by Carolyn M. Crane | Jan 20, 2012 | Essays, Politics |
I wrote this essay about a month after 9/11, a couple weeks after my dad died. I’m sharing it today in honor of Monty Earl Essex, Marine private born 11/21/46 and died 11/12/12. He was the recipient of the Purple Heart. His daughter Melissa is a friend of...
by Carolyn M. Crane | Jan 19, 2012 | Farming, Polemics, Sustainability, Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival
Nevada City, California This piece wraps up my coverage of the 2012 Wild and Scenic Film Festival. Last weekend at Wild and Scenic, a drama named BEE made its world premiere. (I don’t know why the filmmakers capitalized the title as if it were an...
by Carolyn M. Crane | Jan 17, 2012 | Community, Education, photographs, Politics, Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival |
Nevada City, California Some random captures of the Wild and Scenic Film Festival, January 13-15, 2012.
by Carolyn M. Crane | Jan 16, 2012 | Community, Essays, Sustainability, Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival |
Nevada City, California On the opening night of Wild and Scenic, John Trudell addressed a packed house at the Nevada Theatre. I’ve heard him speak before, even spoken with him. His words are so potent, his message so rich, it’s difficult to paraphrase, or...
by Carolyn M. Crane | Jan 16, 2012 | Community, Education, Sustainability, Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival |
Nevada City, California On the closing afternoon of Wild and Scenic, well over a hundred people sat in the Foundry’s Stone Hall to watch My Father Who Are in Nature. Many of us knew the man who inspired the film, the filmmaker’s father, John Olmsted, the...
