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Fierce Father Goose April 30, 2012

They keep the goslings constantly herded between them and the father goes on the attack toward anyone approaching, other geese included. He hunches down his head and curls up his neck, and starts running and flapping his wings at the slightest invasion of his family's space. Continue reading → […]

Ms. Roberta Flack 2012 April 27, 2012

Yes, I love the songs that launched her career, and her duets with Donny Hathaway. I looked forward to hearing some of them. But really, I was excited to see Roberta Flack now, today, the older wiser woman with experience and grace. Continue reading → […]

Sweet Sweet Stevia March 23, 2012

One benefit of stevia's growing popularity is that you can find it in local nurseries now, usually in late spring. I use the leaves all summer long, and I dry them too, so that I have dried stevia in my kitchen at all times. Continue reading → […]

Spring Delivery March 15, 2012

The freshly tilled gardens are waiting like virgins, while some really huge bees keep their noses in the rosemary bushes. Continue reading → […]

Old Seeds, Good Planting Day March 11, 2012

Perhaps I am impatient, and have been fooled by a pretend spring. On the other hand, I might be the smart woman who got an early start, and will gather up a nice crop of carrots and onions while other people are still getting theirs at the supermarket. Continue reading → […]

Beautiful Dirt March 9, 2012

He picked up a truckload of dirt, shoveled all the dirt onto my kitchen garden, went back for another load, and was almost done emptying that load too when I drove up. He said "you've been gone all day." Continue reading → […]

Spring time at the Mims Estate March 8, 2012

There is so much blossoming, and the satisfaction of seeing some things come to fruition that were started a year or two ago. The fruit trees for one thing. I remember when they were so twiggy that we could barely see them in the field. Continue reading → […]

Strawberries and Lentils March 7, 2012

But there were no strawberries of any kind to be eaten today. Before noon I dumped about two cups of lentils in the crock pot with some water and salt. I put it on high and let them cook for about three hours. Then I added two pieces of leftover lamb neck, some garlic powder, minced onion, cumin and a jar of canned cherry tomatoes from October. Continue read […]

Sunday Dinner March 5, 2012

I put some chicken drumsticks in the crockpot around one o'clock and covered them with a home made cayenne hot sauce mixed with honey and pickled jalapeños, and some salt, pepper, onion powder and garlic powder. A little later I started some Challah bread in the bread machine, and took some green beans out of the deep freezer. Continue reading → […]

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Plenty of Talent to Go Around

October 17th, 2007 martha mims · No Comments

Dennis Ocampo and Dave Tilton hosted the Acoustic Jam on Saturday morning. When I pause to think about it, it’s actually remarkable the amount of talent that steps onto our stage each week, rain or shine, crowd or intimate gathering, the talent is never lacking. From the esoteric poetry of Opal Palmer Adisa, to the [...]

Food for the Soul in Downtown Vallejo

October 10th, 2007 martha mims · No Comments

The Friday open mic wasn’t crowded last Friday but it was Soulful. You had to be there to understand. This Friday, we’ll be featuring Opal Palmer Adisa, which you won’t want to miss if you are indeed a poetry afficianado. On Saturday morning the kids were moved to dance when a GREAT blues singer walked [...]

A Night for the Neighborhood

October 3rd, 2007 martha mims · No Comments

Last Saturday, September 29 was memorable here at Listen & Be Heard Poetry Café, when we celebrated the opening of a new exhibition by Cleven “Goodie” Goudeau. It was great fun to see people in portraits on the wall, (all of them performed on our stage at one time or another,) walk through the door [...]

Peace Poetry

September 26th, 2007 martha mims · No Comments

Maybe Peace is too much of a challenge, or maybe everyone had something else to do on Friday, I don’t know. Our usual crowd was not to be found, but some great poetry about Peace was shared by the small group who did show up. It was good for me to go through my poetry [...]

Pete Escobedo Draws a Crowd on Friday Night

September 19th, 2007 martha mims · No Comments

Last Friday we featured Pete Escobedo during the open mic. Many of his friends came to their first poetry reading to show their support. We welcomed them all along with many of our regular poets, making it another truly diverse and unique evening never-to-be-repeated. Thanks to Pete for his great performance and everyone who contributed [...]

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It’s Always Live at Listen & Be Heard Poetry Café

August 22nd, 2007 martha mims · No Comments

Whether it’s a small event or a big one, the entertainment we produce is always live, always intimate, always personal, always raw. Last Friday, for the open mic, we featured Nikki Skies, and of course all of the poets who signed the open mic list. The First Annual Listen & Be Heard Marin Street Summer [...]

Improvisation and Free Expression Bring Marin Street to Life in Downtown Vallejo

August 14th, 2007 martha mims · No Comments

Last Friday we featured Frank Williams during the open mic. We had a few Listen & Be Heard virgins, and also welcomed back some old friends returning to town after their summer break. Some holdouts changed their minds and got on the mic after becoming infected with the spirit of free expression. Others were attracted [...]

Alejandro Murguia on a Fourth Friday on Marin Street

June 26th, 2007 martha mims · No Comments

Friday June 22nd, was the fourth Friday of the month, which means that the merchants and artists were out from 6-9pm on Marin Street. Of course Listen & Be Heard Poetry Café has been holding it down on Friday nights for a couple years now with the open mic from 8 until 11pm. So we’re [...]