The Buzzz Box

Conjectures, Etceteras
America’s most popular populist, Jim Hightower,
a columnist, commentator, public speaker and political sparkplug,
will speak at an event sponsored by KRCB FM at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday,
Oct. 10 at the Sebastopol Community Center. Tickets are $12 and can
be purchased at KRCB, or by calling 585-8522. Hightower is the
author of “Let’s Stop Beating Around the Bush” and broadcasts daily
radio commentaries each weekday on KRCB Radio 91 at 5:35 p.m. He
also publishes a populist political newsletter, “The Hightower
Lowdown,” which has more than 125,000 suscribers. He delivers about
100 speeches a year to colleges, union meetings, environmental
groups and rallies.
Election season antidote: Meditate
Two West County meditation teachers are offering a series of
electoral season public meditations. “The aim is that through these
sittings, we would all exercise our vote from a place of
centeredness rather than fear and anger,” said Laura Duggan, a
teacher from the Indian philosophical traditions. She will be
joined by Myosho Virginia Matthews, an ordained lay Rinzai Zen nun.
The meditations will take place from 9 to 10 a.m. each Saturday in
October in the Peace Garden at Ragle Ranch Park in Sebastopol.
There are some benches, but people are encouraged to bring their
own mats or cushions.