoarder but in today’s gentle correctness she would be known as a “keeper”. She was an intelligent woman, a nurse, but her weakness eventually devolved into pathology. The author gives her mother, Jonelle, credit for instilling in her a love of language. It is obvious that she has a great love and a caring respect for her mother even though much of the story chronicles the woman’s descent into near madness.
Aug 28 ~ Tween Read Along Book Club
By Date
Ongoing~MyLittleFreeLibrary–Afree little library, 8893 Jeannette Ave, Graton, ellen.swenson2@gmail.com
Aug 2,12 ~ Gardens Around the Globe: A Coloring Book for Grownups -Reading by Sandy Baker at the Redwood Writers booth, Sonoma County Fair, Sonoma County Fairgrounds, 1350 Bennett Valley Rd, sandybakerwriter.com
Aug 4 ~ Friends of the Healdsburg Library Book Sale -10-6, 10-3p, $6 for a whole bag of books (bring your own bag!) 139 Piper St, Healdsburg, 707-433- 3772
Aug 7 ~ iRead Stories - Literary adventures geared towards young children ages 0-6 and their families/caregivers. 1-3p, Bayer Farm, 550 West Ave., Santa Rosa
Aug 9 ~ Book Discussion group - FREE; 12:30-1:30p, 12:30pGuerneville Regional Library, 14107 Armstrong Woods Rd., Guerneville, 707-869-9004
Aug 9 ~ Book Talk by Greg Sarris on How a Mountain Was Made - $10- $15, Members FREE, 6:30p Museums of Sonoma County, 425 Seventh Street, Santa Rosa, 707-579-1500, museumsc.org
Thru Sep 1 ~ Fiction Writing Contest
FREE, 4p - 5p, Central Santa Rosa Library, 211 E Street, Santa Rosa, 707- 545-0831
Ongoing
Aug 6,13,20,27~ Snoopys Weekly Writers Group - 11-2p, Snoopy’s Home Ice, Warm Puppy Cafe, 1667 West Steele Lane, Santa Rosa, 707-546-7147, snoopyswriters.com, ggdeb@sonic.net
sibling given up for adoption, myriad unpaid bills and countless moves always with “stuff” in tow. There was never a garage sale that Jonelle could resist without stopping or an object of art that she could withstand the temptation
to make her own and once incorporated into the panoply of possessions its place was pretty much permanent. As time passed the “stuff” reproduced exponentially like the biblical loaves and fishes. In the end there were piles of books, clothes, dishes, trinkets, fabric, buttons, chocolate and cats...about 14 cats.
Aug 13 ~ Petaluma Women Who Write
The author’s style is warm and breezy but not shallow. She includes many popular references but beneath there are layers of philosophical ruminations. Books with attractive covers always entice me. The author makes the reader reference their own mothers and how eccentricities may be passed along with genes to either be like our mothers or strive to be the opposite. Ms. Fekete says of her mom, “She was a kind, wounded soul who loved stuff....and was compelled to carry the world’s stuff wherever she went.” This book would make a great, quirky independent movie.
Monthly meeting for feedback and community, FREE; 2nd Monday’s; 6-8p, Aqus Cafe, 189 H St., Petaluma, Carole Coates, aqus.com
The author’s childhood was fairly haphazard as she was jockeyed around between father and aunt as her mother followed various philosophies such as EST. Interjected into her pubescence was a mysterious pregnancy with that
How a Mountain was Made
By Greg Sarris
Aug 13 ~ Dine With Local Authors - Five authors present their books. Q & A following. $5 minimum, 6-8p, Gaia’s Garden, 1899 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, 707-544-2491, gaiasgardenonline. com
Aug 13,27 ~ Seminar with Dr. Jon Jackson
Call to All Writers Book Launch
Poetry and discovering yourself, $8- $10, Sebastopol Area Senior Center, 167 N. High St., Sebastopol, 707-829-2440, sebastopolseniorcenter.org
All genres considered. Occidental Center for the Arts, 3850 Doris Murphy Court, Occidental, 707-874-9392, occidentalcenterforthearts.org, info@ occidentalcenterforthearts.org
Aug 13,27~ Seminar with Dr. Jon Jackson
Readers Theatre Group - Open to anyone interested in learning, sharing and reading 2-3 short plays. OCA classroom. 2nd & 4th Tuesdays, at 7pm, FREE, Occidental Center for the Arts, 3850 Doris Murphy Court, 707-829-2176, occidentalcenterforthearts.org
Redwood Writers - The California Writers Club is a professional writers club open to writers of all genres in Sonoma County. redwoodwriters.org
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Poetry and Discovering Yourself, $8- $10, Sebastopol Area Senior Center, 167 N. High St., Sebastopol, 707-829-2440, sebastopolseniorcenter.org
Aug 14~ Do Tell Story Swap - Keep the oral tradition of storytelling alive. FREE, $3-5, 7-9p, Sonoma Academy, 2500 Farmers Lane, Santa Rosa, 707-539-3642, dotellstoryswap.org
Aug 16 ~ Writers Forum Presents Christine Falcon-Daigle - Learn how to shape your experiences into stories with Christine Falcon-Daigle. FREE, 6:30p - 8:30p, Copperfields Books, 140 Kentucky St., Petaluma, thewritespot.us
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