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We Three Kings

According to the story, three kings from lands to the east learned of the birth of a newborn king, the Child Jesus. Not only were they kings but the three were also wise men. They were powerful and wise and so impressed by what they learned about the newborn king [...]

By | December 25th, 2009|0 Comments

Valid comparisons are difficult

Readers have responded to my blogs about cigarettes by comparing cigarettes to other products such as sugar and alcohol. When I suggest that cigarettes be outlawed or at least treated as a controlled substance like strong pain killers, reader comments have compared that idea to prohibition and use the failure [...]

By | July 18th, 2009|0 Comments

What is legal is not always moral

Because something is legal does not make it moral. History is filled with examples of practices that were legal at one time but that today are illegal and, in retrospect, are viewed as immoral. The question of legal versus moral can be raised in America today regarding cigarettes. The surgeon [...]

By | June 17th, 2009|0 Comments

Smoke-free Petaluma parks

Monday night, 6/15, the Petaluma City Council will consider a measure banning smoking in city parks. The meeting will take place at Petaluma City Hall beginning at 7 PM.Letter to the Petaluma City Council:If a terrorist group detonated a chemical weapon of mass destruction that killed thousands of innocent Americans, [...]

By | June 15th, 2009|0 Comments

The Knothole

About the time I was laughing the hardest, the mother of the younger boy looked in the window and saw me laughing. Somehow she knew what I was laughing about. She pointed the boys, I nodded my head and we laughed together through the window.This was too much; I had [...]

By | June 13th, 2009|0 Comments

The Knothole

Shortly after the young boy appeared, his mother arrived. With her was a man who had brought his young son; the two boys were about the same age. The adults purchased a mixed fruit plate and sat at a table on the deck. They shared the fruit and were also [...]

By | June 9th, 2009|0 Comments

The Knothole

A new day and another chance to sit peacefully at the Apple Box. To shine or not to shine; the rain had stopped but the sun had not yet decided.I ordered a cup of coffee and then picked out a seat in the window facing the deck. Settled in, I [...]

By | June 8th, 2009|0 Comments

Common ground

Once again, today I struck up a conversation with a young smoker.I was sitting outside at the Apple Box waiting for a rain shower that never came. A young man, his name is Joshua, lit up a cigarette as he walked across the deck and sat down on the sidewalk [...]

By | June 5th, 2009|0 Comments

Hello world!

Welcome to devblog.petaluma360.com. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!

By | June 2nd, 2009|0 Comments

Tell your friends

Petaluma Boaters Invite The Public To See Petaluma From The River Saturday, May 30Do you canoe? What about crew?Do you face forward or backward - paddle, sweep, or scull?Try these boats and more at the free public Day On The River.The Petaluma Small Craft Center Coalition, or PSC3, invites the [...]

By | May 27th, 2009|0 Comments