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Our Bedroom Garden 5 Aug 2013 | 04:42 am
Clearly, the people who designed the 1959 house we bought last year did not share my priorities. Not a single room in the house had a door to the back yard, and all the windows facing the yard were t...
Sebastopol's Oldest Business Burns 14 Jul 2013 | 04:39 am
Frizelle Enos, a feed store turned pet supply that was reportedly the oldest business in Sebastopol, burned tonight in a massive fire. Like many area residents, we have long bought much of our dog an...
The Joys of Gardening 12 May 2013 | 03:43 pm
The past six months have been perhaps the most challenging time in my life, from moving my house and reinventing my business to the death of my mother and step-father. Working in my garden has been i...
Gardening in Public 30 Apr 2013 | 01:53 am
For 22 years, we lived on a 5-acre property a few miles west of Sebastopol. It’s a beautiful property, which we enjoyed tremendously. But we were ready to move to town to have a lot less to maintain a...
Remembering My Mom, Helen Slater Zager 16 Apr 2013 | 01:49 am
My mother, Helen Slater Zager, died on March 10. She was 92, and led a very full life. In the weeks since then, I've thought a lot about how much she has influenced my life, as well as that of many o...
Welcome to Michael's blog, reborn! 10 Apr 2013 | 03:30 am
I started this blog a bit over six years ago, when I left Adobe to figure out what was next. In the first few years, I wrote a hundred or so posts, mostly technical. For the past few years, I've mana...
BoatingSF.com 2.0: SF Bay's Best Boating Site 3 Aug 2012 | 04:45 am
I've recently relaunched the largest site that I personally manage, BoatingSF.com. First built more than 6 years ago in PHP, the site has established itself as one of the best resources for Boating a...
North Bay Web Design Conference Coming Up 6 May 2012 | 10:26 pm
Last year, I created the North Bay Web Design Conference to provide a focal point for the web community in the north bay, including not only Sonoma County but also Marin and Napa. There's enough of us...
Gregory's Performance at the Magic Show in Santa Rosa 6 May 2012 | 10:24 pm
My son Gregory's new act:
Juggling Festival in Santa Rosa May 26 27 Apr 2012 | 03:04 am
Did you know that Santa Rosa has a juggling club? Not only that, but there's an annual festival where you can go see some amazing juggling, and maybe even learn some yourself. The Sonoma County May M...
