November 2015 • UPBEAT TIMES, INC. Alone With a New Grandson By Hank Mattimore ~
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Santa Rosa, CA. ~ Little Ben and I are having a staring con- test. He will win. Nobody in the world can out- last the stare of a two-month old baby. I wonder, for the upteenth time, what is going on in his head. Is he thinking anything at all?
The lines of a poem by Henry Wadsworth poem pop serendipitous- ly into my head. “A boy’s will is the wind’s will and the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.” Most of us adults assume that the thoughts of a tiny baby are pretty well fixed on survival stuff . “Will someone please feed me or change my diaper or pick me up?” But maybe we are the ones who are short sighted. In many ways we are all mys- teries to one another. Could it be that this little tot is already sizing us up? “Hmm! This face sure looks different from Mom. His voice is deeper too. What the hey, he’s making funny faces at me. Now that’s a kick.”
“He’s holding me kind of awk- ward. Looks like he hasn’t held a baby for a while. But he does smile a lot. He seems to enjoy being with me.” “I won- der a lot about stuff. Like, how come someone pulled me out of that sweet warm place where
I
used to be? Well, it was getting a bit cramped in there and I have to admit that I
was getting restless.” Now that I find myself in this
new world, I’ve got to figure out where do I go from here. What did that old guy say?” “A boy’s will is the wind’s will and the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.?” I gotta think about that one. Not sure what it means but then again I’m not a youth yet. I’m in no big hurry to grow up. There’s lots of friendly people around me, welcoming me into the world, loving me, taking care of me. I guess I can wait a while before I start thinking those long, long thoughts.
In response to those who say to stop dreaming and face reality, I say keep dreaming and make reality.
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November 2015 • UPBEAT TIMES, INC. Sonoma County’s Gatornation Band at the Amazing Sun
Valley Music Festival in front of The Famous Sun Valley Inn, Idaho, with Sonoma County’s Upbeat Times. Left To Right.. Rick Cutler, Dennis Hadley, David Sydney Scott, Linda Hutchinson, Willard Blackwell And Randy Quan.
Dave Johnson and Roxanne Thornton took the Upbeat Times on a backpack trip to the California Coastal National Monument at the Point Arena Stornetta Lands which was recently opened for public use. A beautiful 3 ½ miles of coastal bluffs and shelves, tide pools, onshore dunes, coastal prairies and river banks. The 1,665 acres of shoreline offers the most spectacular views and is packed with human history.
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Free Workshops for College Bound Students at the Sonoma County Libraries
Santa Rosa, CA. ~ College-bound stu- dents and their families can find help navigating the sometimes daunting pro- cess of applying to four-year colleges. Continuing our free “Path to College” workshop series began in May. The So- noma County Library will present a total of eight programs at five different library branches throughout the County that began in September. Timely workshops targeting high school seniors include hands-on programs for writing and ed- iting college application essays, and for submitting online University of Califor- nia and California State University ap- plications. Other workshops are intended to il- luminate the college application process for all high school students and their families. These two programs will in- clude both Spanish-speaking and Eng- lish-speaking presenters. “Demystifying the College Application Process” will cover how to kick-start the college ad- missions process and navigate through applications, testing options, college campus selection, and more. The “First Generation to College”
workshop will focus on the college-plan- ning process for students who will be the first in their families to attend college: selecting high school courses, deciding between the ACT and SAT, completing applications, and accessing resources specifically designed to support the first- generation college student. All workshops will be led by creden- tialed school counselor and UC Berke- ley application reader, Robin Eurgubian, who will be joined on three dates by Spanish-speaker presenter and translator Devanie Zarco.
At a time when California’s state col-
leges and universities are restricting ad- missions, and many students are looking to less familiar out-of-state colleges as options, charting a path to the best col- lege for your student can be a challenge. As part of its commitment to education Sonoma County Library is working to offer reliable information from knowl- edgeable professionals in the field, along with helpful materials from the Library’s print and digital collections. These fall workshops comprise our continuing se- ries of programs “A Path to College:” Saturday, 11/7, 2-3:30 pm “Drop-in
Help with Editing and Brainstorming College Application Essays” at Forest- ville Library (7050 Covey Road, Forest- ville, CA 95436). For more information about each program please check the detailed listings in our online calendar at
http://sonomalibrary.org/events.
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