Tried to send you an email, didn’t go through — you might reach out to Rosanna Xia, environmental reporter at the LA Times about your environmental organization research. Her contact info at the Times is rosanna.xia@latimes.com, her professional (non-Times) website is https://www.rosannaxia.com/
hi lloyd! are you familiar with chris bray? he researches & writes a lot about the "environmental " issues you describe on the coast. i suspect he'd be very interested in what you've discovered. meanwhile, keep on keeping on!! ✌️https://chrisbray.substack.com/p/the-paradox-of-preservation-luxury
I really loved this. I lost my husband unexpectedly a few years ago, when I was 36. I never thought I’d be flying solo at this age, and the grief was obliterating. But with the passage of time, I’ve augmented what was already a great life with incredible new friends and infinitely more gratitude. Loss sucks, but this new time has been unexpectedly wonderful.
Sorry for your loss. This is a podcast I listen to on the regular which is morphed a lot over the years but if you go back to the first episodes it is about her becoming a widow at a young age and how she rebelled and pushed back against the way grief is handled in our culture. Great stuff!
Lloyd, I'm very curious about your Cape Breton experiences. I was born ('64) and raised in Cape Breton. Although not a hippie , my father had several hippie friends and we used to spend time at a commune in Loch Lomond in the mid-70s so I got a good taste of that culture. And from age 26 to 40 I did my own "back to the land thing" in rural Cape Breton. It's a special place. I don't live there anymore and I don't know if I ever will again but I'm eternally grateful for everything it gave me. And I'm very excited to spend September and October there this year helping my son build his very own house on a hill overlooking Lake Ainslie!
I forwarded your newsletter to Lucy Bigger’s who’s a journalist who I think may be interested in Your local story under your heading about environmental being big business, that you had in your newsletter which I think people all across would be interested. I don’t know where she lives so that could be an issue. But maybe not you don’t know until you put it out there.
I really enjoyed reading all the topics you had in there, I have a few more to go. Thanks for that.
Wow Lloyd…so much to take in here. I pretty much agree with most of what you have said. I was in a 23 year “partnership”, now living solo. I do think that when you share a life with another person, daily living and what not, it feels less burdensome somehow. I am a Libra like your Lesley, and we do like to take care of our home and our environment and maintain that “Libra balance”.
As far as the “environmentalists” and what they have done in West Marin is deplorable at best. I do hope you find a younger go getter ‘investigative journalist’ to collaborate with on a book about what a scam the “environmentalist movement” has become.
Enjoy your life of solitude, and the rewarding and subtle ways that it delivers every day .
Maybe one day when I’m up in NoCA in Marin we can meet up for a coffee.
I remember when environmental groups were small and honestly needed every penny, nickel and dime they could get ~ Those old mimeograph machines doing overtime getting "news" out to people...now every once in awhile I get these glossy printed brochures claiming "We need your help!"...My blood pressure starts going sky high & my 1st thought is, "Help? For what, a 4th vacation house in Aspen?"...Thanks for the update and announcement on a new book ~ I will be saving up those penny, nickel and dime stacks to buy your book ~
As other replies have noted: WOW!! So glad I found your Substack and received your email post today. Just the cure for a bit of a down day; made me LOL a few times and definitely inspired me.
You have lived an amazing life, keeping the many progressive ideals of the 60’s alive like you did that tiny hummingbird.
Fantastic newsletter. I relate, solo for the first time since 14. And I realized that I am the happiest I have been in my life. Maybe because I have focused on myself and done a lot of self improvement. My ex-wife and I used to go to the beach in MonteRio on the Russian River. Let the dog swim and we would get some sun. If it was a weekday we would go to Guernville.
P.S I really appreciate your writing, and your next book sounds great! The picture of you w/son in 59 is cool. I was born in Augsburg in 62 dad was army.
I loved the photo of you and your son Peter… the look on his face and his eyes… beautiful capture. And I like the way you write. I am assuming you speak similarly. It has a certain cadence which is familiar from that part of California. Do you know about the food co-op wars in Oakland in the 70’s? And Humbolt county during the same time? I had to do some research to finish my journalist dad’s research, and found the food co-op wars to be really strange.—even now, as many say we may be facing food shortages—I think of those early days of food co-ops (in WA state), and how wonderful they were. The goal being to find better sources of and methods for the distribution of good healthy food for everyone. Now those that survived here are only for the wealthy. So ironic! But the Oakland co-op was a problem for bigger forces it seems… I used to love to read Richard Brattigan from that era and place. Mostly because of the images he made with his words. One of his last books, about a strange house which stood all alone. And something about a pearl necklace. On my many trips driving across the country I thought of these images. Also loved hearing about Stewart Brand. And the cover of his new book with the look of the Japanese method for mending broken poetry with gold, which makes it more beautiful than prior to its shattering… This is the true story of the aging human. 🙏🙏🙏
A few years back there was a very good documentary about a lady in the Malibu hills who rescues and nurtures hummingbirds
Thanks Geoff, gonna watch it.
Lloyd, thanks for this one.
Tried to send you an email, didn’t go through — you might reach out to Rosanna Xia, environmental reporter at the LA Times about your environmental organization research. Her contact info at the Times is rosanna.xia@latimes.com, her professional (non-Times) website is https://www.rosannaxia.com/
Thanks KJ, gonna contact her.
hi lloyd! are you familiar with chris bray? he researches & writes a lot about the "environmental " issues you describe on the coast. i suspect he'd be very interested in what you've discovered. meanwhile, keep on keeping on!! ✌️https://chrisbray.substack.com/p/the-paradox-of-preservation-luxury
Thanks Kiya, I will follow up.
I really loved this. I lost my husband unexpectedly a few years ago, when I was 36. I never thought I’d be flying solo at this age, and the grief was obliterating. But with the passage of time, I’ve augmented what was already a great life with incredible new friends and infinitely more gratitude. Loss sucks, but this new time has been unexpectedly wonderful.
Sorry for your loss. This is a podcast I listen to on the regular which is morphed a lot over the years but if you go back to the first episodes it is about her becoming a widow at a young age and how she rebelled and pushed back against the way grief is handled in our culture. Great stuff!
https://pca.st/podcast/910f2530-1a47-0134-a45d-13e6b3913b15
Lloyd, I'm very curious about your Cape Breton experiences. I was born ('64) and raised in Cape Breton. Although not a hippie , my father had several hippie friends and we used to spend time at a commune in Loch Lomond in the mid-70s so I got a good taste of that culture. And from age 26 to 40 I did my own "back to the land thing" in rural Cape Breton. It's a special place. I don't live there anymore and I don't know if I ever will again but I'm eternally grateful for everything it gave me. And I'm very excited to spend September and October there this year helping my son build his very own house on a hill overlooking Lake Ainslie!
Geoff, my book Home Work: Handbuilt Shelter has 4 pages of photos from my trip to Cape Breton Island, pp. 146-151.
I forwarded your newsletter to Lucy Bigger’s who’s a journalist who I think may be interested in Your local story under your heading about environmental being big business, that you had in your newsletter which I think people all across would be interested. I don’t know where she lives so that could be an issue. But maybe not you don’t know until you put it out there.
I really enjoyed reading all the topics you had in there, I have a few more to go. Thanks for that.
Thanks! Gonna contact Lucy. She sounds like a perfect fit.
Wow Lloyd…so much to take in here. I pretty much agree with most of what you have said. I was in a 23 year “partnership”, now living solo. I do think that when you share a life with another person, daily living and what not, it feels less burdensome somehow. I am a Libra like your Lesley, and we do like to take care of our home and our environment and maintain that “Libra balance”.
As far as the “environmentalists” and what they have done in West Marin is deplorable at best. I do hope you find a younger go getter ‘investigative journalist’ to collaborate with on a book about what a scam the “environmentalist movement” has become.
Enjoy your life of solitude, and the rewarding and subtle ways that it delivers every day .
Maybe one day when I’m up in NoCA in Marin we can meet up for a coffee.
I remember when environmental groups were small and honestly needed every penny, nickel and dime they could get ~ Those old mimeograph machines doing overtime getting "news" out to people...now every once in awhile I get these glossy printed brochures claiming "We need your help!"...My blood pressure starts going sky high & my 1st thought is, "Help? For what, a 4th vacation house in Aspen?"...Thanks for the update and announcement on a new book ~ I will be saving up those penny, nickel and dime stacks to buy your book ~
Thanks Lloyd.
As other replies have noted: WOW!! So glad I found your Substack and received your email post today. Just the cure for a bit of a down day; made me LOL a few times and definitely inspired me.
You have lived an amazing life, keeping the many progressive ideals of the 60’s alive like you did that tiny hummingbird.
Looking forward to your new book!
Thanks, Lloyd, for being so honest. WE ALL ARE looking forward to your upcoming book. No pressure, Bwaa ha ha!
Fantastic newsletter. I relate, solo for the first time since 14. And I realized that I am the happiest I have been in my life. Maybe because I have focused on myself and done a lot of self improvement. My ex-wife and I used to go to the beach in MonteRio on the Russian River. Let the dog swim and we would get some sun. If it was a weekday we would go to Guernville.
P.S I really appreciate your writing, and your next book sounds great! The picture of you w/son in 59 is cool. I was born in Augsburg in 62 dad was army.
You continually amaze me! 😍
Happy (somewhat belated) Birthday!
Best,
~
Bil
WOW...... Again, thank you so much for sharing Lloyd!
I loved the photo of you and your son Peter… the look on his face and his eyes… beautiful capture. And I like the way you write. I am assuming you speak similarly. It has a certain cadence which is familiar from that part of California. Do you know about the food co-op wars in Oakland in the 70’s? And Humbolt county during the same time? I had to do some research to finish my journalist dad’s research, and found the food co-op wars to be really strange.—even now, as many say we may be facing food shortages—I think of those early days of food co-ops (in WA state), and how wonderful they were. The goal being to find better sources of and methods for the distribution of good healthy food for everyone. Now those that survived here are only for the wealthy. So ironic! But the Oakland co-op was a problem for bigger forces it seems… I used to love to read Richard Brattigan from that era and place. Mostly because of the images he made with his words. One of his last books, about a strange house which stood all alone. And something about a pearl necklace. On my many trips driving across the country I thought of these images. Also loved hearing about Stewart Brand. And the cover of his new book with the look of the Japanese method for mending broken poetry with gold, which makes it more beautiful than prior to its shattering… This is the true story of the aging human. 🙏🙏🙏