Check out these upcoming talks at Jack London State Park https://jacklondonpark.com/events/ – in conjunction with Jack London Society https://jacklondonsociety.org :
Richard Rocco– Jack London’s Medicine Chest – Thursday, August 6 (11:00am – 12:30pm) Second floor of House of Happy Walls Museum at Park (Dr. Rocco is an Associate Professor of Pharmacology at Samuel Merritt University)
Nagako Muto, Takaharu Mori, and Kaoru Nishihara – Crossing Boundaries, Jack London and the Japanese – Sunday, September 6, (9:30 a.m. – 11:00) (these are Japanese scholars from Kagoshima University, Japan)
Amy Tucker – (she is writing about Jack’s Snark voyage), Friday, November 6 (11:00am-12:30pm) Second floor of House of Happy Walls Museum
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Check out SoCo historical events/walks, etc: https://www.hootboard.com/b/519711/Sonoma_County_History
Check out the Science Buzz Cafe – Hopmonk Tavern Sebastopol – science lectures
Mill Valley Historical Society first Wednesday Speaker Series (free but need to register) https://www.mvhistory.org/first-wednesday-lecture-series/
Sonoma County Regional Parks has “Senior Saunters” the first Tuesday of each month, easy 2 mile walks (free). https://reserve.sonomacountycamping.org/registration/senior-saunters-F2
“Sebastopol Walks” takes place the 4th Saturday of the month (free). Email for more info: info@sebastopol.org
other items of note:
hope for those of us who are mosquito magnets https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/may/07/mosquitoes-repellant-bite-summer-science-medical-research
how local cities got their names https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/The-origin-stories-behind-Bay-Area-city-names-16747364.php
okay and just for fun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5k4F9JQFd4