Coachella Valley Weekly - March 11 to March 17, 2021 Vol. 9 No. 52

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Love Always Wins Art Celebration

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Julie Garnyé

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Spring On The Love Charity Festival

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Rock Yard at Fantasy Springs

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AUTHOR TOD GOLDBERG’S “THE LOW DESERT” CONTINUES HIS HIT SAGA

BY CRYSTAL HARRELL

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publisher@coachellavalleyweekly.com coachellavalleyweekly.com facebook.com/cvweekly twitter.com/cvweekly1 Publisher & Editor Tracy Dietlin Art Director Robert Chance Sales Team Kirby Club Crawler Nightlife Editor Phil Lacombe Head Music Writer Noe Gutierrez Head Feature Writer Crystal Harrell Feature Writers Lisa Morgan, Rich Henrich, Heidi Simmons, Tricia Witkower, Jason Hall, Esther Sanchez Writers/Contributors: Robin Simmons, Rick Riozza, Eleni P. Austin, Craig Michaels, Janet McAfee, Bronwyn Ison, Haddon Libby, Sam DiGiovanna, Dale Gribow, Denise Ortuno Neil, Rob Brezny, Dr. Peter Kadile, Dee Jae Cox, Angela Romeo, Aaron Ramson, Lynne Tucker, Aimee Mosco, Michelle Anne Rizzio, Ruth Hill, Madeline Zuckerman Photographers Robert Chance, Laura Hunt Little, Chris Miller, Iris Hall, Esther Sanchez Videographer Kurt Schawacker Website Editor Bobby Taffolla Distribution Phil Lacombe, William Westley

CONTENTS

Tod Goldberg - "The Low Desert"....... 3 “Todd Gray: Love Alaways Wins” Pop Art Celebration ................................ 5 CVRep - Julie Garnyé ........................... 5 Spring On The Love Charity Festival... 6 Club Crawler Nightlife......................... 6 Rock Yard Lineup - Fantasy Springs .. 8 Consider This-Son of the Velvet Rat... 9 Gov. Newsom Tourism Guidelines.... 10 Boxing Classes at LQ Resort ............. 10 Savory Spice Shop ............................. 11 Safety Tips.......................................... 11 Screeners ............................................ 12 The Vino Voice ................................... 13 Keg Whisperer ................................... 14 Pet Place ........................................ 16-17 Haddon Libby .................................... 18 Dale Gribow ....................................... 18 Cannabis Club .................................... 20 Free Will Astrology ............................ 20

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oachella Valley author Tod Goldberg has garnered national recognition as a crime writer and a desertgrown wordsmith. Though a New York Times best seller, Goldberg has cemented his love for the Valley in his newest installment of his Gangsterland series, The Low Desert: Gangster Stories. The crime thriller follows the saga of Chicago hitman-turned-Vegasrabbi Sal Cupertine–first introduced in Gangsterland and continued in Gangster Nation–while underlying themes of morality and corruption.

Goldberg, who has authored more than a dozen works throughout his fruitful career so far, including the novels The House of Secrets, which he co-authored with Brad Meltzer; Living Dead Girl, a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; Fake Liar Cheat; the Burn Notice series consisting of original novels based on the USA Network TV series Burn Notice; as well as two collections of short stories, Simplify and Other Resort Cities. His writing has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Review of Books, Las Vegas Weekly, and The Best American Essays.

“There is a difference between writing a short story collection and a novel, as they’re entirely different beasts. When I’m writing a short story collection, I’m often trying on a lot of different outfits essentially to see what I want to wear and trying to figure out the best way to fit the larger story I want to tell. In Low Desert, I wanted to tell stories of violence and loss in a weird little resort town like the one I live in. So I imagined each story from the perspective of someone who finds themselves in a perilous situation. I always start with a character with a problem and work out from that,” stated Goldberg.

The Low Desert: Gangster Stories was released on February 2 of this year, already receiving a starred and boxed review and named a top 10 book of spring by Publishers Weekly, a starred review in Kirkus, a top 20 book of winter by USA Today, a most anticipated book of the year by CrimeReads, and a glowing review from the Los Angeles Times.

Having success in his passion comes from no shortage of inspiration, and what

inspires Goldberg not only comes from the environment in which his characters dwell, but more so their inner motivations and conscious.

“What inspires me to write is the desire to understand human nature. It’s the desire to figure out through our own lens why people do terrible things. My entire career has been me looking at why people do violent things to one another. I’m inspired by what drives someone on their worst day to take out a gun and kill somebody,” explained Goldberg.

Fellow crime writers like Donald Westlake, Elmore Leonard, and Tim O’Brien have shaped his style and influence, as Goldberg believes that all writers stand on the shoulders of other writers. The notion that he is about to examine human nature and trying to figure out a character’s purpose is what drives him forward—never falling victim to the notorious writer’s block.

“I subscribe to the belief that writer’s block doesn’t exist. It’s not like lawyers get lawyer’s block or doctors get doctor’s block, so why should writer’s block exist? There

are days when I don’t have any good ideas, but it’s not usually years. I think writer’s block is a question of confidence and a question of repetition—getting beyond your fears.

Writing 15 books hasn’t stopped me from feeling like I don’t know what I’m doing. But the rituals that I do help me to keep writing even when I don’t think it’s any good. You have to force yourself, even if it means looking in a dictionary and picking out 12 words to use on a page. If everyone were crippled by doubt about what they created, there would be no books, TV shows, or movies,” said Goldberg.

It seems like Goldberg is nonstop these days while riding the success of his latest release, whether it is constantly working to meet a deadline for upcoming projects, writing television scripts, or teaching.

Goldberg holds an MFA in Creative Writing and Literature from Bennington College and is a professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside where he directs the low residency MFA program in Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts.

“I feel like I have a lot left to do. The thing about my career that I’m most proud of is not what I’ve written but it’s creating a graduate school of creative writing based on my own philosophy of how to teach the art. I started in 2008 to give other people a pathway to their career. The thing I’m most proud is not derived from my own success, but the ability to give someone the tools to find their success,” stated Goldberg.

The Low Desert: Gangster Stories is available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other online book retailers. To learn more about Goldberg’s career and upcoming projects, visit todgoldberg.com.

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ARTSCENE “TODD GRAY: LOVE ALWAYS WINS” POP ART CELEBRATION MARCH 13-31, 2021 AT CODA GALLERY IN PALM DESERT. ACCLAIMED CONTEMPORARY POP ARTIST WILL PAINT MURAL LIVE FOR LUPINE PLAZA AUDIENCE.

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ODA Gallery presents “Todd Gray: Love Always Wins,” an outdoor celebration centered on the acclaimed contemporary pop artist. Starting March 13 and during the week before the opening of his solo gallery exhibition Gray will be outside painting a mural on the gallery façade facing Lupine Plaza.

Gray achieved renown when hundreds of thousands watched him create the now iconic mural Flabbergast at the site of The

World Trade Center in New York City.

“Art has the power to heal and my new work at CODA Gallery will be instilled with the same joy of life that Flabbergast brought to downtown NYC,” said Gray. “I hope the feeling will be heartening during these difficult times.”

Lupine Plaza at the corner of El Paseo and Lupine Lane is a shaded and charming outdoor space where visitors can enjoy music plus food and refreshments as they watch Gray paint.

Gray’s new CODA Gallery exhibition Love Always Wins, opens Friday, March 19, with the outdoor dedication of the new mural at 4 pm, and continues through March 31.

THE ROOST LOUNGE PRESENTS: AN EVENING WITH JULIE GARNYÉ

seen as an original cast member of the first national tour of the Broadway hit Come From Away and as Bulda and Queen Iduna in Frozen Live at the Hyperion Theatre at the Disneyland Resort in Southern California.

At the end of the cabaret, attendees will be able to participate in a Q&A session with Garnyé. Register for this free, one-hour virtual event at cvrep.org.

Visitors to CODA will see his latest collection of world-class sculptures, created in his unique visual language of simple wooden geometric cubes painted with brilliant acrylic colors and clean lines.

“The vibrancy, color, energy and enthusiasm in Todd’s work make people happy and that in turn helps them heal,” said Ellis Goodman, owner of the CODA Gallery.

“Love always wins in his work, as it should in life.”

CODA Gallery has been a vital member of the desert community for more than three decades. It was named Best Gallery in California in 2017 and 2020 by the American Art Awards. The gallery, at 73400 El Paseo, is open Monday – Saturday, 10am - 5pm; Sunday, 11am - 4pm.

Pop art fans frequently visit Gray’s online Pop Shop and the Todd Gray Studios at toddgray.com and at facebook.com/ ToddGrayStudios. He can also be reached via text at 1-818-446-1105 or on Instagram @toddgray_studios Contacts: For Todd Gray jmarkhamconsulting@gmail.com. For CODA Gallery 760-346-4661 or sam@codagallery. com or codagallery.com.

THEATRE

(760) 296-2966, extension 119.

To continue CVRep’s mission of providing educational, entertaining and thoughtprovoking presentations, CVRep is offering Theatre Thursdays, a weekly, virtual entertaining and learning opportunity.

All presentations are offered via Zoom to observe social distancing guidelines.

Next week, Glenn Rosenblum will return to CVRep’s virtual stage with an all-new Broadway Showstoppers with “More Dancing!” Join him for this fun and enlightening evening about the most popular dance productions seen on Broadway.

Register in advance for this free one-hour, virtual event at cvrep.org.

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SPRING ON THE LOVE OPEN-AIR CHARITY FESTIVAL

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oachella Valley Horse Rescue (CVHR) is spearheading an event that hopes to lift the spirits of the community as well as “raise the barn” on their sanctuary property. Spring hats are highly recommended and will be awarded.

Fellow non-profit organizations joining the event include the Desert Recreation District, Pegasus Riding Academy, Academy of Music Performance, Scouts of America Troops 415 and 1973, Street Life Project and many others. Activities will include horse demonstrations, horse paintings (yes, our horses paint), live music including a drive-in concert, an “Instrument Zoo” sponsored by the Academy of Music Performance, an allsafe Easter Egg-stravaganza (aka an Easter egg hunt) with sanitized egg painting stations.

Guests will be introduced to our rescue horses, big and small. There will be many other activities for kids and families, as we pay scrupulous attention to traffic control, spacing and surface sanitation. Guests and staff will be required to wear masks. Hand washing and hand sanitizing stations will be available throughout. “We are fortunate

to have the space to accommodate many people across our 8-acre property,” says Lisa Morgan, CVHR Marketing Director. “Our local charity organizations have struggled along with every other small business. Event marketing is a critical part of raising funds, and we have been extremely stifled over the last 12 months. We are happy to be joined by our fellow non-profit organizations, and to share our unique space. Our goal is to keep our horses, staff and guests safe, while making the smiles big enough to be seen from behind their masks.”

Live music also provides local musicians a chance to finally play in a safe outdoor environment. The bands are graciously donating their craft to the event. The lineup includes The Ghost Notes, who pay homage to the Grateful Dead and other bands of that era; The Red Hot Cholo Peppers will bring their unique and exceptional tribute to the Red Hot Chili Peppers; Coachella Valley’s Academy of Music Performance graduates will join the lineup: Singer/songwriter/ recording artist, Brayden Davlantes, and the award-winning youth rock band,

The Red Hot Cholo Peppers

Pescaterritory, will wow audiences. CV Music Award winning band, Lisa Lynn and the Broken Hallelujahs will bring their brand of “Y’all-ternative” country rock and soul, along with some surprise guests.

A limited number of pre-sale tickets will be available online at CVHorseRescue.org as well as on the rescue’s social media pages.

Space will be limited for safety purposes.

Tickets are $25 per person (children under 5 are free). A family pack of 4 will be available for $60. Concert parking is an additional $10.

ABOUT CVHR: The primary purpose of CVHR is to rescue horses from abuse, abandonment, and slaughter. 80 horses have been rehabilitated and have found their forever homes. CVHR engages in charitable and educational activities within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. CVHR connects people with rescued horses to help educate and improve the quality of life for children and adults interacting with horses. Programs offer equine-assisted growth and awareness within the community including Scouts of America, Veterans, and Seniors as well as

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contributing to community service hours for student credit. CVHR has also extended its reach to Eager, Arizona where a sanctuary for older and unadoptable horses and animals is under development. Specifically, a barn needs to be built to shelter horses in order for them to retire in cooler temperatures and grassy pasture. They also hope to arrange transportation for animals who urgently need to be rehomed to the sanctuary before summer. Two of those new residents include Guapo, a steer rescued from the brink of starvation, and his best friend Mabel, a potbelly pig.

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LIVE ENTERTAINMENT RETURNS TO FANTASY SPRINGS WITH THE ROCK YARD, COUNTRY NIGHT AND NOCHES DE FUEGO

Sat. March 20th: Vitalogy — A Tribute to Pearl Jam with Pandora’s Rock Fri. March 26th: The Who Experience — A Tribute to The Who with Thank You DriveThru Sat. March 27th: Damage Inc. — A Tribute to Metallica with Playground

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Rounding out Fantasy Springs’ weekly live entertainment is Noches de Fuego (Latin Night), every Sunday and Wednesday at The Rock Yard featuring Tejano, Merengue, Cumbia, Norteno, Salsa, Rock and Pop. The upcoming schedule is as follows: Sun. March 14th: Corazon De Mana — A Tribute to Mana, with Tania Y Su Nueva Era Wed. March 17th: Nacho Bustillos Sun. March 21st: Renacimiento Norteno Wed. March 24th: Los Garza’z Sun. March 28th: Chalito Wed. March 31st: Grup Uniko Sun. April 4th: Grupo Melodia Versatil Wed. April 7th: Orchestra Los Ibarra Sun. April 11th: Dreaming of You — A Tribute to Selena, with Fresh Wed. April 14th: Bliss Sun. April 18th: Nacho Bustillos Wed. April 21st: Renacimiento Norteno Sun. April 25th: Chalito Wed. April 28th: Tania Y Su Nueva Era More info at fantasyspringsresort.com.

CONSIDER THIS

“There’s a lonely spirit in the heart of every crowd, And a secret parallel world behind the clouds. And the darkness like the shadow of a manta ray, Hovering above our heads on a summer day” hat’s Son Of the Velvet Rat, parsing the mysteries of life on “Beautiful Disarray,” a song off their new album, Solitary Company.

Somewhere between Leonard Cohen’s tower of song and the arcane CountryPunk of erstwhile Portland band, Dead Moon, stands Son Of the Velvet Rat. Georg Altziebler and Heike Binder are the sonic architects behind the band. A native of Austria, Georg picked up the guitar at an early age and absorbed myriad musical genres. Equally inspired by ‘60s Garage Rock, ‘70s Punk and the French Chansons of Jaques Brel and George Brassens, he also embraced outliers like Dead Moon and Green On Red from Los Angeles. He cut his musical teeth in bands like Pure Laine and Bloom 5, but by the early 21st century, he was itching to strike out on his own. It was around this time that he met Heike, who had been making a name for herself as an artist. Their connection was immediate.

Georg was in the process of forming Son Of the Velvet Rat, which included bassist Albrecht Klinger and drummer Muck Willman. Despite no formal musical training, Heike soon joined the line-up adding accordion, keys and synergistic backing vocals. Their music, much like the band moniker was meant to be mysterious and memorable, cross-pollinating idioms and defying expectations.

The band hit the ground running, writing, recording and touring at an accelerated clip.

The next decade saw the release of four EPs and nine long-players. Critical acclaim was swift and nearly unanimous. Their reputation as a live act gained traction when Americana Folk-Laureate Lucinda Williams caught a SOtVR set at the Hotel Café’ in Los Angeles. She became a very vocal fan, consistently singing their praises.

By 2015, Georg and Heike had forsaken their home country for California, quickly settling in the desolate surroundings of Joshua Tree. Artists and musicians have been making pilgrimages there for more than half a century. Trailblazers like Gram Parsons, Donovan and Eric Burdon began visiting and putting down roots in the ‘70s and ‘80s, followed (Hi-Desert Doyenne) Victoria Williams, Mark Olson, Fred Drake and (unofficial musical Mayor of Joshua Tree) Teddy Quinn. Like Bloomsbury at the start of the 20th century, Paris in the ‘20s, or Laurel Canyon in the ‘60s, the small town, set at the edge of the National Monument, has provided respite for any creative type looking to escape the claustrophobic sprawl of life in the big city. Relocating there vividly informed SOtVR’s next album, the desolate and noirish Dorado. Production chores were handled by musician/producer Joe Henry (Solomon Burke, Aimee Mann, Ani DiFranco, Loudon Wainwright), the record

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was mostly recorded in the Hi-Desert, aided by local luminaries like Victoria Williams, Faith Chinnock, GarRobertson and Bob Furgo, who had also become fast friends.

Dorado was embraced by critics and fans alike and was featured on several tastemaking Top 10 lists. Not letting much grass grow beneath their feet, soon they were back on the road. In 2018 they released The Late Show, a potent document of their most recent tour. Later that year they recorded a fifth EP, Desert Songs 2 and 2020 saw the release of Monkey Years 2, a collection of cover songs that, you guessed it, was preceded by a first volume, 2010’s Monkey Years.

Back in the Hi-Desert, the pair hunkered down at Red Barn Recorders with the usual suspects to make their 10th LP, Solitary Company. Recording commenced before the pandemic hit, overdubs happened in their home garage and the album was completed in Graz, Austria, where Georg and Heike typically spend their summers.

(It’s where they’ve remained as COVID 19 has raged on).

The record shimmers to life with the dusty mirage of “Alicia.” Woozy melodica, wheezy harmonica and shivery autoharp lattice atop churchy keys, swoopy violin, swirly guitars and a brushed beat. Georg’s flinty vocals feel equally world-weary and innocent as he confesses “I’m the paint brush, not the painter, I just want to entertain her, please my new friend Alicia and make her stay.”

Georg’s mien is typically wry and laconic, as though he’s one cool remove from the action, content to offer trenchant observations or nonchalant narration from the margins. But a couple of tracks feel wholly personal and simply cut to the quick.

“11 & 9” opens with shuddery upright bass and clanky percussion, before giving way to beatific backing vocals, feathery hurdy gurdy, sinewy guitar and shadowy organ notes. The emotion is palpable as he issues a tender invitation; “Lay with me by the levee, on a blanket under the pines, I know your dreams and you know mine.” Between spins at the roulette wheel and sharing bottles of wine the couple celebrates an anniversary as Georg quietly concedes “You make me a better man.”

“The Waterlily & The Dragonfly” is even more emotionally naked and stripped-down.

Armed with only his acoustic guitar, Georg constructs an ethereal ecosystem where he is the waterlily to Heike’s dragonfly. “…I’ll be your lovely waterlily, you’ll be my dragonfly, can’t you see it’s surely going to kill me if the pond runs dry.” His fleet and filigreed fretwork underscores the song’s fragility.

On a record stacked with superlative tracks, four stand out from the pack. “When The Lights Go Down” is a sandblasted chanson that weaves a tapestry of highlonesome harmonica, fuzz-crusted guitars, willowy accordion and slippery bass atop a slow-mo Second Line groove. Restless lyric roam the Hi-Dez, name-checking locals-only watering holes; “I’m going to take Avalon to

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Landers Brew, find me a friend & companion for a drink or two, among the blind & the lame, the lost & the found, & we’re all the same when the lights go down.” As spectral harmonies cocoon Georg’s sepulchral croon, he yearns for a peaceful existence; “build me a cabin when it starts to rain, wait for the flood on the desert plain…” but reality intrudes as he instructs “wash away the fingerprints, get rid of the gun.” A skittery guitar solo on the break only heightens the sense of desperation.

“The Only Child” shares some musical DNA with the Garage Rock/Folk chestnut, “Hey Joe.” Blurred Fender Rhodes and fluttery organ notes connect with sunbaked guitars, tensile bass lines and a rattletrap beat. As lush backing vocals cradle Georg’s rugged rasp, he wraps it around some labyrinthine wordplay that unfurls in fits and starts; “I’m an only child, you’re lonely too, lonely & wild, she said and she smiled, but only a child/I came so far for your broken tunes, diamonds & tar, birthmarks and scars is what they are.” Gauzy e-bow guitar accentuates the lyrics’ love or confusion.

The title-track simply aches. A creamy string section, that straddles the line between Barry White and The Sound Of Philadelphia, partners with clackity percussion, roiling bass, plaintive hammered piano, chimerical guitars and cascading hurdy gurdy notes.

Cryptic lyrics offer glimpses of a solitary journey that takes a noirish turn; “Green blanket on the queen-bed, blood stain on the frame, voices coming through the sink, I thought I heard your name.”

Meanwhile, the aforementioned “Beautiful Disarray,” simply pulsates with life. Hammond B3 colors and smoky harmonica fills slither around serpentine guitars, thrumming bass lines, a percolating horn section and a rock steady beat. Here, Georg easily admits “there’s a soft & very gentle twist in my reality.” On the break, the horn-section swoops and swings in sly syncopation as harmonica notes fracture in the echo and sway.

The action accelerates on both “Stardust” and “Ferris Wheel.” The former is anchored by slashing guitars, whistle-y theremin, prowling upright bass, nimble organ runs and a locomotive rhythm. The rollicking melody and caffeinated arrangement provide cover for vulnerable lyrics that are

just looking for a little emotional rescue; “Slow me down before it’s now or never, break the hands of time before I’m old, hold me when I want to sleep forever, let me lie beside you when I’m cold.”

The latter is something of a baroque hoedown. Plucked guitar riffs, husky harmonica, rippling mandolin, coquettish accordion and spidery bass lines are wed to a ramshackle rhythm. Tart lyrics remind us that life is like a carnival ride where “the sky is liquified, satin steel & cyanide, there’s a long line for the rollercoaster & rain is falling from my eyes.”

The album closes with “Remember Me.” Something of a restless farewell, it’s powered by thready theremin, frayed fiddle, gritty guitars, mournful hurdy gurdy slipstitch hi-hat and percussion. Wistful organ embroiders the the edges of the melody as Georg offers some hard-won wisdom; “Memory lane is just a dirt road on the Mesa.” He also speaks to the desiccated charms of their adopted home; “All of that dust in the air just adds to the beauty, & the sun’s going down behind the pink velvet veil.”

A sepia-toned slide guitar solo intensifies the solitary mood. It’s a melancholy end to a magnificent record.

Son Of The Velvet Rat Packers Albrecht Klinger and Muck Willmann were on hand for slide guitar, bass, drums and percussion, respectively. Lucio Menegon added guitar, Eric McCann and Jim Austin held down the low end on bass. Sebastian Rochford pounded the drum kit, Mathias Loibner handled the hurdy gurdy, Dominik Krejan played Fender Rhodes and Anthony Patler manned the Hammond B3. The string section was comprised of Emily Elkin on cello, Heather Locke on viola, plus Kaitlin Wolfberg and Eric Clark on violin. Scott Kisinger (Drago) was something of a one-man horn section tackling trombone and trumpet.

Backing vocals were provided by the Blind Boys of the Desert, along with Gayle Myers, Angela Primm, Rosa Pullman and Valcine Brown. Hi-Dez hometown heroes included Bobby Furgo on Fiddle, the legendary Danny Frankel on drums and percussion, as well as Gar Robertson who co-produced the record and played mandolin, fuzz guitar and hammered piano. Heike supplied theremin, accordion, autoharp, organ and backing vocals and Georg was responsible for lead vocals, electric, acoustic, nylon string and e-bow guitars, plus melodica, harmonica and percussion. (Phew). As much as Son Of The Velvet Rat would prefer to remain mysterious and enigmatic, occasionally they wear their hearts on their sleeves. Solitary Company is an aural chiaroscuro, bathed in shadow and light. Lyrical silhouettes give way to vivid vignettes haunted by magnetic melodies. Graz gravitas giving way to California sunshine.

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CALL ON NEWSOM TO ISSUE REOPENING GUIDELINES FOR TOURISM

s COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue a downward trend in several California counties, there has been an easing of certain restrictions. This includes permitting Major League Baseball games and other outdoor sporting events, theme parks, and live performances to take place in limited capacities starting April 1. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has also released new guidelines for those who have been fully vaccinated.

One sector that has not been addressed with reopening protocols by the state is tourism. Governor Gavin Newsom’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy makes no mention of business meetings, events and conventions,

or guidelines for safe future reopenings.

The California travel industry finalized a plan in June 2020 which outlined how California could also safely hold meetings.

It adhered to standards established by the CDC and the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), including the best practice recommendations for sanitation, staff training, physical distancing, and communication.

As this has not been addressed by the Newsom administration, the California Travel Association sent out a letter calling for Governor Newsom to immediately issue statewide guidelines clarifying under what conditions business meetings events and conventions in California can resume someday.

The letter was signed by 131 tourism officials and labor groups, and outlines that California is losing business and jobs to other states not only presently, but until 2022 and beyond because of the uncertainty caused by a lack of guidelines.

Scott White, CEO of the Greater Palm Springs Convention & Visitors Bureau, is one of the 131 signatories on the letter calling for immediate action.

“2020 was one of the most difficult years for the tourism industry. We are estimating that over 30,000 jobs were lost or furloughed and the local economy lost over $4 billion.

Within the overall industry, the meeting segment represents over $200 million for

our local economy. Since Governor Newsom has not responded to our efforts and has not established guidance for meetings, we are now losing groups for the third and fourth quarter—a time frame when the majority if not all citizens will have had the vaccine,” explained White.

Tourism is the number one economy for the Coachella Valley, supporting over 53,000 jobs and the meetings segment representing 40 percent of that economy. As Governor Newsom has changed the metrics and the path to recovery amid the pandemic, these groups need confidence that California has guidance and recognizes the value of tourism as an important industry.

Meetings and conventions normally take months of planning in advance, but if there are no state-mandated guidelines in place, those in charge of organizing cannot plan and are moving to states that do have guidelines. The biggest challenge posed right now is related to the groups booked for later this year. Meeting professionals must begin the planning process now for the third and fourth quarter, but the silence on this topic could cost thousands of jobs if no guidelines are established.

There is the desire of including tourism as part of the tier system created to measure the reopening eligibility of other businesses.

When California moves into the red tier, for example, restaurants are allowed to operate at 25% of capacity indoors. As the state moves

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The California Travel Association is vying for the same type of guidance and structure for the meetings industry, otherwise California will continue to watch groups move to another state.

“Meetings are happening across the United States in a safe manner. Meetings and conventions are able to mandate the format and structure to ensure all safety protocols are met. We have shared these guidelines with Sacramento with no response. The guidelines have been tested and proven to be safe in other states. If we don’t receive guidelines soon, these groups will continue to relocate and jobs will be lost,” said White.

Having guidelines and a path to resuming meetings will allow these groups and facilities to plan and prepare effectively. It will also save thousands of jobs and deliver important tax revenues for California cities and counties.

“Our community and workforce cannot afford to lose more opportunities to work.

The effort to establish guidelines is a statewide effort signed by tourism officials and labor groups. We are all united on this topic and the urgency it represents,” stated White.

LA QUINTA RESORT & CLUB INTRODUCES NEW OUTDOOR BOXING HEALTH&FITNESS CLASSES IN COLLABORATION WITH GLOBAL FITNESS BRAND, BOXUNION

bring together mind, body, music, and boxing. Welcoming all experience levels, ages, and backgrounds, their classes feature high-intensity cardio, muscle sculpting strength training and TONS of punches. Their captivating coaches guide you through a powerful mind and body experience designed to bring out your inner fighter. Voted most fun new workout by Self Magazine and Top 10 coolest workout taking over LA right now by Well + Good, BoxUnion has been recognized by everyone from People Magazine to Goop.

In one of the most competitive fitness cities in the world, BoxUnion has garnered a sophisticated following. boxunion.com.

WHERE: La Quinta Resort & Club’s Fitness Pavilion, 49-499 Eisenhower Drive, La Quinta, California 92253 PRICING + HOW TO BOOK: Classes are $20 for La Quinta Resort guests and $25 for locals.

To reserve a spot, visit www.laquintaresort. com/boxunion. Mats will be provided, and no additional equipment is required.

About La Quinta Resort & Club: Set against the breathtaking backdrop of the rugged Santa Rosa Mountains, the legendary La Quinta Resort & Club is the longest-running resort in the Palm Springs desert area and one of only two resorts in the country for which a city has been named.

Spanning 45 vibrant acres, its verdant grounds are accentuated by beds of colorful flowers; fragrant orange, lemon, tangerine, tangelo

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SAFETY TIPS

March 11 to March 17, 2021

FROM THE CHIEF’S CORNER

BY FIRE CHIEF SAM DIGIOVANNA

TOGETHER LET’S KICK SOME BUTT!

this fight.

Colorectal cancer affects people in all racial and ethnic groups. It’s most often found in people age 50 and older, but recent research suggests that risk may be shifting.

A report published Feb. 28, 2017, found that someone born in 1990 would have twice the risk of colon cancer and four times the risk of rectal cancer at the same age had they been born in 1950.

So, the risk appears to be increasing and colorectal cancer survival rates are low if not detected early. I don’t know about you, but to me, that’s a clarion call to take action: If you’re over 50, get a regular colonoscopy or other screening test your doctor recommends.

No matter your age, watch for symptoms: blood in or on your stool, stomach pain or cramps that don’t go away and/or unexplained weight loss.

Maintain a healthy weight, or try to lose weight if you’re obese or overweight.

Eat a diet high in fruits, vegetables and whole grains, and low in animal fat.

March is the month dedicated to raising awareness about colorectal cancer. Perhaps you can share this with members in your organization to spread the word — and maybe save the life of someone like Andy Troncale.

Fire Chief Sam DiGiovanna

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SCREENERS

THE SOUND OF METAL No, it’s not a musical, but this compelling, meticulously crafted film about Ruben (Riz Ahmed), a punk-metal drummer and former addict who is suddenly afflicted with a rapidly worsening hearing loss offers one of the most original sound designs you'll ever hear.

Ruben rightly assumes his music career — and accompanying life-style is over. He and his band-mate girlfriend Lou (Olivia Cooke) -– a cutter -- check Ruben into a secluded sober house for the deaf, hoping it will prevent a relapse and perhaps help him learn to adapt to his new situation.

However, after being welcomed into a community that accepts him just as he is, Ruben must choose between his new, fragile, equilibrium and his drive to reclaim the life he once knew.

Using a surprisingly innovative sound design, co-writer and director Darius Marder takes audiences inside Ruben’s experience in a way that vividly recreate his very personal journey into a rarely examined (on film at least) world.

This wonderful movie is essential viewing for all who considers themselves movie lovers.

Solid acting and superb technical innovations underwrite a timely and potent message that's rarely if ever illuminated in film. It’s also one of the best movies of the year.

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FINDING A SWEET CENTER OF SILENCE

How rare indeed to find a thoughtful, intelligent film with something to say.

Certainly this is one of the most beautiful films recently released The story is not inspired by a real incident, but is based on Derek Cianfrance’s unfinished docufiction movie ‘Metalhead’, which also follows a metal drummer as he loses his hearing after his eardrums are ruptured by loud, super amplified performances.

At the remote communal facility run by Joe (an Oscar© worthy turn by Paul Raci), he says to Ruben that “deafness is not a disability or something to be fixed.” Joe wants Ruben to make peace with his new reality, but Ruben remains fixated on the idea of getting cochlear implants. He cannot let go of how his life used to be.

Joe warns that his institution is “not about curing deafness but finding a dignified way of living” with the disability. After an emotional farewell, Lou leaves Ruben and moves back in with her father in Paris.

The first few days are tough for Ruben. He wants to run away and is tempted to again use drugs but he gradually finds meaning in his life in the simplest of music-related exercises he does with the young children there.

After struggling to communicate, Ruben learns ASA American Sign Language alongside the younger students. A new world slowly

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presents itself to him.

Joe fails to grasp Ruben’s persistent desperation to reclaim his old life. He still hasn’t given up on the possibility of full recovery. Despite what the doctors have repeatedly told him, Ruben holds on to the belief that once he gets the surgery for implants, his hearing will return to normal – and so will his life. One day, after he discovers a video clip of Lou on the internet, Ruben’s deep longing for both her and what she represents returns. He secretly finds an audiologist and sells his RV and all his music gear to raise money for the surgical procedure.

When Ruben tells Joe what has done, the older man is clearly disappointed. Drawing a disturbing comparison, Joe points out the similarities between the behavior of an addict and Ruben’s actions regarding his relationship with Lou. It’s a profoundly uncomfortable and accurate observation, something Ruben younger isn’t ready yet to accept.

Ruben asks Joe if he can stay at the facility until the implants are activated. Naturally, Joe again reminds him the facility was founded on the principle that deafness is not a handicap.

If Joe allows him to stay there, it will send out a convoluted message, especially to the young children in the facility. As Ruben leaves and

finds lodging at a motel, he is forced to come to terms with the notion that his own actions have led to this alienation.

When the implants are finally activated, Ruben’s disappointment is palpable. Until that point, he had somehow held on to the belief that he would get back his full hearing. But the high, screechy and distorted sounds he hears from the implants finally shatters his delusion, and he is left to wonder about the steep price he has paid for them. But his journey of selfdiscovery isn’t over. There is one more stop until it comes a full circle.

Ruben flies to meet Lou at her wealthy father Richard's house near Paris where she has settled into a new lifestyle. Richard welcomes him and allows him to stay there.

Richard confides in Ruben that while he did not originally like Ruben, he recognizes that Ruben has made Lou happy.

At a gathering, Lou and her father perform a duet, although Ruben's implants prevent him from fully enjoying it. Ruben and Lou discuss the possibility of playing music and touring again. Ruben realizes this makes Lou anxious and tells her she saved his life. She tells him that he saved hers too.

The next morning, Ruben wakes up, takes his things, and leaves while Lou is still sleeping.

Bothered yet again by the distortion, he sits down outdoors and removes his implants' processors, and continues to sit, now in silence, fully in the moment appreciating the beauty of the world around him.

Don’t miss the extraordinary life-affirming film. Streaming now on Amazon Prime. robin@coachellavalleyweekly.com

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THE VINO VOICE

Big, BiG, BIG WINE BIZ

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or those who are seriously in the wine game, the Blue Chip sky appears limitless.

All of the numbers have been crunched and with a bigger bounce back from last year’s craziness and set-backs, the forecast for the wine & beverage biz is pure growth.

Last year’s March lockdowns were extremely rough for restaurants, bars, and in-house sales. As the year progressed, consumers were moved to a panic-buying phase for wine, spiking wine sales growth above 60 percent. By the end of the year, total wine sales were about even with the prior year in view of all that was happening. Big big business is on the move here!

The wine market, at a minimum they say, is expected to grow annually by 8.51%. In global comparison, most money spent on wine is generated in the U.S., and the forecast is that around 55 billion dollars will be spent this year.

That means, theoretically, each person in the country will spend at least $50 a year on the juice, and the average per capita consumption will reach 3.5 liters per year I’m sure I personally enjoy close to 3.5 liters a week! Anyway—as I’m wont to do, I’ll just mention some wine news as I think of it: The CV Weekly last year was one of the first to report Italy’s move to allow its most popular & precious Prosecco to go pink! Remember, that only the Italian white Glera grape was allowed by law to produce Prosecco. So, what does big business do when they have the complete market on a particular wine—and, they see the rosé market is bigger than ever. Well—you simply allow a little Pinot Noir into the mix, and now make a Prosecco Rosé . Are we talking double sales here!!

And of course, every big brand of Prosecco is now coming out pretty in pink. La Marca, owned

by E & J Gallo is blending 89% Glera and 11% Pinot Noir; Zonin, which traditionally produced a brutstyle Prosecco, will do their rosé with 85% Glera and more pinot—question, will it stay bruttish?

Mionetto, owned by Freixenet, is 90% Glera/10% pinot; Riondo, imported by Terlato Wine Group, is doing the same 90/10 percent.

The famous Josh Cellars, in the Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits portfolio, currently California’s little darling wine of Millennials, actually imports Prosecco on their brand—and now you’ll see a rosé version; the same thing with Cupcake Vineyards, owned by The Wine Group, as the pink powers on.

Some of you wine enthusiasts know that Constellation Brands is a behemoth; it’s one of the biggest companies in—well, our constellation.

They have finally concluded their deal with E&J Gallo, where they sold their lower-level wine brands to Gallo for around $810 million. There was also separate deal of $130 million of the Nobilo New Zealand Sauv Blanc to Gallo.

Constellation also sold their Paul Masson Grand Amber Brandy brand to Sazerac for $245 million.

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BY RICK RIOZZA

Sazerac Company, founded in 1850, is a privately held American alcoholic beverage company with its principal office in Louisville, Kentucky. It owns Buffalo Trace Distillery among over twenty major beverage brands.

We all smile when thinking about the Paul Masson brand of old. Remembering the rotund Orson Wells acting in a series of TV advertisements for Paul Masson California wine from 1978 to 1981, best known for their slogan "We will sell no wine before its time.” Unfortunately Wells lost his lucrative gig when he was caught on video saying he’d never drink any of that cheap stuff.

And again speaking of Constellation Brands, they bought The Prisoner Red Blend brand a little time ago and are now parleying it to a Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon ($55) and a Carneros Chardonnay ($40). The Prisoner brand is so popular with the fruit forward crowd and they think the same group will buy the new stuff as well. The Cab includes small amounts of Merlot, Syrah, Malbec, Petite Sirah, and Charbono, while the Chard has some Rousanne and Gewürztraminer in its blend.

Again—who knew, Constellation Brands is adding a Cabernet Sauvignon to its Meiomi lineup, sourced from Sonoma, Monterey, and Santa Barbara. As one would expect, the wines have aromas and flavors of blackberry, boysenberry, and bramble with a velvety mouthfeel.

Now on a smaller scale of things, but on-going wine history none-the-less, Bledsoe Wine Estates, founded by former NFL star Drew Bledsoe, owner of Doubleback and Bledsoe-McDaniels wineries, has acquired 40 more acres up in Walla Walla Washington, bringing its holdings to 194 total acres. As you readers know, we’ve been wooed by worthy Walla Walla wine!

Heitz Cellar’s new owner Gaylon Lawrence and CEO Carlton McCoy are not slowing down in their quest to acquire and preserve some of Napa’s most treasured wine estates. Three months after purchasing Burgess Cellars, the duo announced the acquisition of Stony Hill Vineyard in Napa’s Spring Mountain District. Stony Hill Chardonnay was king of the chards back in the day.

We covered Stella Rosa wines last Halloween.

The line-up of fruity wines are all the rage for the young wine drinkers in town. Now Stella Rosa has launched a higher-alcohol expression of the brand.

As opposed to the usual 5%, the new Stella Rosa Royale carries an abv of 8%, making it a better wine for food pairings.

And finally—how about this: Napa-based CK Mondavi & Family is introducing temperaturesensitive labels on its white wines that inform consumers when the bottles are perfectly chilled to 55 degrees. Coinciding with the company’s 75th anniversary, the new labels are printed with thermochromic ink and a 75th anniversary seal. This business has always been in the hands of Peter Mondavi & Sons—not the Robert Mondavi family side of things. This CK brand retails for $7 and sells over 1.3 million cases a year! That’s big biz!

Cheers!

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KEG WHISPERER

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or most beer industry folk, this St. Patrick’s Day will mark the first anniversary of the realization that COVID was going to be a serious affair. The 2020 shamrocks had been hung, corned beef & cabbage simmered peacefully in the kitchen, and all that remained was the arrival of everyday, ordinary people who would make it rain dollar bills in exchange for the privilege of acting Irish for a few hours.

For many restaurants and bars in 2020, the third largest American drinking holiday (according to alcohol.org) fell flatter than Irish soda bread. As it turns out, this proved to be little more than a mere precursor to a disastrous year thanks to the global pandemic.

This year’s edition will be a scaled back version of St. Paddy’s (Never St. Patty’s, by the way), but should assist in ushering in a little sense of normalcy to a sector of the public desperate

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KW’S TAKE ON ST. PATRICK’S DAY

for some sense of normalcy.

The digital mailbag contained an apropos St. Patrick’s Day question this week; Marcus from Cathedral City eMailed, “Mr. Whisperer, how do you feel about drinking green beer on St. Patrick’s Day? I personally enjoy it because it’s fun, but several of my friends are into craft beer and they make fun of the rest of us, saying green beer is an abomination. Which of us is right?”

Marcus, I’m going to delve a little deeper into the history and rituals of the day in which we honor Ireland’s favorite Patron Saint before giving you and our dear readers a definitive answer. Read on young man as we examine the saga of how we ended up here…with green beer in our glass, corned beef on our plate, and Oh Danny Boy emanating from the digital juke box.

To begin, let’s accept that what has become

St. Patrick’s Day here in the US has little to do with the true Irish celebration. Did you know that the United States is currently home to over seven times as many Irish Americans than the actual population of the motherland?

As a result, it stands to reason that American influence over this holiday reigns supreme.

The very first St. Patrick’s Day Parade was held in Boston in 1737; almost forty years before the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Mind you, the parade consisted of disgruntled British soldiers of Irish descent, but it still stands as the very first edition. New York would follow suit 25 years later with their very own version in March of 1762. What about Ireland, you ask? Heh…not until 1903; thoroughly illustrating the shaping of the celebration by Americans.

Going out on St. Patrick’s Day to a bar or restaurant? Green beer is seemingly ubiquitous with the revelry, right? There are two points of contention as to the actual origin of coloring beer emerald, so I’ll let you choose a version to support. First, in 1910, the Spokane (WA) Press proudly proclaimed, “Green Beer Be Jabbers!” (be jabbers’ being an excited swear).

Unfortunately, little more than the headline exists today, leaving much speculation as to how or where the green beer appeared.

The only description is the following run-on sentence; “It is a regular beer, apparently it has not been colored locally, it tastes like beer and looks like paint, or rather like the deep green waves in mid-ocean with the sun striking them through.” [Sounds as appealing as today’s milkshake stouts if you ask me] Most folk give the green beer credit (or disgust) to Prof. Thomas Haynes Curtin, a Coroner Physician and Eye Surgeon in New York City. Thomas was the Toastmaster at the Schnerer Club of Morrisania in the Bronx and unveiled his green beer during their St. Patrick’s Dinner in 1914. All the doctor would tell inquisitive guests was that the effect was brought about by one drop of wash blue in a certain quantity of the beer.

My first question? What the heck is ‘wash blue’? The Smithsonian comes to the rescue here, explaining that when the practice first began, bar owners got the celebratory bright green hues in their brew by adding something a little less palatable than simple food coloring, and slightly more poisonous: an iron-based powder solution embedded with a dye which was used to make dingy whites bright again on laundry day. Hmmm…a bright idea, indeed!

Your KegWhisperer has a theory on this subject as well. Brewers refer to beer that has not fully conditioned as ‘green beer’, a la green fruit. During the huge St. Patrick’s celebrations in cities such as Boston, New York, and Chicago, huge amounts of beer were consumed in a very, very short period of time. Artificial refrigeration had yet to be invented, so it was virtually impossible to produce enough suds for such a celebration and prevent it from spoiling in the warmth of Spring. As a result, when the taps ran dry of regular beer, ‘green beer’ was brought forth in an attempt to continue to slake the thirsts of hearty revelers. As a matter of fact, Schlitz even had an advertising campaign which addressed this very issue. (see ad to the right) It’s also time to call shenanigans the

BY BREWMASTER ED HEETHUIS standard fare and cornerstone of most St. Patrick’s Day celebrations…Corned Beef & Cabbage. This meal, seemingly synonymous with the fatherland, is a foreign concept to the native Irish who made ends meet with inexpensive pork and potatoes. During the period between 1820 and 1860, the Irish comprised over one third of all immigrants to the United States, thanks in great part to the potato blight. They lived in large cities along with other immigrants and frequented Jewish delis and lunch carts, and it was there that they first tasted corned beef. Certainly, potatoes were available, but cabbage proved to be much more cost effective for families struggling to survive on a budget tighter than spandex on a weightlifter. Bottom line: Corned Beer & Cabbage is about as Irish as spaghetti & meatballs and I’m opting for Shepard’s Pie with a hearty side of Colcannon (you really want to Google colcannon).

So, here we are. Due to time and space constraints, I’m unable to get to how the Chicago River gets its dye job every year, Craft Brewers making naturally green beer (Dogfish Head – Verdi Verdi Good), and exactly how Guinness manages to sell over 13 million pints of their inky-black stout.

Before signing off, we must not forget about Marcus in Cathedral City and his green beer dilemma. I have some great news my newfound friend. In this current climate of diversity and acceptance, anyone who chooses beer, green or not, is a winner in my eyes and everyone has their own idea of how to observe St. Patrick’s Day. I sincerely hope that Marcus, his friends, and all of our CV readers have a fun-filled St. Paddy’s Day. Pace yourselves, don’t forget to hydrate, and stay safe! Please don’t drink and drive and strive to be good humans.

Until next time…

(When Ed Heethuis isn’t brewing at Spotlight 29 Casino for 29 Brews, you will find the Certified Cicerone / Brewmaster out on his road bike, participating in an Extreme Ironing competition, or talking beer with the patrons at Taproom 29. He may be reached at: heethuis.ed@gmail.com or wherever beer may be found in the wild.)

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PET PLACE

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ews stories during 2020 often featured rows of empty kennels at animal shelters. Those kennels tell the story of happy endings for homeless animals adopted by homebound Americans seeking pet companionship during the pandemic. Now in March, 2020, more businesses and work places are opening. Many of the folks who adopted dogs and cats when they were homebound are now heading back to work.

Most of these rescue pups have the confidence to easily adapt when the stay-athome order lifts and their humans are suddenly away from home for 9 hours. What can you do now to ensure your recently adopted dog has a smooth transition to this change? The dog you’ve had for years may also be a bit sad when you are no longer with him all day.

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RETURNING TO WORK, TRAINING TIPS FOR BENJI!

We consulted with Valerie Masi, local dog trainer and operator of Best Paw Forward, for some expert advice. She advises, “If folks know they are returning to work soon, they can start now putting the dog on that schedule. Walk them in the morning, and I don’t mean a 15 minute walk. They need a 30 minute to a 1 hour walk, depending on the breed. When you control their walk and they practice “heeling” this works their brain more than random walking, and helps them calm down.”

Valerie describes her experience with canine separation anxiety that occurred with her personal dog, Duke. In 1991, she took this German Shepherd puppy with her while she attended the National k-9 School of Dog Training, a 4-month residential program in Columbus, Ohio. Ironically, the school never covered the topic of separation anxiety.

Valerie recalls, “When we returned home, Duke didn’t know how to be calm when I left the house after being with me all day long. He started to destroy things in the home, he even escaped from a secured crate. Dogs can only learn if they experience something, and he needed to learn how to be calm. Back then the vets didn’t have anxiety medication, so I put Duke on a tranquilizer, just enough to keep him calm, and soon weened him off once he learned that state of mind.”

Valerie continues with great advice for dog owners, “Provide your dog with some ‘high value’ items when you leave, such as the frozen bones you can purchase at pet specialty shops. Nyla bones and favorite toys are also effective to keep their attention. Start leaving them alone for a few hours at a time. If they have an issue, they will usually act out right after their human leaves, with the length of time depending on the dog. Consider placing them in a doggie day care program where they can enjoy the company of other pups a couple days a week. When you do leave them alone at home, make sure they get exercised beforehand, and they might choose to nap when you leave.” A tired contented dog that had a brisk walk and playtime is more likely to be calm when you go out.

House training is another important issue when you are not available for those frequent potty visits outside. With tough cases, you can house your pup in a tiled bathroom or kitchen with a baby gate keeping them enclosed.

Small artificial grass patches with a catch tray beneath them are available at PetSmart and Petco. Valerie suggests that doggie doors with x-pens might work for medium or small dogs (as long as your yard is secure from coyotes!).

Lillian Roberts, D.V.M, veterinarian at Country Club Animal Clinic in Palm Desert, advises, “We don’t know what it’s like for a dog when their whole world goes topsy turvy and suddenly you are gone from the home.

They are pack animals, and instinctively want to be with people. Teach them in advance to be without you. If there are two people in the household, have each spend time separately with the dog. In severe cases, I prescribe special dog anti-anxiety medication or dog anti-depressants with the goal of weaning them off. In many cases, a dog trainer can help.”

MEET CHRISSY

MEET COCO LINO

This lovely 3-yr-old mixed German Shepherd girl waits patiently for a home at the Humane Society of the Coachella Valley in N. Palm Springs. Sweet & loyal Chrissy had a long wait at the San Bernardino County shelter at Devore when abandoned, only to have her adopted human pass away from cancer. Chrissy will do best with a dog experienced family.

Call (760) 329-0203 for an appointment to meet Chrissy and give her another second chance, www.orphanpet.com.

Co Co Lino seeks someone with a big heart! He is a 9-yr-old special needs boy with diabetes. He adores all humans, and takes his daily insulin like a champ! This guy is 18 lbs of kitty love. Co Co Lino waits at the Palm Springs Animal Shelter, go online at www.psanimalshelter.org to complete an adoption application and their staff will call you.

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BY JANET McAFEE Valerie is pictured here with Brandon (AKA Brian), a successful Loving All Animals alumni dog. Valerie donates her time to this animal welfare organization to help rescue dogs do well in their adoptive homes. In addition to certification from an accredited dog training school, Valerie Masi has a degree in Animal Behavior, Training, and Management from Moorpark College. This skilled dog trainer is adept at handling dogs of all sizes. You can contact Valerie Masi with Best Paws Forward for training assistance at (760) 885-9450.

Don’t give up on your special pup. Loving and loyal, our dogs help us get through the darkest of days. Remember, you are the center of your dog’s world, and he or she loves you more than you can imagine. There is almost no training problem that can’t be solved with some patience, skill, and time.

Janetmcafee8@gmail.com ----------------------------------------------------Here is a partial list of Inland Empire shelters and rescue groups where you can adopt a cat or dog. Please check their websites in advance for updates on adoption procedures during the quarantine.

COACHELLA VALLEY ANIMAL CAMPUS – The county shelter is closed but you can call for an appointment to adopt. You can view the animals at all four Riverside county shelters at www.rcdas.org, and get the ID number of the animal you want to adopt. Email them the animal’s ID number at shelterinfo@rivco.org, or schedule a virtual adoption appointment at www.rcdas.org, 72050 Pet Land Place, Thousand Palms, (760) 343-3644. (Public) PALM SPRINGS ANIMAL SHELTER – The shelter is closed but you can call for an appointment to adopt. They schedule appointments Wednesday through Monday. View their animals online at www. psanimalsshelter.org, 4575 E. Mesquite Ave, Palm Springs, (760) 416-5718. (Public) ANIMAL SAMARITANS – The shelter is closed but you can call for an appointment to adopt. View their animals at www. animalsamaritans.org. Email acorrow@ animalsamaritans.org to foster. Located at 72307 Ramon Rd, Thousand Palms, (760) 6013918. (Private)

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CALIFORNIA PAWS RESCUE - The shelter is closed but you can call for an appointment to adopt. Located at 73650 Dinah Shore, Palm Desert. View their animals at www. californiapawsrescue.com, (760) 656-8833.

(Private) HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE COACHELLA VALLEY – The shelter is closed but you can call for an appointment to adopt a dog or cat. This shelter has lots of big dogs in addition to small dogs and cats. View some of their animals at www.orphanpet.com. Located at 17825 N. Indian Canyon, Palm Springs, (760) 329-0203.

(Private) KITTYLAND – The shelter is closed so call for an appointment to adopt a cat. Located at 67600 18th Avenue, Desert Hot Springs, www. kittylandrescue.org, (760) 251-2700. (Private) FOREVER MEOW – Foster based rescue for cats located in Rancho Mirage. Contact them at www.ForeverMeow.org, (760) 335-6767.

(Private) PRETTY GOOD CAT – Foster based rescue for cats located in La Quinta. Contact them at www.prettygoodcat.com, (760) 660-3414 (Private) BFF4pets – Foster based rescue for dogs and cats located in La Quinta. Email them

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at rescues@bff4pets.com, (310) 431-7818 (Private) LOVING ALL ANIMALS – The shelter is closed but you can call for an appointment to adopt. Located at 83496 Avenue 51, Coachella, www.lovingallanimals.org, (760) 834-7000.

(Private) LIVING FREE ANIMAL SANCTUARY – Large outdoor shelter for dogs and cats up Hwy 74, view animals at www.living-free.org, (951) 659-4687 (Private) MORONGO BASIN HUMANE SOCIETY – Located at 4646 Sun View Rd, Joshua Tree, www.mbhumanesociety.com, call between 11am-4pm for updates (760) 366-3786 (Private) CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ANIMAL SHELTER – The shelter is closed but you can call for an appointment to adopt. Hours for adoption 10am – 4pm Tuesday thru Sat. Google “City of San Bernardino Animal Shelter” for website to view animals and get the ID number of the animal you want to meet. Located at 333 Chandler Place, San Bernardino, (909) 384-1304 or (909) 384-7272. (Public) SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER AT DEVORE – Shelter is now open for walk ins 7 days a week. Call (909) 386-9280.

View animals at www.sbcounty.gov/acc and get the ID number of animal you want to meet.

Located at 19777 Shelter Way, San Bernardino (Public).

DREAM TEAM ANGELS RESCUE - Foster based rescue located in Grand Terrace/ San Bernardino area. Contact them through website www.DreamTeamangelsrescue.com, (360) 688-8884. (Private)

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HADDON LIBBY

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he special relationship between Canadians and their $20 billion dairy industry has been shattered. For years, Canadians have proudly subsidized their dairy farmers and protected them from Food, Inc. based just south of the border. American farmers were thought to put product quality behind profits. As Canadians agreed, $1.75 billion in quotas were paid to the Canadian dairy industry annually which kept virtually all dairy production domestic.

Once the pandemic hit, Canadians were at home more and doing things like baking.

Butter demand increased 12.4% during 2020 straining Canadian dairies which made is challenging to fill quotas.

To fill the need for more butter, farmers had two options – raise more cows or adjust the feed to produce more butter fat in the milk that was produced. As raising more cows would take time and prove too costly for many small Canadian farmers, they adjusted the supplements included in the feed. It seems palm oil increases the production of butter fat causing more butter fat from each gallon of cow’s milk produced. As palmitic acid is found naturally in cow’s milk, everything seemed resolved from the perspective of the dairy

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farmers. Quotas would be filled; yield would increase creating more butter while greater profits were earned. This shortcut to filling demand seemed brazenly inconsistent with their wholesome image.

This scheme would have worked if not for the excessive use of this yield increasing technique. By artificially enhancing yield too much, the butter reaching Canadian homes had a different texture. As food critic Julie Van Rosendaal wrote on Twitter, “Have you noticed it’s no longer soft at room temperature? Watery? Rubbery?” Butter would not melt as fully when touching something warm like a piece of toast. When

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BY HADDON LIBBY The industry stated unequivocally that they would root out the rogue farms – in six to eight months. A new test is being developed that will sniff out excessive levels of supplements like palmitic acid.

Some Canadians believe the use of palm oil and palmitic supplements should be banned in total as studies are incomplete on the impact on human health. Generally, saturated fats like palm oils are not good for us.

Is this practice used in the United States?

Most certainly as supplements like these have been used for decades.

How do we avoid these supplements that enhance production but may not be the healthiest for us? Eat organic. Use non-animal milks when possible. If eating an animal product, use organic butter and milk.

Haddon Libby is the Founder and Managing Partner of Winslow Drake Investment Management. For more information, please visit www.

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LEGAL REPRESENTATION OF THE INJURED & CRIMINALLY ACCUSED

THE IDEAS OF MARCH… IN THE AGE OF COVID

n high school many of us had to read about Julius Caesar and the Ideas of March. It was a day in the Roman calendar that corresponds to 15 March. It was marked by several religious observances and was notable for the Romans as a deadline for settling debts. The phrase, “Beware the Ides of March,” is the soothsayer's message to Julius Caesar, warning of Caesar’s death/ assassination in 44 BC. Since that time, the idea stuck that the Ides of March is unlucky or a portent of doom—even if your name isn't Caesar. The Latin root of "ides" means "to divide," so ides basically just denotes the middle of the month.

This week’s column comes out on Wednesday March 10, 2021…normally The Ides of March…Madness. For the much of the country March Madness refers to The College Basketball Finals, as well as NASCAR, Golf and St Patty’s. But for CV locals, it would normally refer to The Indian Wells BNP Tennis and the increased traffic of almost a half million visitors attending Tennis in Indian Wells. Everyone drinks while watching these events and of course…let’s not forget about St Patty’s? That was the way it used to be before Covid.

We are starting to see a return of out of town visitors dining with our “locals”. This increases traffic, which increases accidents and drunk drivings. Somehow common sense should kick in to consider all the additional cars on the road. People are sitting in front

the butter was spread, it might lump or sit on the bread in the way margarine might.

Canadian food critic, Lesley Chesterman has subsequently called Rosendaal her “Erin Brockovich of Canadian Butter.”

It seems that Canadian farmers put too much palm oil in their feed. While dairy farmers had used some type of vegetablebased supplements like palm oil to keep energy and production levels up in the past, its use during the pandemic appears to have been excessive.

Quotas and barriers meant to keep American milk at bay were offset by the import of a much less costly and healthy ingredient – palm oil. Without this, the Canadian dairy industry would not have fulfilled demand.

Once this palm cat was out of the bag, the Dairy Farmers of Canada, one of Canada’s more powerful lobbying groups said that the practice might have happened at some farms but could not be detected as palmitic acid was a natural product in the body of a cow or human and other factors could have been responsible for the rapid decline in quality. Weather had been cooler during the summer which could have had an impact. Industry excuses sounded like those denying climate change.

of their TV’s at home, at outdoor dining and drinking again.

Many foolishly drive home unaware of how many beers and glasses of wine we can consume without getting impaired. However, when we drink outside of home we do not know how much alcohol the bartender poured.

In a restaurant/bar, 1 hard alcohol drink is probably not an oz.. This is because the bartender wants to get a good tip and assumes a strong drink will help do that.

For DUI purposes, a 1 oz. pour equals one drink but with 3-4 oz. poured per drink, it is the same as 9 -12 drinks. Thus, when we say we only had 2 drinks, we forget it is not the number of drinks but the amount of alcohol in each drink, that matters.

Strong drinks coupled with the increase in traffic and drivers, who have had too much to drink, increases the number of accidents and DUI’s. Of course getting lost because of our dark nights, coupled with road repairs that necessitate lane changes, is “an accident waiting to happen”.

Historically there are more DUI FATALITIES in the Coachella Valley, per capita, than anywhere else in California. Thus it is logical that DUI arrests and fatalities spike during the Tennis and concert season. Naturally our law enforcement agencies become more vigilant on these weekends. Of course I have to stay close to my phone for clients that need assistance with an Injury Accident and or DUI. Victims think they will be ok in a day or two

and innocently talk to the insurance adjuster and go to their family doctor. Doing both damages their case. Because of this, many lawyers rejects these cases. I have explained this in a previous article…”Mr. Gribow, Why Won’t You Accept My Accident Case?”

Victims are often afraid of getting in an ambulance or seeing a doctor and getting billed. They do not realize the insurance company for the ‘at fault’ party will pay for these bills. Most drivers have medical payments coverage in their auto policy and or Health Insurance that will also pay up to their coverage limits.

Many prospective clients do not know their policy limits or cannot find their policy. It is important to know this information because the other driver may not have insurance. If so, we would present an uninsured motorist (UM) claim against our client’s own policy. It is important to note that a medical provider is primarily concerned about getting paid for his/her work as does a hospital or urgent care.

If the injured party cannot find their policies they often must resort to using a credit card to pay for treatment or being refused service.

An experienced lawyer can often get medical treatment on a lien.

Typically, no one tells the victim that they should see a doctor right away to document the injuries, let alone have the victim prepare a summary of their injuries. When preparing this summary, the victim should write down their symptoms/injuries by starting with the top of their head and moving to the bottom of their toes.

Additionally, the victim should see a medical provider they have not seen

before. This is because their current medical providers have records that document prior injuries, alcohol or drugs issues, psych referrals, STD’s, abortions etc. Though these records may have nothing to do with the accident, many jurors will incorrectly think less of the victim on account of these issues.

I advise my clients to not post anything on social media after an accident. The last thing you want is for the insurance company to find client’s posts of their playing tennis, golf, running in a marathon, while they complain they cannot do anything because of the amount of pain they are encountering.

Because of the mistakes and challenges listed above it is hard to maximize the value of an accident case and these cases often result in a smaller settlement. As a result many lawyers reluctantly reject these cases.

Ideas for future columns contact Dale Gribow 760-837-7500 or dale@ dalegribowlaw.com.

DALE GRIBOW - Representing the injured and criminally accused “TOP LAWYER” - California’s Prestige Magazine, Palm Springs Life (PI/DUI) 2011-21 “TOP LAWYER” - Inland Empire Magazine 2016- 2019 PERFECT 10.0 AVVO Peer Rating “DON’T DRINK AND DRIVE OR TEXT AND GET A DUI OR ACCIDENT... CALL A TAXI, LYFT OR UBER….THEY ARE A LOT CHEAPER THAN CALLING ME”

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CANNABIS CORNER

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ay 8th was International Women’s Day. This article will honor the women who are pioneering the science of our newly discovered endocannabinoid system.

Patient activist suffering near death yet recuperating with cannabis are pushing for legalization. Carly Barton, a British woman, established a program with a holographic ID card (Cancard) indicating patients have a health condition for which they are using cannabis medicinally (and can present if they are stopped by the police). Since its launch in September last year, 15,000 patients have registered for a card, and it has widely been supported by police forces across the UK. Carola Peres from Spain, after an eleventh surgery left her unable to continue working as a band manager, formed the Spanish Observatory of Medicinal Cannabis with whom she has been lobbying for the legislation to allow users to grow their own medicinal cannabis.

Francesca Brivio, from Peru, is instrumental in lobbying for better legal access to medicinal cannabis, through her nonprofit ‘Cannabis - Gotas de Esperanza’ (Cannabis Drops of Hope). She also founded Cannahope, a clinic with Dr. Max Alzamora, a medical cannabis specialist in Peru. Francesca’s struggle is more heroic when taken in the context of the culture in Peru that thinks women should be silent, procreate, and manage the cooking.

For over 5,000 years cannabis was used medicinally. But it was not until 1964 that Rafael Mechoulam, an Israeli scientist, decided to research the chemistry behind marijuana’s psychologic effects. He isolated delta9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD). It was followed in 1988 by scientist Allyn Howlett, from the St Louis School of Medicine in MI, who discovered the CB1 receptor in a rat.

Mechoulam again in 1990, identified cannabinoid receptors and named them CB1 and CB2. In 1992, he identified the two endocannabinoids in a rat linked to memory, emotion, movement, sleep, pain. They were called Anandamide (Sanskrit for Bliss), and 2-AG. Anandamide has the exact same molecular structure as THC and 2-AG is the exact structure for CBD. The science of the endocannabinoid system (ECS) was born.

International Women lauded as research pioneers include Howlett who is now at the Lake Forest School of Medicine NC, studying the intricate molecular responses to the CB1

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receptor. Cecilia Hillard, in WI is researching how endocannabinoids influence the immune system. Heather Bradshaw in Indiana is studying how the ECS influences the female reproductive neurophysiology.

Andrea Hohmann from the University of Indiana, Dr. Cristina Sánchez from University of Madrid, Mary Abood from the University of Philadelphia, Patricia Reggio from the University of NC, Linda Parker from the University of Guelph in Canada, Michelle Glass, from the University of Otago in New Zealand are all studying the ECS’s molecules that mimic THC and CBD. Do not let anyone tell you there is no research done on these structural molecules.

University labs are chemically isolating anandamide and 2-AG to understand the interactions of ECS with pathophysiological illnesses. Research and anecdotal reports on many psychedelic plants like mushrooms that treat chronic depression.

All the research about our ECS is done in the university labs around this county and the world but the research on the plant itself, cannabis, is done outside the US due to the federal prohibition on cannabis. Chemical lab research will only lead to expensive pharmaceuticals instead of allowing the free license to grow our own. But big government wants pharmaceuticals.

Epidiolex is a GW pharmaceutical grade biosynthetic cannabidiol (CBD) approved by the FDA to treat seizures. It cost $32,000/ yr. reimbursed by insurance. A high grade phytocannabinoid like CBD, purchased in your favorite legal dispensary would only cost $5,000-10,000/yr. paid by the parents. It will take women who are more cognizant of health costs than men, to forcefully pressure our legislators into boldly changing the health care landscape to include phytocannabinoids reimbursed by insurance.

We have a lot more to do before full legalization occurs for this miracle plant. Let us rejoice for the many women who have taken up the torch to end this discriminatory prohibition. Learn more about these famous women by visiting their websites. For more on international women go to www. projectcbd.org.

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FREEWILL ASTROLOGY

WEEK OF MARCH 11

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Artist Richard Kehl tells this traditional Jewish story: God said to Abraham, “But for me, you would not be here.”

Abraham answered, “I know that Lord, but were I not here there would be no one to think about you.” I’m bringing this tale to your attention, dear Aries, because I think the coming weeks will be a favorable time to summon a comparable cheekiness with authorities, including even the Divine Wow Herself. So I invite you to consider the possibility of being sassy, saucy, and bold. Risk being an articulate maverick with a point of view that the honchos and experts should entertain.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Spiritual author Ernest Holmes wrote, “True imagination is not fanciful daydreaming. it is fire from heaven.”

Unfortunately, however, many people do indeed regard imagination as mostly just a source of fanciful daydreaming. And it is also true that when our imaginations are lazy and out of control, when they conjure delusional fears and worries, they can be debilitating. I bring this to your attention, Taurus, because I believe the coming weeks will be a favorable time for you to harness the highest powers of your imagination—to channel the fire from heaven—as you visualize all the wonderful and interesting things you want to do with your life in the next nine months.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “I’m always waiting for a door to open in a wall without doors,” wrote Gemini author Fernando Pessoa. Huh? Pessoa was consistently eccentric in his many writings, and I find this particular statement especially odd. I’m going to alter it so it makes more sense and fits your current needs. Here’s your motto for the coming weeks: “I’m always ready to figure out how to make a new door in a wall without doors, and call on all necessary help to make it.”

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You can’t drive to the Kamchatka Peninsula. It’s a 104,000-squaremile area with a sub-Arctic climate in the far east of Russia. No roads connect it to the rest of the world. Its major city, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, is surrounded by volcanoes. If you want to travel there, you must arrive by plane or ship. And yet Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky has long had a thriving tourist industry. More so before the pandemic, but even now, outsiders have come to paraglide, hunt for bears, and marvel at the scenery. In this horoscope, I am making an outlandish metaphorical comparison of you to the Kamchatka Peninsula. Like that land, people sometimes find it a challenge to reach you.

And yet when they do, you can be quite welcoming.

Is this a problem? Maybe, maybe not. What do you think? Now is a good time to re-evaluate.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Biting midges, also known as no-see-ums, are blood-sucking flies that spread various diseases. Yuck, right? Wouldn’t the world be a better place if we used science to kill off all biting midges everywhere? Well, there would be a disappointing trade-off if we did. The creepy bugs are the primary pollinators for several crops grown in the topics, including cacao. So if we got rid of the no-see-ums, there’d probably be no more chocolate. I’m guessing that you may be dealing with a comparable dilemma, Leo: an influence that has both a downside and an upside. The central question is: Can you be all you want to be without it in your life? Or not? Now is a good time to ponder the best way to shape your future relationship.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): According to my analysis of your imminent astrological potentials, you already are or will soon be floating and whirling and churning along on an ocean of emotion. In other words, you will be experiencing more feelings and stronger feelings than you have in quite some time.

This doesn’t have to be a problem as long as you do the following: 1. Be proud and appreciative about being able to feel so much. 2. Since only a small percentage of your feelings need to be translated into practical actions, don’t take them too seriously.

3. Enjoy the ride!

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Poet Wendell Berry says “it’s the immemorial feelings” he likes best: “hunger

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and thirst and their satisfaction; work-weariness and earned rest; the falling again from loneliness to love.” Notice that he doesn’t merely love the gratification that comes from quenching his hunger and thirst. The hunger and thirst are themselves essential components of his joy. Work-weariness and loneliness are not simply inconvenient discomforts that he’d rather live without. He celebrates them, as well. I think his way of thinking is especially worthy of your imitation in the next three weeks.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Famous and influential science fiction novelist Philip K. Dick relied on amphetamines to fuel his first 43 novels.

Beginning with A Scanner Darkly, his 44th, he did without his favorite drug. It wasn’t his best book, but it was far from his worst. It sold well and was made into a movie featuring Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr., and two other celebrity actors.

Inspired by Dick’s success without relying on his dependency—and in accordance with current astrological omens—I’m inviting you to try doing without one of your addictions or compulsions or obsessions as you work on your labor of love.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Ninety percent of all apples in the world are descended from a forest of apple trees in southeast Kazakhstan. Most of us have tasted just a few types of apples, but there’s a much wider assortment of flavors in that natural wonderland. You know how wine is described as having taste notes and aromas? The apple flavor of Kazakhstan’s apples may be tinged with hints of roses, strawberries, anise, pineapples, coconuts, lemon peels, pears, potatoes, or popcorn. Can you imagine traveling to that forest and exploring a far more complex and nuanced relationship with a commonplace food? During the coming weeks, I invite you to experiment with arousing metaphorically similar experiences. In what old familiar persons, places, or things could you find a surprising wealth of previously unexplored depth and variety?

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Author Andrew Tilin testified that he sometimes had the feeling that his life was in pieces—but then realized that most of the pieces were good and interesting. So his sense of being a mess of unassembled puzzle parts gave way to a deeper contentment—an understanding that the jumble was just fine the way it was. I recommend you cultivate and enjoy an experience like that in the coming weeks, Capricorn.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Indian poet Meena Alexander (1951–2018) was bon under the sign of Aquarius. She became famous after she moved to the US at age 29, but was raised in India and the Sudan. In her poem “Where Do You Come From?,” she wrote, “Mama beat me when I was a child for stealing honey from a honey pot.” I’m sorry to hear she was treated so badly for enjoying herself. She wasn’t committing a crime! The honey belonged to her family, and her family had plenty of money to buy more honey. This vignette is my way of advising you, in accordance with astrological omens, to carry out your personal version of “stealing the honey from the honeypot,” dear Aquarius. Take what’s rightfully yours.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The bad news is that the narrow buffer zone between North Korea and South Korea is laced with landmines. Anyone who walks there is at risk for getting blown up. The good news is that because people avoid the place, it has become an unprecedented nature preserve—a wildlife refuge where endangered species like the red-crowned crane and Korean fox can thrive. In the coming weeks and months, I’d love to see you engage in a comparable project, Pisces: finding a benevolent use for a previously taboo or wasted part of your life.

Homework. If you have a question whose answer might be interesting to other readers, send it. Maybe I’ll address it in the column.

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