With the rains this year the overflowing Atascadero arroyo carried off bricks, large cans, gravel, sand, shoes, bottles, and even a car in 2019. All this happened just before workers were about to place a grate to prepare for laying a solid walkway in the Atascadero Area.
Year: <span>2020</span>
Advice from Tia Maria Sue: Dealing With A Cat
Top Five Documentaries on Amazon
I did a search on Amazon for some worthwhile documentaries. The list I’ve compiled has titles that are accessible in both English and Spanish.
Online Courses from Harvard University
There are some really worthwhile courses to consider from this Ivy League university. You can find them on the site online-learning.harvard.edu. The ones I am presenting here are all free of charge.
Travel News
After a brief halt of operations due to the global coronavirus pandemic, La Colección Resorts has begun reopening its doors to travelers across Mexico. Since June 11, resorts under the brands Live Aqua, Fiesta Americana, Grand Fiesta Americana, and The Explorean began a gradual reopening.
Sichuanese Culture-Taste Sensations
Sichuan (Szechuan) is a landlocked province of approximately 81 million inhabitants in southwest China. The region occupies most of the Sichuan Basin and the easternmost part of the Tibetan Plateau. Its population speaks an unusual form of Mandarin, originating as a variation during the province’s repopulation under the Ming Dynasty.
Please Help Feed the SPA’s July 2020 Pets of the Month and All Our Animals
Your entire donation to the SPA’s Pet Food Money Bank fundraiser applies to the annual cost of feeding our resident animals. Through June 30, up to a total of US$3,500, each donation will be matched by an anonymous donation to SPA Dogs to DC, which has the double benefit of creating space at the SPA to save more dogs.
The Computer Corner: How hard could that be?
Galería Obraje@MuRo Partners with Feed the Hungry San Miguel
Nine member artists of the newly formed Galería Obraje@Muro are partnering with Feed the Hungry San Miguel, an organization dedicated to alleviating hunger and improving the well-being of children in our community.
Learning to Live in an Upended World: Animals Without Us
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought some surprisingly positive upshots for the animal world. One of them is a global concern about “wet markets” and wildlife markets and a call to ban them permanently.