I hope you’ve adjusted to the new late sunrise and early sunset times, Tomatoes. Shopping can certainly brighten your days and “Made by DWC” has a great line of products. The History at Home Series, the brainchild of the Pasadena Museum of History, has fascinating tales to share. Green Thumb has a free winter veggie growing class. How about throwing The Greek Trilogy of Luis Alfaro into your mix of weekly “To Do’s”? The Gentle Barn, which helps abused animals, desperately needs our help. And this week’s podcast is all about etiquette and civility. As always, be safe out there, Tomatoes.

Made by DWC

I love Made by DWC’s line of products and Womankind is their new line of t-shirts, totes and mugs which are a big hit with me. I also love their Diversity Tees that are now on sale! Yay! Shop with a purpose to help and empower women transitioning out of homelessness, Tomatoes!  

Made by DWC has made it super easy to shop directly on their website.  Their new line of products, Womankind, celebrates just that. Womankind. Because women are the backbone of every community.  Women are strong, resilient, and capable of overcoming tremendous obstacles. We certainly know that Tomatoes.  You also want to check out their best-selling Diversity Tees that are now on sale for 25 % off.  When you shop Made by DWC you shop with the purpose to empower women in Los Angeles to break the cycle of chronic homelessness through employment. Your purchase and involvement helps fund their career training and mentorship programs that provide hands-on training to change lives.

Etiquette and Civility

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Winter Veggies

One of the great perks of Southern California is that we can actually grow certain veggies in the winter. Kathy from the Green Thumb Nursery in SoCal is hosting a free digital ‘Winter Veggies’ gardening class on their YouTube channel and it’s free and fun. Now is the perfect time to start planting, Tomatoes.

I start a potted winter veggie garden for the first-time last December and I was surprised at how well it did.Kathy covers a wide range of topics in her ‘Winter Vegetables’ gardening class which includes: info on regular care, maintenance, organic pest control, planting techniques, organic soils, disease control, companion planting, which fertilizers to use and why, demonstrations for an edible garden planter and much more, Tomatoes. Tune in and then go shopping at your local Green Thumb for all your veggie planting needs.  Last year I found that they have the best and healthiest selection.

November 6, 13, & 20. The Greek Trilogy of Luis Alfaro

Available on demand, The Getty is partnering with Center Theatre Group in presenting MacArthur Fellow Luis Alfaro’s Chicanx adaptations of the Greek plays Electricidad, Oedipus El Rey, and Mojada, in streamed readings filmed at the Kirk Douglas Theatre. Now that’s a mouthful Tomatoes. With these 2 LA icons producing, it’s bound to be electric and relevant to social issues today.

Alfaro’s award-winning trilogy transplants themes of ancient Greek tragedies into the 21st-century streets of Los Angeles, giving voice to the concerns of the Chicanx and wider Latinx communities. 

The Gentle Barn Needs Help

I often write about The Gentle Barn because I love the marvelous work they do in rescuing, rehabilitating and giving sanctuary to severely abused animals. Through interaction with Gentle Barn animals, children learn reverence for all life. Due to unforeseen circumstances their Halloween Fundraiser was destroyed so the Gentle Barn needs your help like never before, Tomatoes.

These are tough times for all nonprofits, but The Gentle Barn is really hurting right now. Powerful Santa Ana winds almost completely destroyed their Haunted Barnyard Halloween Fundraiser and so it had to be canceled entirely.  A large team of volunteers worked tirelessly for weeks to bring this experience to life. After having to cancel other fundraising events due to Covid, the Haunted Barnyard was their creative way to generate much-need donations.  How devastating Tomatoes. 

Every dollar raised is significant and directly goes to properly caring for the nearly 200 rescued animals that all have individual needs and treatments, especially at the CA location where the majority are senior animals. If you are able to, please donate to help the Gentle Barn bounce back.

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