Events
« Saturday September 25, 2010 »
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Start: 9:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
AT THE SANTA FE FARMERS MARKET
"This book will not only make you a true believer in the regenerative power of harvesting rain -- it will show you how. Harvest the Rain is full of practical solutions to our water shortages and points the way to a climate-resilient future. If we want thriving landscapes, abundant food, strong communities, and sustainable economies, we can start by treasuring rain."
--Andy Lipkis, Founder and President of TreePeople and Ashoka Fellow
For more than a decade, Nate Downey has written a popular monthly column called "Permaculture in Practice" for The Santa Fe New Mexican’s
award-winning ‘Real Estate Guide.’ A frequent guest on public radio, a perennial presenter at green events, and the author of two books on water and sustainability, Nate is a seasoned teacher, speaker, writer, and businessman. Soon after he started Santa Fe Permaculture in 1992, Nate’s wife, Melissa McDonald, joined his forward-thinking landscape-design firm. Since then, their beautiful, functional, and ecological projects have popped up regularly in prominent publications from Su Casa to Sunset. With their boys, Liam and Keenan, Nate and Melissa share a backyard brimming with bees, bunnies, chickens, all sorts of edible plants, lots of harvested rain, and a nice little patio for building community.
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
The High Holidays are the most important festivals of the Jewish year, and all Jews have their own memories of these special days. It's a time to remember, a time to be with families, and a time to tell stories about past generations. And you don't need to be Jewish to appreciate this, because the 21st centruy is a much smaller world, with many different faiths coming together. High Holiday Stories is filled with 101 heartfelt holiday remembrances, from famous people, and some only known in their own circle of family and friends. They recount varied Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur experiences, from observing the holiday in the Colorado Rockies to Army bases in Iraq, even online in L.A. The stories come from people of all ages, all professions, from New York to California, New Zealoand to England.
Nancy Rips is recognized as the Book Maven of the Midwest. She's a longtime bookseller and book reviewer who has always loved the Jewish Holidays. She began collecting High Holiday stories after her first book
Seder Stories was so successful. Her passion for books, reading, libraries, and the Jewish tradition are infectious. In addition she's a force of nature when it comes to her regular review segments on radio
and Omaha's CBS-TV affiliate.
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